UW moves Global Innovation Exchange program to Microsoft’s campus in rent-free deal

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UW moves Global Innovation Exchange program to Microsoft’s campus in rent-free deal, according to GeekWire. The University of Washington and Microsoft celebrated the official opening of the Global Innovation Exchange’s new permanent home on the tech giant's campus. Supported by a $42 million in-kind contribution from Microsoft, the rent-free facility embeds UW students and researchers alongside tech industry leaders. Microsoft is a software and software development company based in Redmond.

The UW’s Global Innovation Exchange program has moved into a new full-time space on the Microsoft campus. (UW Photo) The University of Washington and Microsoft today celebrated the opening of the permanent home of the UW’s Global Innovation Exchange (GIX) , an institute supporting tech leaders, on the tech giant’s Redmond, Wash., campus.

GIX is the first UW program to set up full-time operations at Microsoft, whose headquarters are just across Lake Washington from the university’s main campus. The company provided a $42 million in-kind donation to establish the embedded facility.