Experts from the United States, Australia, Japan, Netherlands and the United Kingdom will gather at the University of Washington Tacoma Sept. 9-10 for the first-ever international workshop on the pervasive problem of microplastics in the marine environment.
Dr. Michael Honey will be recognized for his book, "Going Down Jericho Road," at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. at a ceremony on May 27, 2008.
Dr. Annette Henry has received the Distinguished Contributions to Gender Equity in Education Research Award from the American Educational Research Association.
Dr. Michael Honey was awarded the Organization of American Historians' Liberty Legacy Foundation Award for "Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign."
UW Tacoma Associate Professor Katie Baird has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture on economics and perform research on education policy at the University of Pais Vasco in Bilbao, Spain, during the 2007-2008 academic year.
James A. Milgard and the Gary E. Milgard Family Foundation have made a $2 million donation to the University of Washington Tacoma to establish the campus' first endowed deanship.
The University of Washington Tacoma has hired Dr. Joel Baker, a leading researcher of water pollution in marine environments, as the first holder of the Port of Tacoma Chair.
UW Tacoma faculty teach importance of community nursing.
UW Tacoma founding faculty member earns 2007 Distinguished Research Award.
G. Kent Nelson, senior lecturer in the Milgard School of Business, is the 2007 recipient of UW Tacoma's Distinguished Teaching Award.
