Department Recognition
RETIREMENTS
The Department would like to recognize the remarkable impact that Dr. Michael Passer has made throughout his stellar teaching career. We congratulate him on his retirement in 2024 and wish him all the best in this new chapter.
PROMOTIONS
We also congratulate Drs. Angela Fang and Priscilla Lui! Both were promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure in September 2024. We are proud to call you our colleagues!
MILESTONE YEARS OF SERVICE
Our staff make the incredible work that we do possible. We want to celebrate two staff members for reaching UW Milestone Years of Service (recognized every 5 years) in 2024. Rich Ball, Senior Computer Specialist (35 years), Eun Joo Kim, Research Scientist (10 years), Melissa Harrell, Payroll Coordinator (10 years), and Shawn Heide, IT Architects and Systems Manager (10 years),
CELEBRATING TEAM GROWTH
Our dedicated staff is the foundation of our incredible work, and we are thrilled to share some exciting news! Congratulations to Rebecca Johnson on her well-deserved promotion to Budget Fiscal Analyst-Grants Manager. Additionally, please join us in warmly welcoming Yuichi Fukuda to the department as our new Grants Administrator. Yuichi, Thao, and Rebecca make up our amazing Grants Team.