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

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.