UW Research

September 24, 2020

Professor Eve Riskin receives Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring

There are few people who have made the kind of impact Eve Riskin has mentoring underrepresented students and faculty while increasing diversity and access in higher education. Now, those efforts are being noticed by the highest level of the U.S. government. Riskin is a professor in the University of Washington Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (UW ECE) and has been the associate dean of diversity and access in the UW College of Engineering for the past six years. She was recently recognized with one of the nation’s highest honors for her many achievements.

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