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Where curiosity meets community
At UW Tacoma, undergraduate students have ample opportunities to engage in research that tackles complex questions and creates tangible community solutions.
July 15, 2026Main Content
UW Tacoma researcher earns NSF CAREER Award for developing innovative cryopreservation technologies
Associate Professor Zhiquan (Andy) Shu’s work in organ preservation has earned national recognition for improving access to life-saving transplants.
July 9, 2026Main Content
Accelerating healthcare breakthroughs through privacy-preserving AI
Under the leadership of Professor Martine De Cock, UW Tacoma researchers are harnessing privacy‑preserving AI to advance rare disease research while safeguarding patient data.
May 6, 2026Main Content
18 UW Tacoma researchers receive SEED-AI grants from AI@UW inaugural funding call
The initiative supports exploratory, faculty‑led projects that apply artificial intelligence (AI) to improve teaching, learning and student engagement.
April 29, 2026Main Content
$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.
February 19, 2026Main Content
NSF-funded network backs UW Tacoma in expanding undergraduate engineering mentorship and research
Alongside 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, 2026Main Content
NSF-funded research experience opens doors for UW Tacoma students to conduct field research on urban housing systems in Latin America
The global research experience will immerse urban studies and civil engineering students in the Chilean context as they engage in professional research abroad.
October 14, 2025Main Content
UW Tacoma-led research team awarded $1.5 million NSF grant to improve wildfire models across the Western U.S.
Researchers 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, 2025Main Content
GID Lab in Review: Spring 2025
Seven 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, 2025Main Content
Going with the data flow
Professor 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, 2024