UW professor wins 2023 Seattle Aquarium Conservation Research Award This was the inaugural year of the awards. “They often go on to work in the field and get a unique perspective and experience working across disciplines.” “Rather than try to work with every student, we offer programming open to all and work closely with a small handful of law students whom we place on interdisciplinary teams to work on consequential issues of tech policy,” Calo said. In its submission, the UW Tech Lab demonstrated the model’s unique blend of immersive experiences, opportunities for relationship-building and interdisciplinary approaches.

Submissions to the program were scored based on impact on students, ability to advance the legal industry and replicability.

Bloomberg’s Law School Innovation Program seeks to recognize and connect law school faculty, staff and administrators who are education innovators. “The students and community members who interact with the lab come away with the understanding that collaborating and bringing a variety of perspectives together is the key to working through contemporary challenges,” said Ryan Calo, professor of law at the UW and co-director of the Tech Policy Lab. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering and the Information School, the lab bridges the gap between technologists and policymakers to help generate wiser, more inclusive tech policy. Founded in 2013 by faculty from the UW School of Law, the Paul G.

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