News & Events

Over 400 students across the University of Washington, including 17 UW Tacoma NextGen students thronged the state Capitol for Huskies on the Hill on February 3, 2025.

The elevator door opens - and in walks the CEO of the organization you admire most. What do you do? This question drove the IIGE’s 2025 Shared Futures event on February 19, which featured elevator pitch skits and networking for students with community leaders.

New faculty Dr. Jaleesa Trapp, an MIT Media Lab alum and Tacoma native, brings expertise in community-centered design, STEM and computing education, and social justice to her Winter 2025 studio class in the Innovation and Design Minor.

Steven Golob, a Ph.D. student in Computer Science, has been recognized for his research on using private data to train A.I. models.

Professor Ka Yee Yeung’s research is about making life easier for researchers working with big data. Now, she has become the first UW Tacoma faculty member honored as the Virginia & Prentice Bloedel Professor. She is using the endowment to give more students experience in research.

Summer and Fall 2024 brought exciting projects to the UW Tacoma Global Innovation and Design (GID) Lab, as clients in business, industry, government, education, and non profit sectors grappled with moving policies to action and removing barriers to critical resources.

"What's the story of your name?", a Deep-Sea Adventure, and favorite foods were among IIGE faculty innovations in the classroom to integrate personal experience with global learning. The October 4, 2024, Faculty Retreat brought together professors across UW Tacoma majors.

The Institute for Innovation and Global Engagement (IIGE) orientation on October 9, 2024, celebrated 20 years of Global Honors and featured an Ideathon to brainstorm themes for the 2025 Global Engagement Conference.

Assistant Teaching Professor Nara Almeida discusses the potential of pervious concrete as a road-building material to mitigate flooding damage.

Faculty members Martine De Cock and Paulo Barreto in the School of Engineering and Technology were among the first round of 35 National Science Foundation awards to continue their work in privacy-preserving AI.