CUW Research Identifies Salmon Killer
December 3, 2020
Scientists have discovered what is killing more than half the coho salmon that return to Puget Sound’s urban streams every fall.
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UW Tacoma's Puget Sound Institute Launches Salish Sea Modeling Center
July 23, 2020
The Puget Sound Institute at UW Tacoma is launching a new program that will use supercomputers to advance ecosystem recovery of the Salish Sea.
Honoring our 2020 Faculty and Staff Award Winners
May 22, 2020
Every year at this time we celebrate faculty and staff for their accomplishments in teaching, research, community engagement and contributions to the ...
Predicting Harmful Algal Blooms Using Molecular Detection
January 22, 2020
Researchers from UW Tacoma are developing innovative techniques that will reduce the time and cost needed to monitor blooms of a toxic phytoplankton s...
Environmental Scientists Contribute to Latest Sound Monitoring Report
November 13, 2019
UW Tacoma students and faculty have made important contributions to the Puget Sound Marine Waters 2018 Overview.
How They Spent Their Summer
October 3, 2019
A group of UW Tacoma students and one recent alumna spent their summer in the lab as part of Senior Lecturer Julie Masura's environmental research exp...
Kolodziej, Peter Featured in SIFF Documentary on Seattle's Thornton Creek
May 23, 2019
Center for Urban Waters' Ed Kolodziej and Kathy Peter talk about how daylighting and re-engineering restored the stream's ability to clean stormwater ...
Center for Urban Waters Examining Camp Fire Runoff
December 4, 2018
A consortium of universities including UW Tacoma is hoping to learn what kinds of pollutants are emitted from communities affected by catastrophic wil...
Mud, Bugs and...Plastic
November 13, 2018
Senior Lecturer Julie Masura connects her love of teaching and her passions for geology and the health of Puget Sound.
$330,000 NSF Grant Expands Research on Toxic Pollutants in Urban Watersheds
July 31, 2018
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 ide...
Of Orcas and Oysters
May 9, 2018
A seminar on endangered orcas is just one way UW Tacoma is engaged with the Puget Sound ecosystem.
Saving Salmon, Inspiring Scientists
December 8, 2017
While helping to stop alarming Puget Sound salmon die-offs, UW Tacoma researchers are introducing middle-schoolers to the excitement of field research...
2017 Center for Urban Waters summer internship program grooms future scientists
September 19, 2017
The 2017 cohort of the Center for Urban Waters summer internship program culminated in a symposium on 9/15/2017 at UW Tacoma.
PSI scientists are working to identify chemicals in stormwater
September 8, 2017
Scientists at the Center for Urban Waters are developing new techniques for analyzing stormwater’s chemical composition.
New project searches for contaminants of emerging concern
September 8, 2017
Puget Sound Institute research scientist Andy James awarded $200,000 to study contaminants in marine waters, shellfish, and streams.
Puget Sound science from A to Z
August 14, 2017
The Encyclopedia of Puget Sound, published by the Puget Sound Institute, is the region's only publication focusing strictly on Puget Sound science.
House committee approves funding for Puget Sound cleanup
July 21, 2017
Bucking a proposed White House budget, the House Appropriations Committee voted to approve $28 million for Puget Sound.
Science On the Menu and On Tap
April 6, 2017
Two series of talks this spring at UW Tacoma, Science@Lunch and Grit City Think & Drink, have a science focus.
Campaign Underway to Reduce Consumption of Single-Use Plastics on Campus
April 7, 2016
Events held during Spring quarter will focus on changing the culture around single-use plastics.
Restoring Puget Sound
March 28, 2016
UW Tacoma’s Bonnie Becker and her students are working to return Olympia oysters to Puget Sound.
Urban Waters methanol plant discussion series
January 20, 2016
Center for Urban Waters to host a four-part discussion series on the proposed Tacoma methanol production plant and export facility.
Faculty Update: Professor Joel Baker on microbeads
January 12, 2016
Professor Joel Baker weighed in on microplastics--also known as microbeads--in an article about pollution in the Pacific Ocean.
News from the Puget Sound Institute
August 14, 2015
Zombie steroids; shoreline armoring; diving ducks and herring--just a few of the topics in the latest eNews from UW Tacoma's Puget Sound Institute.
Tessa Francis at Center for Urban Waters Co-leads Ocean Effort
June 23, 2015
UW Tacoma research scientist Tessa Francis has been named the managing director of the Ocean Modeling Forum, a collaborative effort meant to improve u...
Recent Research: Publication Round-Up
April 2, 2015
Recent publications by UW Tacoma researchers cover topics ranging from artificial intelligence to elephant natural history to social media in western ...
Cleaning a Lake with Sludge
February 20, 2015
How UW Tacoma students are using waste product to clean storm water
The Encyclopedia of Puget Sound: Exploring the Stories of Biodiversity
September 19, 2014
The Encyclopedia of Puget Sound tells stories about the Puget Sound ecosystem. Managing Editor Jeff Rice is working to make sure the information it pr...
Interning for a greener future at Center for Urban Waters
May 3, 2016
Talk of stormwater and storm drains sounds so gray, so grimy, so boring. Yet mention stormwater to UW Tacoma’s Brian Hite, Jacob Moore and John Pele...