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August 22, 2025Choose from 60+ programs designed to shape your career and transform communities.
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35 Years in the Making: UW Tacoma’s Convocation Welcomes a New Academic Year
October 1, 2025The Prairie Line Trail, once the western terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad, became a pathway to new beginnings during UW Tacoma’s Convocation.
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UW Tacoma welcomes a dozen new faculty members for the 2025-26 academic year
September 30, 2025We're proud to welcome a dynamic cohort of new faculty members to our pack at the University of Washington Tacoma.
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UW Tacoma named best value in the state by Washington Monthly
September 12, 2025The Monthly’s annual best-of lists also name UW Tacoma the top institution in Washington among master’s universities and among “bang for the buck colleges” in the West.
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UW Tacoma-led research team awarded $1.5 million NSF grant to improve wildfire models across the Western U.S.
September 9, 2025Researchers at UW Tacoma and the University of Nevada, Reno will collaborate to develop a new model that helps land and fire managers better predict and manage wildfires.
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UW Tacoma Professor Heather Dillon Puts LEDs in the Spotlight on ‘The Economics of Everyday Things’
Dillon’s research on energy-efficient, cost-saving LED lighting is featured in a new episode of “The Economics of Everyday Things” podcast.
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UW Tacoma Professor Eric Madfis featured on Rockefeller Institute's Policy Outsider podcast
Madfis joined the Rockefeller Institute’s Policy Outsider podcast to discuss his latest research on keeping schools safe through behavioral threat assessments.
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UW Tacoma students help launch statewide Washington State Zoning Atlas to support smarter planning
In a first-of-its-kind course, UW Tacoma students contributed to the Washington State Zoning Atlas — a new interactive tool from the Washington State Department of Commerce that standardizes zoning data across the state.
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Op-Ed: The War Over Tacoma’s Planting Strips
SIAS Associate Professor Ruben Casas says how the city uses planting strips along streets tells a tale of haves and have-nots, and of our differing standards.
The Urbanist
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Kula among four UW researchers named Fulbright Scholars
Michael Kula was selected to serve as Fulbright Writer-in-Residence at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. In addition to teaching courses in AMU’s Center for the Affirmation of Literature, he will be completing final research and revisions for his book, “The Long Alone,” a creative nonfiction account of the travels of Kazimierz Nowak, an amateur Polish journalist who bicycled alone across Africa in the 1930s.
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Promoting Purpose to Reduce Stop-Outs
A recent study from the University of Washington Tacoma finds that a student’s decision to leave higher education can be driven by a lack of goals or sense of self.
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Loss of USGS program could hamper salmon research critical for Puget Sound
This USGS team provides critical data and lab and research facilities that helped Professor Ed Kolodziej in his vital research on 6PPD-quinone, a chemical used in tires that is toxic to Coho salmon.
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Seattle nonprofit lands $40 million from anonymous donor
Eric Stowe (SIAS '01) founded Splash to improve public health in urban areas through schools around the world, focusing on clean water and sanitation.
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Tacoma library's first social worker makes impact with 230 aid cases in 2024
Samantha Iverson (BA '08, MSW '16) is making a big difference as the first social worker for Tacoma Public Library, helping connect patrons with the community resources.
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Minnesota adoptees respond to fraud reports in South Korean adoption programs
Associate Professor JaeRan Kim (SWCJ) is talks about her work on an adoptee consciousness model that looks at the different “touchstones” adoptees might experience in adulthood related to their adoption.
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UW Tacoma names engineering fellowship to honor U.S. Rep. Marilyn Strickland’s contributions to education, workforce development
August 25, 2025The fellowship, named in Rep. Strickland’s honor, gives local students real-world experience in Tacoma’s city departments, building pathways to impactful engineering careers close to home.
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A Foundation of Inclusivity
July 21, 2025This year’s Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, Dr. Amy Maharaj Madeo, has built a career in education with inclusive excellence.
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From Campus to Community
July 2, 2025Connected through their leadership roles at a family resource center, UW Tacoma alumni Amalia Perez, Bryan Neal and Roxy Magno are dedicated to serving their community both personally and professionally.
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Welcome to the Class of 2025
June 10, 2025UW Tacoma is celebrating the amazing achievements of more than 1,750 new graduates this year.
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The Money Mentor
May 29, 2025Dan Wickens (BABA ’13) has made it his mission to make finances less scary for students.
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Invested in Students
May 16, 2025Sound Credit Union is helping ensure students are able to develop personal and professional skills that they're going to take out into the workplace and help build stronger communities.