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, 2026The global research experience will immerse urban studies and civil engineering students in the Chilean context as they engage in professional research abroad.
October 14, 2025Researchers at UW Tacoma and the University of Nevada, Reno will collaborate to develop a new model that helps land and fire managers better predict and manage wildfires.
September 9, 2025Seven community design workshops as well as the Tri-Campus NextGen Civic Leader Corps Community of Practice made for an exciting Spring 2025 quarter in the Global Innovation and Design Lab
May 6, 2025Professor Ka Yee Yeung’s research is about making life easier for researchers working with big data. Now, she has become the first UW Tacoma faculty member honored as the Virginia & Prentice Bloedel Professor. She is using the endowment to give more students experience in research.
December 3, 2024Shailendra Pratap and Shalini Sarin Jain have co-authored a groundbreaking book titled Managing Brand Transgressions: 8 Principles to Transform Your Brand, offering a comprehensive roadmap for navigating brand crises, with numerous real-world case studies from the past 50 years.
August 30, 2024The Violence Prevention and Transformation Research Collaborative, led by Dr. Eric Madfis, is calling for a new approach to prevent and assess threats of school and other mass violence.
May 6, 2024A love of cooking inspired Dr. Kima Cargill to study the psychology of food.
February 29, 2024Twelve stories from 2023 illuminate a year of growth and accomplishments at UW Tacoma.
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