Can new book help recreate erased history of Tacoma's once-thriving Japanese community?
Professor Lisa Hoffman and Associate Professor Mary Hanneman have published a new book about the history of the Japanese American community in Tacoma.
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UW Tacoma reaches 5-year high in enrollment, exceeding 5,000 students
The campus also saw a record number of first-year admissions applications and significant interest in its graduate education programs.
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The Land Remembers: UW Tacoma’s Danica Miller on Indigenous Storytelling as Sovereignty, from Medicine Creek to the Modern Classroom
Miller 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
The 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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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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