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Stories about the Allen School’s people, research and impact.
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July 13, 2026 -
Fast Company
Allen School professor Jon Froehlich talks about how Project Sidewalk empowers communities by crowdsourcing data on pedestrian infrastructure, from curb ramps to broken pavement, to improve accessibility.
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July 9, 2026 -
Allen School News
Smith, who serves as the UW vice provost for artificial intelligence and is also senior director of Natural Language Processing Research at AI2, was honored for his influential contributions to his field and to society as a whole.
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July 8, 2026 -
KUOW Soundside
Researcher Chris Takahashi describes how the Molecular Information Systems Lab encoded historical documents from the Library of Congress in synthetic DNA for a time capsule marking America’s 250th anniversary.
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June 30, 2026 -
UW News
Professors David Kohlbrenner and Franziska Roesner (Ph.D., ‘14) of the Allen School’s Privacy & Security Research Lab found that browser agents are susceptible to cyberattacks by violating the same-origin policy, a cornerstone of modern web security that has safeguarded users for 30 years.
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June 17, 2026 -
GeekWire
As students, teachers and employers wrestle with the demands of an increasingly AI-powered world, the UW has a new proposition: an interdisciplinary AI minor set for launch in Spring 2027. It’s the latest move in the university’s push toward global leadership in AI education and research.
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June 12, 2026 -
UW News
A team led by Allen School professor Vikram Iyer and Ph.D. student Zhihan Zhang published a paper in Nature Electronics describing a system that can assemble life cycle assessments, or LCAs, for electronic devices in about a minute with the help of AI agents.
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June 12, 2026 -
Allen School News
Dawson and Khoussainova, the 2026 Alumni Impact Award recipients, have combined their computing skillset with their entrepreneurial spirit to build companies that are making a positive impact in people’s lives.
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June 11, 2026 -
Allen School News
The award, which is based on nominations from University of Washington alumni, honors “UW educators whose profound influence continues to shape the lives of their students long after they’ve left the classroom.”
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June 4, 2026 -
Allen School News
Ph.D. students Vicente Arroyos and Kyle Johnson recently received special recognition from ACM SIGCHI for co-founding AVELA - A Vision for Engineering Literacy & Access, which connects K-12 students with STEM learning opportunities and college and professional mentors.
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June 2, 2026 -
Allen School News
Professor Magda Balazinska was honored for her influential contributions in data management and data science, while Professor Shwetak Patel was recognized for his groundbreaking work applying computing to health and sustainability.