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Brown CS Alum Ed Lazowska Receives University Of Washington's Distinguished Teaching Legacy Award

The University of Washington (UW)’s Distinguished Teaching Legacy Award celebrates a legacy of transformational teaching, honoring UW faculty, living or not, who inspired and influenced their students long after they left the classroom. In order to measure impact rather than simply popularity, nominations are solicited only from alums who graduated more than a decade ago. This year’s winner is Brown CS alum Ed Lazowska, Bill & Melinda Gates Chair Emeritus of UW’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering. He retired in 2025 after 48 years of teaching.

Learn more at Brown CS News: https://cs.brown.edu/news/2026/05/27/brown-cs-alum-ed-lazowska-receives-university-of-washingtons-distinguished-teaching-legacy-award