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.
February 19, 2026Alongside collaborators at four other universities, UW Tacoma’s Jeff Walters and Heather Dillon are working to enhance mentorship and expand undergraduate research opportunities in engineering.
January 7, 2026Ashley Ramirez, a senior in Law and Policy at UW Tacoma and a NextGen Civic Leader Corps student officer, received the 2025 Student Civic Leader Award from Washington Campus Coalition (WACC) for the Public Good.
March 24, 2025New faculty Dr. Jaleesa Trapp, an MIT Media Lab alum and Tacoma native, brings expertise in community-centered design and computing education to her Winter 2025 studio class in the Innovation and Design Minor.
March 8, 2025The Institute for Innovation and Global Engagement (IIGE) orientation on October 9, 2024, celebrated 20 years of Global Honors and featured an Ideathon to brainstorm themes for the 2025 Global Engagement Conference.
November 6, 2024We are celebrating the amazing achievements of almost 1,800 newly-minted UW Tacoma degree holders.
June 6, 2024The B.A. in Education degree begins a new era in the school’s 32-year history.
March 22, 2024UW Tacoma enrolled 4,790 students at all levels in 2023, marking a shift that signals a post-pandemic recovery.
October 27, 2023As concerns about the value of a college degree grow, UW Tacoma’s impact is gaining greater recognition.
September 26, 2023The school welcomes its inaugural cohort of first-year students to campus this fall, via a program aimed at building community and fostering student success.
September 14, 2023
