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In an opinion piece, Dr. Marian Harris of the School of Social Work & Criminal Justice outlines the sometimes subtle impacts of incarcerating parents on their children, and calls for reform of the nation's drug laws.
In a perspective piece, Dr. Marian Harris describes the "little-discussed side effect of locking up more than 120,000 women, many of them low-income black and Latina mothers," and the traumatic impacts on their children.
Milgard School economist Margo Bergman is interviewed on the inherent human tendency to look to others for information about the value of things.
The News Tribune editorial board analyzes a consultant's report on the feasibility of a new law school at UW Tacoma.
UW Tacoma leaders will delay opening a new law school after reviewing a consultant's study pointing to discouraging trends in law school applications and available jobs.
Citing strong competition from existing schools for the region’s available law students, UW Tacoma has announced it will not ask the state legislature to create a new school at this time. UW Tacoma will focus on expanding the "pipeline of law students" by growing its pre-law programs.
The City of Tacoma has started construction of a stretch of the Prairie Line Trail that will connect the Thea Foss Waterway to the UW Tacoma campus, running past the Tacoma Art Museum.
The pros and cons of opening a new law school at UW Tacoma at a time when newly-minted lawyers are having difficulty finding positions as attorneys is examined.
At a Tacoma City Club luncheon, UW President Ana Mari Cauce said a law school at UW Tacoma would operate separately from the UW School of Law on the Seattle campus.
UW Tacoma Masters in Cybersecurity and Leadership student Nicolas Peterson describes the "lack of trust" between cyber security students and government that hinders recruitment.
In an extensive profile, UW Tacoma's Institute of Technology is described as "an integral part of the downtown campus that draws faculty from all over the world."
Washington Technology Industry Allliance COO Mike Monroe blogs about his visit to the UW Tacoma Institute of Technology. He calls UW Tacoma "one of the largest producers of proven technology talent in the State."
The opening of the first section of the Prairie Line Trail, an urban linear park intended to connect Tacoma to a growing regional greenway system, was celebrated with speeches and a ribbon cutting.
A News Tribune editorial says a UW Tacoma law program would be a valuable source of locally-trained legal professionals, and calls on the community to fund the program's startup costs.
UW Tacoma's Center for Strong Schools' work on the Tacoma Whole Child Initiative with Tacoma Public Schools is profiled. 26 elementary, middle and high schools are involved.
UW Tacoma will use its part of a $412,000 grant from National Institute of Standards and Technology to expand cybersecurity and leadership studies among veterans.
UW Tacoma announced the opening of it's section of a new mile-long linear park in downtown Tacoma, traveling through the heart of campus on the route of the old BNSF (née Northern Pacific) railroad right-of-way.
Pat Shuman, president of Tacoma Community College Foundation, describes rationale for upcoming child-centered community symposium at UW Tacoma.
Elemental Pizza will open a restaurant in the Pagni & Lenti building, owned by UW Tacoma. Co-owner James Allard recently met with decendents of the Pagni family to reminisce about the grocery store that occupied the space starting in 1903.
The Seattle Times reviews the book Trying Home, by UW Tacoma librarian Justin Wadland.
Associate Professor Beverly Naidus was part of a panel dealing with race and art, put on in response to the recent production of The Mikado. The article includes Seattle Channel video of the event.
Associate Professor Barb Toews was an instructor in a program at San Francisco County Jail No. 5 that linked restorative justice with design as inmates were asked to envision how prison spaces could help prevent recidivism.
Civic leader and UW Tacoma champion Dawn Lucien is celebrated, as the Tacoma Room on campus is renamed as the Dawn Lucien Room.
Pat Clark, director of campus planning and real estate, and Mike Wark, director of external relations, describe upcoming campus renovation plans.
Sam Shelton, a student in UW Tacoma Master of Social Work program, interns at the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.
UW Tacoma, particularly its technology programs, contributes to Tacoma’s current economic recovery.
The Math-Science Leadership program is part of a growing movement to bring STEM education to traditionally underrepresented groups.
The University of Washington Tacoma is hoping to improve retention with a daily support message sent to each student's mobile device.
Professor Michael Honey's new book Sharecropper's Troubadour tells the story of folk singer and activist John Handcox.
Brooke Gladstone interviews School of Urban Studies' Jim Thatcher (then at Clark University) on tech companies leveraging locational data from cell phones.
Chancellor Debra Friedman is proposing to bring legal education to the South Sound by hosting a second location for the UW School of Law.
