20 UW researchers elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences for 2021
Among the UW faculty elected are Dr. Joel Baker, professor and Port of Tacoma Chair in Environmental Science, director of the Puget Sound Institute and science director of the Center for Urban Waters.
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Powering student-centered learning
At Kent Laboratory Academy, a unique partnership with UW Tacoma’s School of Education is helping shape a more personalized, whole-child approach to learning — one student at a time.
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UW Tacoma celebrates recipients of the 2026 Distinguished Awards
From innovative teaching and research to transformative community engagement, this year’s distinguished award recipients exemplify outstanding contributions that advance UW Tacoma’s mission and impact.
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INNOVATION ACROSS BORDERS: Global Engagement Conference 2026
The 7th Annual Global Engagement Conference on May 20 drew around 200 attendees for panel and poster presentations by students from UW Tacoma and area institutions connected to the theme “Innovation Across Borders”.
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Director of UW Tacoma's Husky Post Prison Pathways interviewed alongside 'A Voice 4 the Unheard' founder John Bunn
Omari Amili (B.A. '14, M.A. '16), founding director of UW Tacoma's Husky Post Prison Pathways, appeared on TV Tacoma's Cityline program to discuss an upcoming talk on campus with John Bunn, the wrongfully convicted, fully exonerated founder behind "A Voice 4 The Unheard," a nonprofit that promotes literacy in prisons and among youth.
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UW Tacoma professor speaks on viral dance culture in The New York Times
When a dance goes viral on social media, what comes next? UW Tacoma's Pamela Krayenbuhl weighs in on how online fame shapes a young person's future and the bigger questions behind fleeting internet stardom.
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For death row inmates with severe mental illness, UW Tacoma psychologist contributes to conversation on competency for execution
A study authored by Assistant Professor I-An "Amy" Su is referenced in a new editorial from Law360 that explores an ongoing debate in court: Does a condemned inmate's mental health diagnosis make it legally or morally permissible to execute them?
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