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Two faculty members at the 窪蹋勛圖厙 have been awarded early-career fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The new Sloan Fellows, announced Feb. 15, areBrianna Abrahms, an assistant professor in the Department of Biology, and Yulia Tsvetkov, an assistant professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering.

Samson Jenehke, a 窪蹋勛圖厙 professor in both the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Chemical Engineering, and Anna Karlin, a 窪蹋勛圖厙 professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, announced Feb. 9 by the academy.

Across the globe, endangered species are at risk for illegal poaching. African elephants are sought out for their ivory, rhinoceros for their singular horns, and armadillo-like pangolins for their protective, brittle scales. Add to that list valuable and environmentally sensitive trees illegally harvested throughout the world where entire ecosystems are being deforested and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing that is devastating oceans. These illicit markets, estimated at $1 trillion annually, cause enormous environmental impacts and have the potential to unleash new, deadly pathogens.

Four current faculty members and the incoming executive director of the 窪蹋勛圖厙s Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture have been named AAAS Fellows, according to a Jan. 26 announcement by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They are among 564 new fellows from around the world elected in 2021, who are recognized for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements in science and engineering.

Twenty scientists and engineers at the 窪蹋勛圖厙 are among the 38 new members elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences for 2021, according to a July 15 announcement. New members were chosen for their outstanding record of scientific and technical achievement, and their willingness to work on behalf of the Academy to bring the best available science to bear on issues within the state of Washington.

Recent honors for 窪蹋勛圖厙 faculty include the 2021 Presburger award for theoretical computer science, an Early Career Faculty Innovator research grant for a collaboration in environmental studies with the Karuk Tribe in California, and a fellowship to explore war regulations and raiding norms among early Arabian Jewish communities.

Creative Destruction Lab, a nonprofit organization for massively scalable, seed-stage, science- and technology-based companies, will launch its third U.S.-based location, CDL-Seattle, this fall. Based at the 窪蹋勛圖厙s Foster School of Business, CDL-Seattle will be a partnership with Microsoft Corporation, the 窪蹋勛圖厙 College of Engineering, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering and CoMotion, 窪蹋勛圖厙s collaborative innovation hub. The initial area of focus for CDL-Seattle is computational health.

Five faculty members and one affiliate professor at the 窪蹋勛圖厙 are among 120 new members and 30 international members elected to the National Academy of Sciences: Anna Karlin, professor of computer science and engineering; Rachel Klevit, professor of biochemistry; Randall LeVeque, professor emeritus of applied mathematics; Julie Theriot, professor of biology; Rachel Wong, professor of biological structure; and Julie Overbaugh, professor at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and a 窪蹋勛圖厙 affiliate professor of microbiology.

A 窪蹋勛圖厙-led team has developed a method that uses the camera on a person’s smartphone or computer to take their pulse and breathing rate from a real-time video of their face.

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The American Association for the Advancement of Science has named four 窪蹋勛圖厙 faculty members as AAAS Fellows, according to a Nov. 24 announcement from the organization. The four are part of a cohort of 489 new fellows for 2020, which were chosen by their peers for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.

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The National Science Foundation has awarded $3 million to establish a NSF Research Traineeship at the 窪蹋勛圖厙 for graduate students in quantum information science and technology. The new traineeship known as Accelerating Quantum-Enabled Technologies, or AQET will make the 窪蹋勛圖厙 one of just a handful of universities with a formal, interdisciplinary QIST curriculum.