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Alum leads smartwatch revolution from Beijing

As Chief Technology Officer of Mobvoi, UW Electrical Engineering (EE) alumnus, Mike Lei, leads a company focused on intuitive design, infallible functionality and brilliant human-machine interaction. The startup, which is shaking up the tech community, has already received multi-million dollar investments from search giant, Google.

Within ten minutes of opening their Kickstarter campaign for their newest invention 鈥� The Ticwatch 2, Mobvoi had already surpassed their $50,000 funding goal. Currently, The Ticwatch 2 had raised over $550,000, more than 11 times their original goal.

Although it appears born out of the talented stock of tech products in Silicon Valley, Ticwatch is different. The genesis of Ticwatch occurred nearly 6,000 miles from Silicon Valley in Beijing, China.

UW golf standout to represent Chinese Taipei in Rio

Former Washington men’s golf standout Cheng-Tsung Pan has been selected to represent Chinese Taipei in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio next month. Golf will make its return to the Summer Olympics for the first time since 1904 and Pan will be one of two from Chinese Taipei competing in the 72-hole stroke play event August 11-14.

Global learning on campus

40 UW students engaged in a case聽simulation this summer, working to defuse the developing crisis in the South China Sea.

Thanks to a partnership between the and the U.S. Army War College, students from the Jackson School, Foster School of Business, School of Law, Evans School of Public Policy &聽Governance, and other departments tackled a major global challenge聽– right from campus.

For MEDEX student, a life spent learning patience

Growing up in Gambia聽with childhood injuries and persistent medical problems, Ismail Jatta cultivated patience that has served him well as a caregiver. Having recently completed聽physician assistant training at MEDEX Northwest,聽he聽reflects on his unique path.

Undergraduates awarded Gilman Scholarships

This fall, 10 Pell Grant-eligible UW undergraduates will study abroad with the support of the . Many more students with financial need will receive support from and other UW awards.

Standing together for justice

In light of recent devastating acts of violence in the U.S. and around the world, UW President Ana Mari Cauce and UW Provost Jerry Baldasty write,聽“The essence of our mission as a public university is to educate, shape and prepare generations of students not simply to exist in our world, but to create change for the betterment of all.聽The burden of addressing racism and inequity in this country, as well as violence around the globe, falls to all of us.”

With CoMotion Labs, the UW seeds innovation and start-ups

The 乱伦社区 is expanding its portfolio of startup incubation spaces and inviting in companies even if they don鈥檛 yet have an explicit connection to the university.聽The new strategy is part of a broader rethinking of how the UW, consistently ranked in the upper echelons of research universities around the world, attempts to transfer the innovations happening inside its walls鈥攂e they in electrical engineering or social work鈥攖o the community.

UW project highlights liability of internet 鈥榠ntermediaries鈥� in developing countries

How much liability do website owners and other online service providers have for content posted by other people? If someone posts content on your website that is defamatory, constitutes hate speech, disseminates child pornography or invades someone鈥檚 privacy, are you liable?

The answers to such questions can be murky in developing countries. And as internet use expands around the globe, so does the potential liability for the owners of websites, search engines, social media sites and other online platforms, who are subject to laws in each country where their websites and services are accessible.

Law student the first Cuban to attend the UW in half a century

38-测别补谤-辞濒诲听 is studying at the聽聽as one of three 2015 fellows in the聽. Launched in 2012 by retired attorney and UW law alumni聽, the program pays for attorneys from developing countries to spend an academic year studying issues related to health, education and economic development in their home countries through the university鈥檚聽听辫谤辞驳谤补尘.

Camps is the first Cuban student enrolled at the UW since the U.S. embargo against the island nation in 1960. In the 2014-15 academic year, there were 94 Cuban students studying in the United States, according to the Institute of International Education.聽Camps met Barer while serving as a tour guide for a聽UW learning trip organized by then-provost and now UW President聽, a native of Cuba. Barer chatted with Camps as the bus rolled through the streets and discovered he had previously worked as an attorney in Cuba. Barer was struck by his intelligence and resourcefulness, and later encouraged Camps to apply for the fellowship.

UW students head to Nepal for hands-on learning

This summer, 10 UW聽students will participate in a new Exploration Seminar course in Nepal.聽Organized by the Nepal Studies Initiative (NSI), the seminar is one of the few formal programs in the U.S. focused on Nepal.