Classes start in just one week, SEAS students! What are you looking forward to the most this semester? A certain class? Project? Extracurricular? Let us know in the comments below!

In the article “Scientists devise a battery-free pacemaker that can be absorbed by the body,’’ STAT quoted Dr. Efimov about a study he co-authored with colleagues to design a temporary, battery-free pacemaker that can be broken down by the patient’s body. ow.ly/ki8T50Fq9JK

CNBC featured SEAS alumna and XPrize CEO Anousheh Ansari in the article “XPrize CEO on being the first self-funded woman to go to space: People ‘underestimated my persistence.’’’ Check it out: ow.ly/gmjq50EX3qx

WJLA-ABC7 spoke to CS Professor Arkady Yerukhimovich about continuing cybersecurity threats in its recent news report “Personal data of DC police leaked by Russian-speaking ransomware gang.” ow.ly/MBe450ERMq6

MAE’s Dr. Keidar has been elected as a Class of 2021 Honorary Fellows and Fellows by the @aiaa! AIAA picks fellows based upon notable and valuable contributions to the arts, sciences or technology of aeronautics and astronautics. aiaa.org/news/news/2021/02/2…

Engineers’ Week is taking place February 22 - 26! The Engineer's Council is excited to celebrate Engineers' Week with everyone in the SEAS community! Here is a schedule of events! linktr.ee/ecouncilgwu?utm_so…

POSTPONED: 2020 SEAS Student R&D Showcase Originally scheduled for Friday, October 23, the 2020 SEAS Student R&D Showcase is being postponed to a future date. More information will be provided as soon as a new date is set!

Third in our series highlighting recent SEAS grads is Patrick Cody! Patrick was a computer science major and will be moving from Washington, DC, to Seattle, Washington, where he will work as a production engineer at Facebook. Read more about him at seas.gwu.edu/getting-know-pa…:

Second in our series highlighting recent SEAS grads is Caitlin Carfano, an electrical engineering major who received many academic honors during her time at the university! Read more about her here: seas.gwu.edu/getting-know-ca…

The SEAS Graduation Celebration’s Graduate Virtual Ceremony will be held at 6 pm EDT this Friday! You can watch the livestreamed event here: ow.ly/CqUm50zBc82

Congratulations to the GW chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), which won the @gwcareercenter Collaboration Award for Excellence in Student Life!

Congratulations to BME’s Dr. Jason Zara on being named the recipient of GW’s 2020 Oscar and Shoshana Trachtenberg Prize for Teaching Excellence!

ECE’s Dr. Volker Sorger has received a $150,000 grant from Booz Allan Hamilton to conduct research on a Fourier-optical processor.