UW Tacoma in the media

The Milgard School of Business is inviting submissions for the second annual UW FinTech Pitch Competition beginning March 28.

School of Engineering and Technology Associate Professor Anderson Nascimento is quoted on the security of the technology underlying cryptocurrencies.

UW Tacoma student Brooklyn Jennings, Law & Policy, has received the Martha and Jeff Johnson Scholarship to travel to Peru.

Negative crime trends we are experiencing are symptomatic of larger, system-wide failings. School of Social Work & Criminal Justice Assistant Professors Janelle Hawes and Ken Cruz are quoted.

Australian researchers have identified 6PPD-Quinone, a substance derived from tire preservatives in that country's waters. A team led by UW Tacoma's Ed Kolodziej and the Center for Urban Waters first identified the substance in the U.S.

David Boe, part-time lecturer in the School of Urban Studies and former Tacoma City Council member, asked students to redesign the downtown area between Broadway, Commerce, 9th and 11th Streets. News Tribune writer Matt Driscoll sat in on the class.

Campus planners are putting together a request for proposals to build a residence hall-like building that includes food service, such as a dining hall, through a public/private partnership.

Over the next seven years, the NSF funds will provide student scholarships, mentoring, research participation and an optional on-campus living community for students pursuing studies in science, technology, engineering and math.

Christopher Beasley, UW Tacoma assistant professor of psychology, discusses barriers he faced in academia as a formerly incarcerated individual.

Joel Baker, professor and science director of the Center for Urban Waters, says that glitter is a constituent of microplastic pollution in the ocean.

Amazon employees interested in attending UW Tacoma may now have up to 100% of their college tuition costs covered by the company, through its newly-expanded Career Choice program.

Theo Partner Investments says the growth of the UW Tacoma campus is one factor in its decision to build a 144-unit apartment project at S. Tacoma Ave. S. and S. 17th St., across from the northwest corner of campus.

All three UW campuses will host in-person ceremonies at the end of spring quarter. UW Tacoma will host its June 13 event at the Washington State Fairgrounds.

Federal Way Mayor Jim Ferrell mentioned The HUB, the higher education partnership of Highline College, UW Tacoma, the city and Federal Way Public Schools.

Based on decades of work by Pacific Northwest researchers, including Associate Professor Ed Kolodziej, scientists in Minnesota are seeking funding to test stormwater runoff in that state for the presence of 6PPD-quinone, a by-product of rubber tires known to kill coho salmon.

Dr. Jimmy McCarty, executive director of the Center for Equity & Inclusion, has helped coordinate an open letter to Congress, signed by more than 80 scholars of theology, ethics and Christian studies, to protest excessive defense funding.

The Hub: Federal Way Higher Education Center has opened. The facility is a collaboration of UW Tacoma, Highline College, the City of Federal Way and Federal Way Public Schools.

Dr. Carolyn West is one of several experts consulted by Nancy Grace as she examines the death of social media influencer Lauren Smith-Fields.

Jeremiah Wiley, '04, Accounting, Milgard School of Business, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Port of Bremerton, a $14M organization that manages Bremerton National Airport and marinas at Bremerton and Port Orchard.

The author believes that King's public and pastoral ministry were held together by his anti-capitalist outlook. Dr. Michael Honey's "All Labor Has Dignity" is mentioned.

A parade meant to help dispel the gloom of the darkest time of the year, and featuring a fire-breathing dragon, started on the UW Tacoma campus.

Nominations are now being received for the Milgard School of Business's annual Business Leadership Awards program.

The Federal Way Hub, a collaboration of UW Tacoma, Highline College, the City of Federal Way and Federal Way Public Schools, establishes a higher-education presence in downtown Federal Way blocks from the upcoming light rail station.

Adan Espino, '19, Law & Policy, is now the executive director of Washington's Craft Cannabis Coalition.

Dr. Rubén Casas writes about the role of real estate and housing reform, including "Home in Tacoma" rezoning proposals, in desegregation and equity, 

Dr. Rupinder Jindal is co-author of a study examining the disparate impact of food price inflation on low-income consumers.

UW Tacoma has the best return on investment of any college, public or private, in Washington, according to this calculation, based on a 2019 Georgetown University study.

Bill Smitherman served in the Washington legislature, representing the 26th district (Gig Harbor, some of Tacoma, Key Peninsula) from 1983-90. He chaired the Senate Higher Education Committee and championed legislation that created UW Tacoma.

The exhibition at Bonney Lake Justice & Municipal Center includes work by LeShawn Gamble, '19, Psychology.

UW Tacoma is the least expensive public university in Washington, according to this calculation.

Dr. Ali Modarres, Urban Studies, one of four experts quoted, says a regional approach to housing affordability is good, and that the South Sound Housing Affordability Partners needs to providing public land and increase public funding for housing.

Associate Professor Emeritus Beverly Naidus has an exhibition of her work at The Gallery at Tacoma Community College.

Five of the 2021 Jane's Fellows have UW Tacoma connections: Daniel Akamine, Ed.D. program; Kim Ellefson, online criminal justice; Kristin Pool, '10, nursing; Lakecia Farmer, master of community planning program; Yvette Donde, psychology.

ASUWT President André Jimenez has been hired by the Washington State Historical Society to run their new Diversity in Local History grant program.

In an installment of their daily satellite photo series, NASA shares images showing how logs knocked into Spirit Lake by the eruption of Mount St. Helens have formed a mat that migrates from one end of the lake to the other. Environmental Science's Jim Gawel is quoted.

Laurel Turner graduated from UW Tacoma in 2003 with a major in interdisciplinary arts and sciences and a minor in non-profit management.

Dr. EC Cline is quoted on the stature of Dune and Tacoma-born author Frank Herbert in the science fiction canon.