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.
On May 7, GID Lab interns led around 20 peers through a fast-paced design thinking workshop to create recipes, source food on campus, and gain an empathetic understanding of the issue of food scarcity at UW Tacoma.
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”.
Centering voices of children and families impacted by the child welfare system, community leaders and service providers convened by Amara and HopeSparks produced prototypes of resources through a two-phased design thinking project facilitated by UW Tacoma's Global Innovation and Design Lab, from November 2025-January 2026.
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.