Princess Imoukhuede honored with the Professional Impact Award for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Princess Imoukhuede, Chair and professor in Bioengineering, received the (AIMBE) Professional Impact Award for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Bridging the STEM diversity gap through mentorship and outreach
Bridging the STEM diversity gap through mentorship and outreach. A lack of diversity in the workforce can impact innovation, productivity and entrepreneurship.
Creating Community through Coffee Chats
The isolation imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic brought to light how important social connection is [...]
Undergraduate Ruby Lunde creates a Q-Munity for LGBTQ+ students
Outgoing co-presidents Ruby Lunde, left, and Aman Agarwal present at a Q-Munity meeting. [...]
PhD student Ciana López builds diversity support network
Meet Ciana López, co-founder of UW's Biomedical Diversity Community.
Princess Imoukhuede named new chair of UW Bioengineering
Dr. Imoukhuede joins UW from Washington University in St. Louis.
Alyssa Taylor receives grant to teach accessibility design to bioengineers
New curriculum will teach accessibility design at start of program.
Fighting racial inequity by funding Black scientists
UW Bioengineering's Kelly Stevens and Univ. of Michigan's Omolola Eniola-Adefesa lead a national network of biomedical engineers calling to end funding discrimination against Black scientists.
KING 5-TV News coverage of the Cell paper
A network of researchers are calling for an end in discrimination in funding black scientists. That's the central focus of a new report released today. The lead author is from the University of Washington. Aired on January 26, 2021 at 6:50 PM on KING-TV (Seattle, WA).
Fund Black Scientists
Commentary with lead author Kelly Stevens: End funding discrimination.
UW Bioengineering hosts STEMMPrep outreach event
STEMM Prep is a highly competitive, selective national program that aims to increase diversity in science, technology, engineering math and medicine higher education programs and careers, and connect minority trainees with mentors, leaders and opportunities across the educational pipeline.
UW Bioengineering eNews Spring/Summer 2016
UW Bioengineering eNews offers an update on our advances in bioengineering research and education, and recognizes recent achievements of our students and faculty.
Shivani Gupta receives Society of Women Engineers scholarship
UW Bioengineering Ph.D. student has received the 2015 Ada I. Pressman Memorial Scholarship. This $5,000 scholarship recognizes Shivani's outstanding academic achievement and strong engineering potential.
Ph.D. student and HHMI Nominee Nuttada Panpradist brings global perspective to confronting HIV, TB
Second-year Ph.D. student Nuttada Panpradist is confronting the world’s largest public health problems. Working with Assistant Professor Barry Lutz, Nuttada develops diagnostic tests for diseases such as HIV and tuberculosis and hopes to increase access to affordable, accessible and sustainable tools that address urgent global health needs.
Senior fellow Juan Pablo Esquivel receives Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation seed grant to develop clean water monitoring device
Juan Pablo Esquivel, a senior fellow in Professor Paul Yager’s research group, led a team that received a $50,000 seed grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation at the 2014 Electrochemical Energy and Water Summit of the Electrochemical Society (ECS) to develop powerPAD, a clean water monitoring device using paper fuel cell technology
Direct freshman admit Solomon Muche “found hope in the margins” to overcome adversity and study at UW
UW BIOE Direct freshman admit and recent Ethiopian immigrant Solomon Muche faced a difficult path to UW, including homelessness. However, perseverance and hope guided him to complete high school, apply to UW and study bioengineering.
Kim Woodrow leads Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation youth outreach event
UW Bioengineering Assistant Professor Dr. Kim Woodrow led a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation youth educational outreach event on July 23, which exposed 6th to 8th graders to a college campus and laboratory and led participants in inquiry-based learning activities about STEM applications for pediatric HIV.
UW Bioengineering Summer Camp 2014 concludes, teaches high school students about bioengineering, global health
UW Bioengineering Summer Camp 2014 wraps up, teaching 24 high school students about the field of bioengineering and and the field's solutions for global health problems.
Graduate Academic Counselor Dorian Varga receives 2013-14 GO-MAP Graduate Staff Leadership Award
UW Bioengineering Graduate Academic Counselor Dorian Varga is the 2013-14 recipient of the GO-MAP Graduate Staff Leadership Award in recognition of her consistent efforts to promote diversity in graduate education.
UW Bioengineers participate in 2014 Engineering Discovery Days
UW Bioengineering faculty, staff and students participated in Engineering Discovery days April 25-26, 2014, teaching bioengineers of all ages through exciting hands-on exhibits and activities.
2014 BIOE Awards for Faculty, Staff and Graduate Student Announced
The 2014 BIOE Awards for Faculty Teacher/Mentor, Graduate Student TA/Mentor and Staff were announced on Friday, March 21 during the annual Rushmer Lecture. Award recipients include Barry Lutz, Wilbert Copeland and Elizabeth Soberg.
Senior Anh Ta helping develop hydrogels to tackle brain cancer
Senior Anh Ta is pursuing research solutions and embracing academic challenges, with the hope of one day becoming a pediatric oncologist.
Graduate student Wilbert Copeland pursues synthetic biology frontiers, gives back to the academic community
UW Bioengineering graduate student Wilbert Copeland pursues synthetic biology frontiers, gives back to the academic community through mentorship activities.
Mary Gates Research Scholarship Awardees Announced
Congratulations to all 18 UW Bioengineering Mary Gates Research Scholarship undergraduate awardees announced for Autumn 2013!
Senior Brittney McKenzie is developing paper diagnostic devices to improve lives at home and around the world
In the weeks before graduation, Brittney is finalizing work on a device she hopes will change lives around the world.
PhD Student Nuvala Fomban uses NIH-Funded Fellowship to Improve Cancer Diagnoses
UW Bioengineering PhD student Nuvala Fomban grew up in the African country of Cameroon, and [...]