50 years of engineering better health for a boundless future

2017-18 marked the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Center for Bioengineering at UW, and 20 years since BioE was established as an academic department. Read about UW BioE’s achievements, leadership through the decades and notable dates in the anniversary article.

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UW Bioengineering history

Learn how we have advanced bioengineering research, education, leadership and service, from our beginning as the UW Center of Bioengineering in 1967 to today.

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Stories of Impact

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BioE Impact report

October 5th, 2023|Comments Off on BioE Impact report

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  • Department Successes

Impact Built Together

June 13th, 2023|Comments Off on Impact Built Together

An update on bioengineering’s successes this academic year As the Department of Bioengineering is [...]

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Research from the heart

March 16th, 2023|Comments Off on Research from the heart

Patrick Boyle, center, with bioengineering Ph.D. candidate Alexander Ochs, left, and junior Jamie [...]

  • Prof. Joan Sanders

Prof. Joan Sanders featured in UW Today

October 21st, 2022|Comments Off on Prof. Joan Sanders featured in UW Today

Written by: Kiyomi Taguchi and James Urton UW News - October 13, 2022 See [...]

  • Barry Lutz Mike Averkiou

Hope and Healing

July 13th, 2021|Comments Off on Hope and Healing

Reprinted here.  Original story One researcher combats cancer with the help of UW [...]

  • Nancy Allbritton

March 2024 eNews

March 28th, 2024|Comments Off on March 2024 eNews

Nancy Allbritton elected to the National Academy of Engineering Allbritton’s election acknowledges her groundbreaking [...]

  • Valerie Daggett

Valerie Daggett receives the University Faculty Lecture Award

March 5th, 2024|Comments Off on Valerie Daggett receives the University Faculty Lecture Award

Valerie Daggett, UW professor of bioengineering, received the 2023 University Faculty Lecture Award. Valerie Daggett will deliver a campus-wide lecture in 2024.

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PharBE alum Robb Poier on the value of lifelong learning

March 26th, 2024|Comments Off on PharBE alum Robb Poier on the value of lifelong learning

Whether it is serving in the United States Army or working on breakthrough cancer [...]