UW Tacoma in the media

Dr. Belinda Louie, School of Education, vice president of Tacoma's Asia Pacific Cultural Center, contributed to a community discussion with U.S. Senator Patty Murray about anti-Asian hate crimes.

This comprehensive round-up of work to create greener production processes and more renewable materials for rubber vehicle tires cites Center for Urban Waters research on tire preservative 6PPD and quotes Dr. Ed Kolodziej.

Dr. Carolyn West, SIAS/Psychology, is quoted on societal patterns of discrediting Black women who are abused. She cites general disbelief that Ike Turner "would have done these things or that [Tina] ... was a survivor or wasn't somehow responsible for the abuse."

The Tacoma Landmarks Preservation Commission has recognized UW Tacoma's new Milgard Hall with its 2023 Outstanding Achievement in Sustainability award.

Drs. Ka Yee Yeung and Ling-Hong Hung's work on the MorPhiC project, funded by the National Institutes of Health, to delineate the function of every gene in the human body, is described.

Shallae Hobbs received her Master of Nursing from UW Tacoma in 2013 and a certificate in program administration from the Professional Development Center. She is now director of health services for Tacoma Public Schools.

Sound artist Jeff Rice recorded the ambient sounds of one of the largest life forms on earth, a quaking aspen grove in Utah's Fishlake National Forest. Rice is managing editor at UW Tacoma's Puget Sound Institute.

As part of South Sound Business's annual Women in Business profiles, Chancellor Sheila Edwards Lange describes her upbringing, her academic career, her job, her experience as a women in higher education, and her advice for women looking to work in higher ed.

Tacoma Arts Live presents a new play "devised" by UW Tacoma's Maria-Tania Bandes B. Weingarden, Sarah Chavez and Michael Kula.

Serving as interim dean of the School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership since the 2022 departure of founding dean Sharon Fought, David Reyes will be the school's next dean.

The Milgard School of Business is taking the lead on planning an all-campus, all-day open house for the community, hoped to be the start of an annual tradition.

In the wake of a mass shooting in Nashville, conservative commentators are linking mass violence and anti-trans rhetoric, even though transgender people are rarely the perpetrators of mass shootings. Associate Professor Eric Madfis is quoted.

The 2023 VIBE Business Plan Competition is open to all Washington college students and those who graduated between 2020 and 2022. Submissions are due Feb. 3.

The 10th cohort of this leadership program includes alumna and current Master of Social Work student Christina Qiao, '19, alumnus Jake Nau, '17, and current social welfare student Maira Mariscal.

This in-depth profile of UW Tacoma's Dean of the School of Education describes Dr. Endo's experience as a first-generation student and academic leader.

Former faculty member and alumna Jan Runbeck writes about recent deaths of local housing advocate Maureen Howard and Terry, a homeless individual. She calls for their deaths “to be the impetus for making our country a better place for all, the fortunate and the forgotten.”

UW Tacoma Economics Professor Katie Baird calls on the Wash. State Supreme Court to uphold the capital gains tax passed by the Legislature in its 2021 session, in order to adequately fund child care, especially for rural areas of the state.

A UW Tacoma Urban Design studio class partnered with the city of Sumner to recommend redesigns to downtown Sumner streets and parks. The City is now seeking public input on the changes.

UW Tacoma alumna Abigail Lawson and others are interviewed about the impact of Tacoma's guaranteed basic income pilot, called GRIT.

Assistant Professor Rubén Casas discusses the potential to activate a downtown Tacoma plaza adjacent to campus.

Riki Thompson, associate professor of digital rhetoric and writing studies, describes the fundamentals of polyamory in the wake of news coverage of Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX.

The William Factory Small Business Incubator, recently relocated to Tacoma Community College, has launched a project to coordinate Pierce County's entrepreneurial ecosystem. UW Tacoma's VIBE incubator is mentioned.

Forbes contributor and venture capitalist Taarini Kaur Dang celebrates 13 young people he has met who are "driving the change they want to see in the world," including Armaan Thakker, who worked with SET's Ankur Teredesai on research into ICU sepsis prediction in trauma patients.

Milgard Hall is the newest academic building to be built at UW Tacoma. Opening in Jan. 2023, it will house the Milgard School of Business, teaching and lab spaces for the School of Engineering & Technology, and the Global Innovation & Design Lab.

Amanda Figueroa, UW Tacoma's senior director for student transitions and success, has been appointed as a community representative to The News Tribune's editorial board.

A British dating industry trade publication interviews Riki Thompson, associate professor of writing studies and digital rhetoric.

This examination of the lifecycle of LED bulbs quotes Heather Dillon, professor of mechanical engineering, who studies the performance of lighting products.

The Center for Urban Waters detected 6PPD-quinone, a rubber preservative derivative known to be toxic to coho salmon, in material used to renovate the Puyallup River's Electron Dam.

Economics professor Katie Baird's new book, "Growing Mangos in the Desert," is reviewed in a UW student newspaper.

Assistant professor Vern Harner, who received their Ph.D. from UW in Seattle, played a key role in securing a UW policy change, allowing students to specify a preferred name on university diplomas.

How do students find a sense of belonging at college? SIAS alum and current staff member Margaret Lundberg is featured in this article discussing how the challenges she faced as a non-traditional student fueled a desire to help others.

Dr. Pewewardy, who teaches an online course for UW Tacoma's education leadership doctorate program, has received a lifetime achievement award from the National Indian Education Association.

UW Tacoma campus spokesperson John Burkhardt is quoted on the impact of road construction on the campus community.

Avid Husky fan Mark Glenn, '95, '01, chose the nickname Sergeant Husky to honor his father, a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era. Outfitted in his unmistakable purple tie and vest, gold blazer and purple top hat, he is a familiar figure to UW football-goers.

Professor of Psychology Kima Cargill co-authored "Anxious Eaters: Why We Fall for Fad Diets" with Janet Chrzan of University of Pennsylvania.

Riki Thompson, Assoc. Professor in SIAS, is co-author of a piece in The Conversation about how the women leaders of the two “most powerful dating apps in the world” – Tinder and Bumble – are portrayed in media, vs. how they portray themselves in their personal media spaces.

New board members of this non-profit Seattle-based news site include Assistant Professor Rubén Casas and current M.A. Community Planning student Shaun Kuo.

The UW Tacoma Professional Development Center awarded its inaugural SEKISUI Emerging Resources Professionals Scholarship to Sandy Kelley, Sabrina Martin and Alexandria Minder-Alamanza.

Alumnus Adan Espino, representing immigrant-rights organization Mi Centro, is quoted in this report on legislation to ban the use of E-Verify by employers.

Stardew Valley, the wildly successful farm sim game, was single-handedly authored by UW Tacoma alumnus Eric Barone. Its roots lie in predecessor game Harvest Moon, but the former has taken off while the latter has descended into obscurity.

The Center for Urban Waters partnered with many other organizations, including the Nisqually Indian Tribe, to develop a way to reduce a toxic substance in stormwater runoff that kills coho salmon. Research by CUW on the salmon-killer, 6PPD-quinone, is cited.