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UW Tacoma’s commencement ceremony is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 7, at the Tacoma Dome and will be streamed live here. Doors open 60 minutes in advance.
The June 8 Commencement ceremony in Seattle will be streamed online starting at 12:30 p.m. Doors to Husky Stadium open at 12:30 p.m. “Purple Carpet” programming begins at 12:30 p.m., followed by the procession of graduates at 1:30 p.m. and the Commencement ceremony at about 2 p.m.

Physical computing, the combination of consumer-grade fabrication and computing technology, enables participation for people with disabilities in multiple home and community contexts. Now widely available, physical computing technology includes 3D-modeling software and machines such as laser cutters, 3D-printers, knitting machines and programmable embroidery machines. These technologies are already making a demonstrable and significant impact on community living and participation for people with disabilities in the form of 3D-printed tactile maps, customized tactile interactions on devices, specialized tools for creating assistive technology.

CREATE is the Center for Research and Education on Accessible Technology and Experiences. Our mission is to make technology accessible and to make the world accessible through technology. Our vision is a world where people with disabilities are full participants in shaping tomorrow’s world.

CREATE is a community of faculty, students, and partners who share a commitment to building accessible futures

Our researchers, educators, developers, and innovators recognize that emerging technologies can pose new barriers to people with disabilities, and that they hold promise to remove older barriers. By bringing together researchers across multiple UW schools and departments, CREATE harnesses the diverse expertise necessary to realize a more just and equitable technological future, one that overcomes existing barriers and ensures new ones do not arise.

RESEARCH INITIATIVES

AccessEngineering students and CREATE Associate Director Katherine M. Steele work on modeling for accessibility tools. One student is standing, the other is in a power wheelchair.

We are committed to centering disabled perspectives in our work so that our innovations meet the needs of disabled people in our communities and beyond

The commitment to ensure that research, innovation, and discussions draw from disabled people’s experiences extends from our Center leadership (50% disabled) to our community partners program, which fosters collaboration between students and local, regional, and national disability-serving nonprofits.

TRANSLATION

Jennifer Mankoff works with two students in a 3D printing lab crowded with tools.

A nexus for advocacy for people with disabilities across the university

With our experts and campus partners in wide-ranging fields, we also focus on re-shaping STEM education, with two aims: making sure STEM education is accessible to students with disabilities; ensuring that our graduates enter the workforce fully educated in accessible technology.

EDUCATION