The new Center for Urban Waters building on the Thea Foss Waterway will house two research initiatives, the Puget Sound Institute and the Storm Water Technical Resource Center.
Dr. Michael Honey, is the 2010 recipient of UW Tacoma's Distinguished Research Award.
Bill Kunz has worked at eight Olympic Games as a producer. During the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C., he is producing NBC's television coverage of curling.
Dr. Joel Baker is the recipient of the 2010 Conservation Research Award from the Seattle Aquarium Society.
Serving as a bridge between the scientific community and agencies charged with restoring and protecting Puget Sound, the Institute is a collaboration of the Puget Sound Partnership, the UW College of the Environment and the UW Tacoma Center for Urban Waters.
Kathy Beaudoin will teach education students at the University of Rijeka, Croatia, and Bill Kunz will teach media studies at the University of the Ryukyus, in Okinawa, Japan.
Dr. Larry Knopp will be the new director of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, UW Tacoma's largest academic program.
"Garden in the City" is a documentary video produced by Daniel Nash, '09, for a communication class at UW Tacoma in spring 2009.
The stories of five students in the class of 2009 symbolize the many paths graduates have taken to get to this point in their lives.
Nineteen grants in 2009 from two UW Tacoma endowments will help faculty, staff and students by supporting scholarship, research and campus improvements.
