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Mud, Bugs and...Plastic
Senior Lecturer Julie Masura connects her love of teaching and her passions for geology and the health of Puget Sound.
November 23, 2018
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The Music Inside
Environmental science student Hozoji Matheson-Margullis brings her chops as a rock-band drummer to her quest to preserve and restore Puget Sound.
September 25, 2018
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$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, 2018
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Youcef Bennour: Opportunity Can Change a Life
Youcef Bennour, ’18 Computer Science & Systems, wants to use his life experience to help others receive an education.
June 6, 2018
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Ryan Hanley: Going His Own Way
Ryan Hanley, ’18 Environmental Science, sees how the earth’s many natural, social and political processes unite into one system.
June 6, 2018
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Jim Gawel: Learning From a Lake
When Jim Gawel looks at a lake, he sees an opportunity to learn--not just for the students he instructs, but for entire populations who rely on and reside by those water bodies.
May 25, 2018
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Faculty Update: Quinn Elected to National Mathematics Board
Dr. Jennifer Quinn has been elected to the board of directors of the Mathematical Association of America.
February 7, 2018
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Tracie Barry: How a Marine Scientist is Born
From high school dropout to straight-A college student, Tracie Barry intends to earn a PhD in oceanography.
November 20, 2017
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The Giving Garden Grows a SHED
A community partnership with Clover Park Technical College yields the Giving Garden's new Sustainable Hub for Education and Demonstration (SHED).
April 19, 2016
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Faculty Update: Associate Professor Jim Gawel Planning for Lakewood's Waughop Lake
The City of Lakewood has turned to the expertise of UW Tacoma faculty member Jim Gawel to understand what is contributing to toxic algae blooms in Pierce County's Waughop Lake.
March 10, 2016
