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  • August 28, 2024

    ICYMI: CoMotion Labs Summer Social

    Annual gathering brings together Labs colleagues and members from the tech, life sciences, and hardware incubators.
    CoMotion event staff Hannah Wong and Claire Inslee
  • August 21, 2024

    Spinoff News Roundup: August 2024

    CoMotion supported the launches of 12 spinoffs in FY24, all technology through UW on their path from lab to market.
  • July 16, 2024

    Q&A: Cathy Madden

    UW drama professor Cathy Madden, who led an event at Startup Hall, talks to CoMotion about how acting/improv skills can improve entrepreneurs’ pitches.
    Headshot of UW drama professor Cathy Madden
  • June 17, 2024

    CoMotion celebrates staff innovation

    Third annual CoMotion Innovates celebration recognizes teammates who have made innovative contributions to the office’s work.
    CoMotion staff honorees pose with certificates at the CoMotion Innovates celebration.
  • June 13, 2024

    Changemaker: Eric Szelenyi

    Postdoctoral entrepreneur leverages CoMotion resources to advance tools for the development of psychiatric drugs.
    Headshot of UW postdoctoral entrepreneur Eric Szelenyi.
  • June 11, 2024

    CoMotion open house kicks off Innovation Month

    On May 1, CoMotion welcomed 140 people to its new offices for an open house, officially kicking off UW’s first-ever Innovation Month.
    Vice Provost for Innovation François Baneyx addresses CoMotion open house on May 1.
  • May 01, 2024

    Imagine new heights during UW Innovation Month

    UW's first-ever Innovation Month is a campus-wide celebration of the innovation that happens everywhere at UW, every day, from STEM to the humanities and beyond.
    UW Innovation Month Logo featuring a purple rendering of Mt. Rainier against a pink background, with the words "May 2024, Innovation Month, Imagine New Heights"
  • March 19, 2024

    Curiosity, resilience, and the greater good

    We're celebrating disclosures of UW innovations, a new partnership with Montana State University, and our recently launched spinoffs.
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  • March 07, 2024

    A stone’s throw from recovery

    A mother-daughter team of physicists is advancing therapeutic ultrasound to break up tissue like kidney stones and tumors.
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  • February 21, 2024

    Spinoff News Roundup: February 2024

    Since July 1, the beginning of the University of Washington’s fiscal year, CoMotion has supported the launch of several startups, each spinning out of or licensing...
    The large "W" sculpture on the northern edge of UW's Seattle campus
  • February 20, 2024

    The Spark of Intention

    Three academic entrepreneurs share how personal experiences and perspectives guide their work to build better businesses and a better world.
    Collage of portraits of Nuttada Panpradist, Alicia Beckford Wassink, and Varadaraya Shenoy.
  • December 09, 2023

    2023 School of Medicine Inventor of the Year event celebrates Ricky Wang, brings together UW entrepreneurial community

    Ruikang "Ricky" Wang and Felicia Watson accepting awards
  • November 15, 2023

    The Sticking Point

    Mechanical engineering professor Eric Seibel has developed a medical adhesive designed to detach from the skin more easily than standard solutions. His team recently completed a...
    PhD students test ThermoTape medical adhesive
  • September 19, 2023

    Happy birthday, Startup Hall!

    Startup Hall, home of CoMotion Labs and its technology incubator, celebrates nine years as a bridge between academia and industry and fertile ground for game-changing ideas.
    Condon Hall with Startup Hall inside on 2nd floor
  • September 13, 2023

    Washington Research Foundation commits more than $1.2 million to Postdoctoral Entrepreneurship Program at UW and WSU

    Washington Research Foundation (WRF) has awarded more than $1.2 million to expand a University of Washington (UW) training program for entrepreneurs, and to partner with Washington...
    Logo for Washington Research Foundation.
  • September 01, 2023

    Certara acquires Drug Interaction Database

    UW-developed research tool joins biosimulation company Certara and expands its reach.
    Certara/DIS logo
  • August 15, 2023

    Introducing Copyright Resource

    We're excited to debut UW's newly redesigned guide to copyright policies, featuring a refreshed look and feel, streamlined organization, and new content on emerging topics in...
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  • August 04, 2023

    UW NSF I-Corps Site Program Awardees - Winter & Summer 2023

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  • July 26, 2023

    At the ready for innovations to come

    This past year will go down in the history of U.S. innovation for a massive commitment of federal funds toward technological competitiveness and national resilience.
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  • July 18, 2023

    What can Fenwick do for you?

    Fenwick represents >1,500 VC-backed companies and acts as primary legal counsel to 80 VC-backed companies with valuations over $1 billion.
    Fenwick partner Andy Albertson