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Students make 24-hour sprint to fix everyday money stress
December 4, 2025The inaugural HuskyHack competition challenged students statewide to create solutions that help people navigate banking benefits and rewards programs.
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UW Tacoma rises to highest position ever in Military Times ‘Best for Vets’ college rankings
December 3, 2025The latest rankings recognize UW Tacoma as the top school in Washington and the Pacific Northwest for supporting service members and their families.
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At home on campus
November 26, 2025Native Indigenous community-building efforts create a more vibrant institution.
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UW Tacoma to seek developer for on-campus student housing and dining development project
November 18, 2025The project is part of UW Tacoma’s vision to revitalize its campus core, one of the strategic areas of focus outlined in its recently completed campus master plan.
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‘We Are First Gen’
November 7, 2025Celebrating those who are the first in their families to pursue higher education.
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Criminal justice professor offers AP News insight on the recent decline in deadly acts of mass violence
New data shows mass killings in the U.S. have hit their lowest numbers in nearly 20 years, but experts warn AP News that the dip doesn’t necessarily mean overall safety has improved. UW Tacoma Professor Eric Madfis is quoted.
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Graduate student and Puyallup tribal member Andrea Bob reflects on regalia, being first-generation
UW Tacoma MSBA candidate Andrea Bob ('23) reflects on her journey as a member of the Puyallup tribe and a first-generation college student in an editorial for the Puyallup Tribal News.
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UW Tacoma art professor honors community through dumpling art
The Tacoma News Tribune published a story on Assistant Professor Yixuan Pan’s dumpling making performance art piece inspired by her Chinese heritage and memories in the kitchen.
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UW Tacoma faculty member discusses the field of 'bioinspiration' with The New York Times
Assistant Professor Cassandra Donatelli was quoted in a New York Times story that explores how research on plants and animals has inspired numerous technological innovations.
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Students start a mini forest on the UW Tacoma campus
Northwest Public Broadcasting published a story about a student-led initiative to build a micro-forest on the UW Tacoma campus.
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Chancellor Sheila Edwards Lange Featured on KBTC’s Northwest Now
In an episode of KBTC's Northwest Now, Chancellor Lange reflected on her professional journey, UW Tacoma’s transformative impact on the South Sound, and exciting developments ahead for the campus.
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UW Tacoma Professor Heather Dillon Puts LEDs in the Spotlight on ‘The Economics of Everyday Things’
Dillon’s research on energy-efficient, cost-saving LED lighting is featured in a new episode of “The Economics of Everyday Things” podcast.
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UW Tacoma Assistant Teaching Professor Hui Suk So featured in WalletHub article about 'Loud Budgeting'
In a Q&A with WalletHub, Hui Suk So discusses the benefits and drawbacks of "Loud Budgeting," a personal finance trend used to help people stick to their budgets.
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UW Tacoma Professor Eric Madfis featured on Rockefeller Institute's Policy Outsider podcast
Madfis joined the Rockefeller Institute’s Policy Outsider podcast to discuss his latest research on keeping schools safe through behavioral threat assessments.
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UW Tacoma students help launch statewide Washington State Zoning Atlas to support smarter planning
In a first-of-its-kind course, UW Tacoma students contributed to the Washington State Zoning Atlas — a new interactive tool from the Washington State Department of Commerce that standardizes zoning data across the state.
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Over 5,000 students strong. One powerful community.
October 28, 2025UW Tacoma reaches 5-year high in enrollment, exceeding 5,000 students
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The Land Remembers: UW Tacoma’s Danica Miller on Indigenous Storytelling as Sovereignty, from Medicine Creek to the Modern Classroom
October 17, 2025Miller is one of the curators behind “This is Native Land,” a new exhibition opening this fall at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma.
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NSF-funded research experience opens doors for UW Tacoma students to conduct field research on urban housing systems in Latin America
October 14, 2025The global research experience will immerse urban studies and civil engineering students in the Chilean context as they engage in professional research abroad.
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35 Years in the Making: UW Tacoma’s Convocation Welcomes a New Academic Year
October 1, 2025The Prairie Line Trail, once the western terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad, became a pathway to new beginnings during UW Tacoma’s Convocation.
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UW Tacoma welcomes a dozen new faculty members for the 2025-26 academic year
September 30, 2025We're proud to welcome a dynamic cohort of new faculty members to our pack at the University of Washington Tacoma.
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UW Tacoma named best value in the state by Washington Monthly
September 12, 2025The Monthly’s annual best-of lists also name UW Tacoma the top institution in Washington among master’s universities and among “bang for the buck colleges” in the West.