It's a Dirty Job
UW Tacoma alumnus Marco Barajas is happiest when he's knee deep in muck or up to his elbows in grease.
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An Army 'Computer Guy' Gets His Facts Right
James Stevens jumped from the Special Forces to his life as a student-veteran at UW Tacoma.
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Be the First
Nov. 8 is National First Generation Student Day. 56% of UW Tacoma students are the first in their families to attend college.
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The Builder
Professor Divya McMillin doesn't wield a hammer but her ideas have helped shaped UW Tacoma's mission.
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Getting SET for the Future
New initiatives and rapid growth are part of the vision for engineering and technology education at UW Tacoma.
UW Tacoma in the News
Moving from prison to a PhD - CHRIS BEASLEY: Connecting former convicts
Assistant professor of community psychology Chris Beasley's work to build the Tacoma Post-Prison Higher Education Coalition is featured in one of the world's leading scientific journals.
Nature
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October 31, 2019
Stressed at school? Art therapy reduces teenage girls' headaches
Nursing & Heatlthcare Leadership Associate Professor Christine Stevens is a co-author of a study examining art-based mindfulness activities that could serve to reduce one of the markers of stress in teenage girls.
UW News
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August 29, 2019
Don't end safe gun storage service for students at Washington universities. Subscription
The News Tribune editorial board calls on public higher education institutions, including UW Tacoma, to provide safe storage of student guns, a practice just ended by WSU.
The News Tribune
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August 23, 2019
What Kind of City do We Want to Be? Tacoma and the Arguments Cities Make
Assistant Professor Rubén Casas, of the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, argues that the Tacoma region needs to make decisions now that will affect whether it will be inclusive and equitable in the future.
The Urbanist
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August 23, 2019
Column: What role does 'toxic masculinity' play in mass shootings?
Opinion columnist Clarence Page cites and quotes the work of Social Work & Criminal Justice's Eric Madfis in the wake of two mass shootings in El Paso, Tex., and Dayton, Ohio.
Chicago Tribune
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August 13, 2019
Interview//Of Service: A Conversation between Paul Hlava Ceballos and Sarah A. Chavez
Lecturer Sarah Chavez took part in Poets and Artists for Migrant Justice at Seattle's Victor Hugo House, and spoke about the event with its organizer, Paul Hlava Ceballos.
Poetry Northwest
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August 10, 2019
Many Mass Shooters Share A Common Bond: Male Grievance Culture
Social Work & Criminal Justice's Eric Madfis describes how white male grievance culture may motivate some individuals to carry out mass shootings.
Guns & America/KUNC
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August 9, 2019
Seattle-area internet firm decides not to host extremist 8chan website linked to El Paso shootings Subscription
Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences Associate Professor Chris DeMaske cautions that government's current hands-off policy regarding internet regulation, leaving it primarily to the commercial sector, is incompatible with democracy.
The Seattle Times
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August 8, 2019
Data-driven minds descend on Anchorage
School of Engineering & Technology Professor Ankur Teredesai was co-chair of the Association for Computing Machinery's 2019 computer science and artificial intelligence conference, held in Anchorage, Alaska.
Alaska Journal of Commerce
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August 7, 2019
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