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GID Lab facilitates Amara, HopeSparks Design Thinking Workshops

Centering voices of children and families impacted by the child welfare system, community leaders and service providers convened by Amara and HopeSparks produced prototypes of resources through a two-phased design thinking project facilitated by UW Tacoma's Global Innovation and Design Lab, from November 2025-January 2026.


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Co-Creating a Shared Future

UW Tacoma’s Shared Futures event brings campus and community voices together in fast‑paced collaboration on real‑world challenges.


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Tacoma Huskies Take the Stage

As Spring Awakening marks 20 years since its Broadway debut, UW Tacoma students and faculty are partnering with Tacoma Little Theatre to bring the award-winning musical to the local stage.


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$2M NSF grant invests in the future of STEM

UW Tacoma’s ACCESS in STEM program has received a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to support the retention and graduation of high-achieving students from communities with limited financial resources who are pursuing degrees in STEM fields.


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Improvisation and making the case for play in serious places

With his new book, “Improvising With and In Higher Education: All Together Now,” UW Tacoma Associate Teaching Professor Luke Perone invites readers to rediscover play as a practice for collective learning and development.