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Capstone is the culmination of students’ learning experience at the iSchool. For their Capstone projects, Informatics students work independently or with sponsors to identify real-world information problems. Then, they develop the approaches and methods needed to address these problems, conduct the research, and finally present their findings in both oral and written formats.

Capstone Stories

Informatics team delivers

If you were a travel vlogger who had just gotten back from, say, a trip to Seattle to watch the U.S. men's World Cup soccer team trounce Australia, and you wanted to create a video about the experience, what would your first step be?A new...

Informatics project gets app in gear

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

The Washington State Department of Transportation app features extensive transportation information such as schedules, traffic alerts and weather reports, but it hasn’t been updated in about seven years. A team of Informatics students...

For Capstone, students act as attackers

Monday, January 12, 2026

As cybersecurity and artificial intelligence intersect, they introduce both new capabilities and potential risks. To better understand these dynamics, Informatics students in INFO 492 devised cybersecurity attack and defense simulations...

Sponsor a Project

iEngage partners and iSchool community partners are invited to sponsor Capstone projects by submitting project ideas each autumn and working with students during the winter and spring quarters. Learn about sponsoring a student team.

Student Info

Working individually or in a defined group, Capstone is student-directed, meaning you take responsibility for identifying and defining a problem to work on, developing the approach and methods needed to address or research the problem, carrying out the investigation, and presenting findings. Learn about the Capstone experience.

iSchool Showcase

A row of women behind a table with another person in the foreground. One of the women behind the table is explaning the team's project.Students present their Capstone projects at the annual iSchool Showcase, which highlights student work from across the Information School. Learn about the 2026 iSchool Showcase.

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