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Amazon announced that it will donate $10 million toward the construction of a new computer-science building on the 91探花campus. Read more from .

Watch this new to meet Marine combat veteran and 91探花grad, Christopher Brown. He shares how he combined his own personal struggle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with his 91探花education to help his fellow veterans. Brown’s non-profit organization, 鈥淕rowing Veterans,鈥� seeks to reconnect veterans with civilian life through a sustainable agriculture program.

The 91探花 and Tsinghua University hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the Global Innovation Exchange (GIX) last week in Bellevue. A global partnership between the 91探花and Tsinghua University, with early support from Microsoft, GIX will help elevate the greater Seattle region as a center for innovation. Located in Bellevue’s Spring District in a nearly 100,000-square foot, state-of-the-art facility, the GIX building will feature design studios, a large makerspace, electronics prototyping labs, and spaces for collaboration and presentations. It is scheduled to open for the 2017-18 academic year.

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The program is now accepting applications for the inaugural fall 2017 class with students able to apply for UW鈥檚 Master of Science in Technology Innovation (MSTI) degree and the GIX dual masters鈥� degree.聽 An initial cohort of students began their studies in the dual masters鈥� degree program in Beijing this fall and will join newly recruited students in Bellevue in fall 2017.

On Tuesday, Xiamen Airlines and Boeing celebrated inaugural service by the airline between Shenzhen and Seattle by the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

The service launched September 26 and is the first direct international service between Shenzhen and the United States and the first long-haul route originating in Xiamen with an end point the United States. Xiamen Airlines operates a fleet of 165 aircraft and the largest all-Boeing fleet in China.

Randy Hodgins, 91探花Vice President for External Affairs,聽pictured with Kelly Maloney, President & CEO of the Washington Aerospace Futures Alliance and Federal Way city council member

The name 鈥淗uard鈥� is basically football royalty in the Pacific Northwest. Brothers Damon and Brock Huard were starting quarterbacks at the 91探花 in the 1990s and both went on to play in the NFL. Years later, both still maintain deep ties to the UW. caught up with the brothers – watch it .