Taking Shape
UW Tacoma alumna Erica Myron, ’20, is on her way toward become a professor of American Indian Literature.
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Getting It
A professor told Sahra Malin that 'if you want it, go get it," and that's exactly what Malin is doing.
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Hearing Yes
UW Tacoma alumna Sarah Wilkinson wouldn't let her past determine her future.
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UW Tacoma Commencement 2020
Watch the interactive webcast, read about amazing graduates, download the program, upload your congratulations, and more...
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Not Just a Piece of Paper
Education has been the one constant in a life of unpredictability and hardship for Chancellor's Medalist Leticia Romo Bueno.
UW Tacoma in the News
Monsanto will pay $95 million in PCB settlement with Washington state Subscription
Dr. Joel Baker, director of the Puget Sound Institute and environmental science professor at UW Tacoma, describes impacts of PCBs and why they are so hard to remove from contaminated locations.
The Seattle Times
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June 24, 2020
What's in a name, Pierce County? A pro-slavery racist president we must reckon with Subscription
Luther Adams, associate professor of history, is quoted on the attitudes and actions of Pierce County's namesake, former U.S. President Franklin Pierce.
The News Tribune
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June 19, 2020
New road at Mount St. Helens? Scientists see another disaster
Enviironmental Science Associate Professor Jim Gawel has been doing research at Mount St. Helens' Spirit Lake since 2005. He is quoted in an article describing the U.S. Forest Service's plans to build a road across the Pumice Plain, an environmentally-sensitive region at the base of the volcano.
Columbia Insight
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June 18, 2020
UW Tacoma vigil shows Muslim support for 'Black brothers and sisters' Subscription
Student Bengisu Cicek, incoming preisdent of the Muslim Student Association, co-organized a vigil attended by more than 200 people (observing COVID-19 hygiene practices) to "remember and honor the lives of our Black brothers and sisters."
The News Tribune
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June 17, 2020
Opinion: Health care nonprofits have vital role to play
Nursing & Healthcare Leadership Associate Professor Robin Evans-Agnew is co-author, with Jay Clay, American Lung Association volunteer, of an op-ed calling on government to recognize the role science-based advocacy organizations play in public health.
The [Spokane] Spokesman-Review
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June 14, 2020
'Rapid Murals' Adorning Boarded Up Businesses and the Artists Who Created Them
Artists Curtis Ashby and Saiyare Refaei describe the murals they have painted on the plywood-covered windows of Bleach, Stocklist, Channing Baby & Co. and London's Salon, all retail tenants of UW Tacoma.
South Sound Business
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June 12, 2020
Rats Have Not Changed. We Have.
Assistant Professor and urban ecologist Christopher Schell is quoted on his research into behavior of coyotes in urban areas and how it may be affected by human responses to COVID-19.
The Atlantic
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June 8, 2020
Protesters in Tacoma lie on street for nearly 9 minutes in show against social inequality Subscription
UW Tacoma students Kalayah DeGregory and Elijah Henry co-organized the Stand With Me/Stand Up Protest to Protect Tacoma march that included a "die in" by several hundred participants in a Tacoma street intersection.
The News Tribune
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June 3, 2020
Reacting to fear with hatred is a plague as old as pandemics themselves Subscription
Professors Katie Baird and Turan Kayaoglu describe the history of scapegoating vulnerable groups for pandemics, citing the Black Death (bubonic plague), the 1918 influenza epidemic, AIDS and current reactions to COVID-19.
The News Tribune
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May 29, 2020
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