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Soldiering On

Army veteran and UW Tacoma senior Jeff Bantay overcame a difficult transition from military to civilian life and is now thriving.
The Love of the Game

UW Tacoma Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Eric Barone took what he learned in the classroom and used it to create a hit video game.
Gurchetan Singh and the American Dream

From India to Highline to UW Tacoma, Gurchetan Singh, '19, knows the American Dream is alive and well.
Summer Camp(us)

UW Tacoma hosts a number of youth-oriented programs during the summer that are designed to get local students excited about the future.
Opportunities and Experiences

Diana Algomeda Villada embraced campus life and graduated from UW Tacoma with a long list of accomplishments.

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UW Tacoma in the News

Stressed at school? Art therapy reduces teenage girls' headaches

Nursing & Heatlthcare Leadership Associate Professor Christine Stevens is a co-author of a study examining art-based mindfulness activities that could serve to reduce one of the markers of stress in teenage girls.

UW News

August 29, 2019

Don't end safe gun storage service for students at Washington universities. Subscription

The News Tribune editorial board calls on public higher education institutions, including UW Tacoma, to provide safe storage of student guns, a practice just ended by WSU.

The News Tribune

August 23, 2019

What Kind of City do We Want to Be? Tacoma and the Arguments Cities Make

Assistant Professor Rubén Casas, of the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, argues that the Tacoma region needs to make decisions now that will affect whether it will be inclusive and equitable in the future.

The Urbanist

August 23, 2019

Column: What role does 'toxic masculinity' play in mass shootings?

Opinion columnist Clarence Page cites and quotes the work of Social Work & Criminal Justice's Eric Madfis in the wake of two mass shootings in El Paso, Tex., and Dayton, Ohio.

Chicago Tribune

August 13, 2019

Interview//Of Service: A Conversation between Paul Hlava Ceballos and Sarah A. Chavez

Lecturer Sarah Chavez took part in Poets and Artists for Migrant Justice at Seattle's Victor Hugo House, and spoke about the event with its organizer, Paul Hlava Ceballos.

Poetry Northwest

August 10, 2019

Many Mass Shooters Share A Common Bond: Male Grievance Culture

Social Work & Criminal Justice's Eric Madfis describes how white male grievance culture may motivate some individuals to carry out mass shootings.

Guns & America/KUNC

August 9, 2019

Seattle-area internet firm decides not to host extremist 8chan website linked to El Paso shootings Subscription

Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences Associate Professor Chris DeMaske cautions that government's current hands-off policy regarding internet regulation, leaving it primarily to the commercial sector, is incompatible with democracy.

The Seattle Times

August 8, 2019

Data-driven minds descend on Anchorage

School of Engineering & Technology Professor Ankur Teredesai was co-chair of the Association for Computing Machinery's 2019 computer science and artificial intelligence conference, held in Anchorage, Alaska.

Alaska Journal of Commerce

August 7, 2019

Tacoma Rainiers, UW Tacoma Milgard School of Business Partner on New Sports Enterprise Management Program

The start-up phase of the new effort, directed by Milgard's Stan Emert and supported with a $1M gift from the Rainiers, will see the launch of a new course in sports enterprise management this fall.

South Sound Talk

August 6, 2019