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"Homegrown Superstar" to Talk About Uncovering STEM Pathways
Tacoma native Jaleesa Trapp, now studying at MIT, describes her research into "engaging non-dominant youth in STEM."
January 25, 2019Main Content
Motion to Admit
The recently launched Legal Pathways Initiative aims to build a pre-law pipeline at UW Tacoma.
October 11, 2018Main Content
Meet Dr. James C. McShay
UW Tacoma’s newly-hired Assistant Chancellor for Equity & Inclusion speaks about his background, his first three months on the job and the opportunities ahead.
October 3, 2018Main Content
Sharon Hanson, '14, Named National "Sepsis Hero"
Sharon Hansen, UW Tacoma nursing alumna and lecturer, has been recognized by the Sepsis Alliance for her work to raise awareness of sepsis and post-sepsis syndrome.
September 28, 2018Main Content
$330,000 NSF Grant Expands Research on Toxic Pollutants in Urban Watersheds
Dr. Ed Kolodziej at the Center for Urban Waters is the lead researcher on a project with funding from the National Science Foundation that aims to identify what is killing coho salmon in urban watersheds.
July 31, 2018Main Content
Ali Modarres Is a Man About Towns
South Sound Business magazine recently published a feature story on Dr. Ali Modarres, UW Tacoma's Director of the Urban Studies Program.
June 27, 2018Main Content
Global Classroom: Video Chat with Vietnam
Students at UW Tacoma spent a quarter studying plastic pollution from a global perspective, working with students in Vietnam.
May 31, 2018Main Content
What Comes Next
Assistant Professor JaeRan Kim's research examines what happens after children are adopted and placed with new families.
May 23, 2018Main Content
Telling Their Stories
Assistant Professors Rachel Hershberg and Vanessa de Veritch Woodside are using interviews to understand the effects of detention on immigrants and refugees in the South Sound.
May 16, 2018Main Content
Modarres Named Community Champion
Dr. Ali Modarres, director of Urban Studies, has been named a Community Champion by Futurewise.
April 6, 2018