The April 9-11 Western Regional Honors Conference in Las Vegas featured presentations from five Global Honors students. Overall, 11 Global Honors papers were accepted for the conference.
The University of Washington Tacoma is launching a new Direct Admit pathway to the Global Honors Program for the 2026–27 academic year, expanding access to interdisciplinary, globally focused education.
The 7th Annual Global Engagement Conference on May 20 drew around 200 attendees for panel and poster presentations by students from UW Tacoma and area institutions connected to the theme “Innovation Across Borders”.
The Global Honors Program is celebrating major student accomplishments: two scholars in the 2025 Husky 100, 11 acceptances to present at the 2026 Western Regional Honors Conference (WRHC); one acceptance in the honors journal, Scribendi; and several among the 150 UW students attending Huskies on the Hill.
Read the GID Lab interns report of Shared Futures 2026, an annual network-and-learn opportunity hosted by the Institute for Innovation and Global Engagement.
In October and November, over 40 Mechanical Engineering students worked through the design thinking process to apply to their Senior Capstone Project for industry clients.