UW graduate killed in Gaza protesting the Israel-Palestinian conflict

WEST BANK—Aysenur Eygi, 26, an American and graduate of the University of Washington, was killed in the Israel-occupied West Bank on Friday, September 6, while protesting the Israel-Palestine conflict. Eygi had dual citizenship with the United States and Turkey. Her family moved to the United States when she was still an infant and she grew […]

UW capstone project to save Snohomish County $41,000 per year

SNOHOMISH COUNTY—Snohomish County’s Enterprise Scanning Center team in the Department of Information Technology and the University of Washington (UW) Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) Department announce the successful completion of their 2023-2024 Capstone Project. This year’s project, undertaken by a team dubbed “The Snohuskies,” addressed challenges in the county’s document scanning operations. The implemented solutions […]

Antifa attack local journalists at pro-Palestine UW encampment

SEATTLE—Local journalist and Lynnwood Times contributor, Jonathan Choe, and his bodyguards, were physically assaulted while covering the Pro-Palestine encampment in the University of Washington’s Quad on Tuesday, May 7. Journalists working for KOMO News, who were covering the event Tuesday, also reported witnessing physical fights break out and their news camera lenses being vandalized with […]

UW Industrial and Systems Engineering Capstone Project to save County an estimated $70,000 annually

EVERETT, Wash., – Snohomish County’s Department of Information Technology (IT) and the University of Washington (UW) Industrial and Systems Engineering Program in the College of Engineering today announced the completion of their 2022 Capstone Project. This year’s project participants solved a challenge with retail software request and approval systems. Completion of the project by College […]