Celebrate Innovation at UW

This May is the first-ever UW Innovation Month, featuring a full slate of programs and events that celebrate the spirit of innovation at UW.

Imagine new heights

Innovation Month is a campus-wide celebration of the innovative work that happens everywhere at UW, every day, across disciplines. It highlights students and researchers who are entrepreneurs, designers, engineers, scientists, artists, and other leaders who are constantly imagining new heights in their fields. Join events to gain insights into the latest trends in academia and industry and build your network with others who share your passion and drive for impact.

 About the UW Innovation Month logo

The logo is a representation of the classic Rainier Vista view from the Seattle campus. The mountain signifies the challenges that inspire innovation and the perseverance and determination required to overcome them, reach goals, and imagine new heights.

UW Innovation Month events

Browse innovation-related events listed below, including competitions, research symposia, lectures, exhibitions, concerts, and capstone showcases across disciplines, all month long.

Events by date

Browse UW Innovation Month events happening throughout the month of May.

Week 1

  • May 1: (by invitation)
  • May 1: (UW School of Medicine)
  • May 1: (Global Health)
  • May 1-2: (UW Libraries)
  • April 23-May 3:
  • May 2-3: (College of Engineering)
  • May 2: (Physiology and Biophysics)
  • May 2: (School of Public Health)
  • May 2: How to Center Intersex: Refusing Pathology Defying the Binary (GWSS) (College of Arts & Sciences)
  • May 3: Seattle Modern Orchestra with UW Modern  Ensemble: Music of UW Student Composers (School of Music)
  • May 3: (CoMotion)

Week 2

  • May 7: (Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship)
  • May 7: (School of Medicine)
  • May 7: (UW Libraries)
  • May 7-17:
  • May 8: (UW Tech Policy Lab, Electronic Frontier Foundation,  UW Society + Technology)
  • May 8: (Global Health)
  • May 8: Creating a Sustainable Campus: Green Building Standards webinar (UW Sustainability)
  • May 8: Accessible Technology Webinar Series: Accessible Presentations (Part 2) (UW Accessibility)
  • May 8: (College of Arts & Sciences)
  • May 9: (Evans School of Public Policy & Governance)
  • May 9-12: (College of Arts & Sciences)
  • May 10: (College of Arts & Sciences)
  • May 11: (GirlUp Entrepreneurs with UW’s Women in Business)

Week 3

  • May 13: (Computational Neuroscience Center)
  • May 13-15: (external event)
  • May 14: (Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship)
  • May 14: (Institute of Translational Health Sciences)
  • May 14: (Immunology)
  • May 14: (UW Libraries)
  • May 15: (Global Health)
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  • May 15:
  • May 15: (College of Arts & Sciences)
  • May 16: (apply by May 1)
  • May 16: (Global Health)
  • May 16: (JSIS Center for Human Rights)
  • May 17: 27th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium (Office of Undergraduate Research)
  • May 17: (Information School)
  • May 17: Black Graduate Student Association Research Symposium

Week 4

  • May 20: (College of Engineering)
  • May 21: (College of Engineering)
  • May 21: (Global Health)
  • May 21: I-TECH Research Seminar Series (Global Health)
  • May 21:
  • May 21-31:
  • May 22: (°Ä²ÊÍø Tacoma Global Innovation and Design Lab)
  • May 22: Studio Jazz Ensemble, Modern Band (School of Music)
  • May 22: State of Sustainability at UW webinar (UW Sustainability)
  • May 23: (Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship)
  • May 23:
  • May 23: Three-Minute Thesis (The Graduate School)

Week 5

  • May 28: (College of Engineering)
  • May 28: (College of Engineering)
  • May 28: (Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship)
  • May 29: (College of Engineering)
  • May 29: (Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship in Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership)
  • May 29: (Global Health)
  • May 29: (College of Arts & Sciences)
  • May 29: (iSchool)
  • May 29: Jazz Innovations, Part I (School of Music)
  • May 30: Jazz Innovations, Part II (School of Music)
  • May 30: Clean Energy Institute End of Year Seminar with Dan Schwartz
  • May 30: (iSchool)
  • May 31: (College of Engineering)
  • May 31: (College of Engineering)
  • May 31: (College of Engineering)
  • May 31: (College of Engineering)
  • May 31: (Global Health)

June

  • June 4-14:

 

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