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.
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
Bioengineers Connect: An evening of networking and inspiration
Bioengineers Connect, a UW Bioengineering initiative, brought together alumni and students for a networking dinner to share experiences and aspirations.
Impact Built Together
An update on bioengineering’s successes this academic year As the Department of Bioengineering is [...]
Research from the heart
Patrick Boyle, center, with bioengineering Ph.D. candidate Alexander Ochs, left, and junior Jamie [...]
UW News features Valerie Daggett’s groundbreaking Alzheimer’s diagnostic test
A team led by researchers at the University of Washington has developed a laboratory test that can measure levels of amyloid beta oligomers in blood samples.
Prof. Joan Sanders featured in UW Today
Written by: Kiyomi Taguchi and James Urton UW News - October 13, 2022 [...]
Hope and Healing
Reprinted here. Original story One researcher combats cancer with the help of UW [...]
News & Events
Linker earns Outstanding Reviewer award
Professor David Linker was named an Annals of Biomedical Engineering Outstanding Reviewer for 2025. [...]
Spring 2026 enews
Stevens Earns $29M Bioprinting Grant Professor Kelly Stevens earned a $29 million grant from [...]
Sound Careers Event -April 2026
Start the Conversation Student leaders bring outreach events to historically underserved communities and spark [...]
Kalei Combs Named Fulbright Scholar
Combs Named Fulbright Scholar UW Bioengineering’s Kalei Combs has earned the Mid-Career Professional Development [...]
2026 UW Bioengineering Graduation Celebration June 9, 2026
Save the date: June 12, 2025, 9:00am Kane Hall - Room 130 Keynote Speaker: Steven Bathiche - Microsoft
A Source of Hope
Gifts across UW’s College of Engineering from David Emmes will support graduate students, ensuring that we continue to make progress and they get the opportunity to thrive