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Allen School Alumni

We are proud of our alumni, who are using their Allen School educations to advance our field and solve real-world problems — here in our region and throughout the world. 

When our graduates switch their tassels to the other side, that doesn’t mark an ending but a beginning: The beginning of a new journey, one in which they will remain part of our extended Allen School community.

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Impact Awards

The Allen School Alumni Impact Awards emphasize to each new generation of graduates that they are joining a community of alumni whose impact reaches far and wide.


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UW Recognition

A succession of our alumni have earned university and college-level accolades for exceptional contributions through their leadership, scholarship and service.


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Alumni News

Whether they head off to academia, industry, the non-profit sector or government, our alumni do great things with their Allen School educations.


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Alumni Events

From community-wide events to exclusive alumni meetups — and more — there are many ways for alumni to engage with our faculty, current students and peers.


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Get Involved!

In addition to events, the Allen School offers multiple opportunities for our alumni to give back and inspire and support the students who would follow in their footsteps.


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Alumni Highlights

Association for Computational Linguistics

Sewon Min receives inaugural ACL Doctoral Dissertation Award


Sewon Min speaking into a microphone at a podium labeled ACL 2025 Vienna

The Association for Computational Linguistics honored Min (Ph.D., ‘24) for her dissertation “Rethinking Data Use in Large Language Models,” which expanded the natural language processing community’s understanding of the behavior and capabilities of LLMs.



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UW College of Arts & Sciences

Undergraduate alum Andre Ye named 2025 Dean’s Medalist


Portrait of Andre Ye in front of a fountain

Ye, who graduated in June with degrees in computer science and philosophy, was recognized by the College of Arts & Sciences for his campus leadership and interdisciplinary research contributions spanning language models, computer vision, human-AI interaction and more.



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GeekWire

Seattle tech giant is gobbling up computer science grads from the UW


A crowded arena at a university graduation

Amazon is hiring more than 100 engineers from the latest graduating class at the Allen School — an all-time high. Add in hires by Microsoft, Meta and Google, and the trend reflects a strong talent pipeline between the UW and Seattle’s tech industry.



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