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Telling Their Stories
Assistant Professors Rachel Hershberg and Vanessa de Veritch Woodside are using interviews to understand the effects of detention on immigrants and refugees in the South Sound.
May 16, 2018
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The Bell Tolls for Us
An event marking the 50th year since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., reminds us his work is unfinished.
April 5, 2018
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Nimo Ahmed: Putting out the Welcome Mat
For UW Tacoma student Nimo Ahmed, home is more than just a location, it's a state of mind.
March 29, 2018
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University-city Partnership Seeks to Enhance Livability
Associate Professor Anne Taufen Wessells will serve as faculty co-director and the primary UW Tacoma contact throughout the 2017-18 Livable City Year partnership with the City of Tacoma.
June 20, 2017
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“Water By the Spoonful” a Hit for UW Tacoma Theater
With a cast composed of UW Tacoma students, a faculty member, an alumna and renowned South Sound actors, the Pulitzer-prize-winning play sold out five on-campus performances.
May 23, 2017
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UW Tacoma Embarks on Ambitious $45-Million Philanthropic Campaign
The Campaign for UW Tacoma, set to run through 2020, has already raised more than $23-million. Funds raised will support students, innovation and campus growth.
January 13, 2017
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Linda Hurley Ishem: Woman with two lives had to start over at 41
Urban Studies Senior Lecturer Linda Ishem had an extensive career in banking and community development. Then she was in a terrible car accident. Tacoma Weekly reports on how she remade her life.
January 12, 2017
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The Giving Garden Grows a SHED
A community partnership with Clover Park Technical College yields the Giving Garden's new Sustainable Hub for Education and Demonstration (SHED).
April 19, 2016
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New Faces of 2015: Students
The new academic year kicks off with Convocation, and we are proud to introduce some of the new faces on campus in 2015.
October 2, 2015
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Remembering Tacoma's Nihongo Gakko
UW Tacoma honors the story of the city's Japanese Language School with a memorial on campus, Maru, by Gerard Tsutakawa.
October 3, 2014
