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.
A public forum hosted by UW Tacoma's Urban Studies program will feature sessions discussing Tacoma's Shoreline Master Program.
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.
Six students transferring from the region's community colleges are attending UW Tacoma with support from the Next Step Scholarship.
Two high-schoolers talk about how the UW Tacoma Math-Science Leadership program furthered their interest in STEM and youth leadership.
"Garden in the City" is a documentary video produced by Daniel Nash, '09, for a communication class at UW Tacoma in spring 2009.
One hundred years of nursing history in Washington will be marked by a traveling history exhibit curated in part by UW Tacoma students, faculty and graduates.
UW Tacoma will hold its first conference on higher education and Native Americans, featuring presentations that highlight contemporary issues facing Indigenous people in higher education, such as the absence of Indigenous heritage and history in academic courses and literature.
William W. Philip Hall, a new assembly space accommodating 300 to 500 people, depending on configuration, will provide a venue for lectures, concerts, banquets, student activities and community events.
Tacoma has been chosen as one of Outside magazine's top five towns to live in - and the University of Washington Tacoma is credited with making a major contribution to the city's revitalization.
