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UW Tacoma and Tacoma Little Theatre present The Happiest Song Plays Last, directed by Marilyn Bennett and featuring Assistant Teaching Professor Maria-Tania Bandes B. Weingarden.
UW Tacoma Associate Professor of Education Robin Zape-Tah-Hol-Ah Minthorn will keynote the 49th annual symposium at Northeastern State University in Oklahoma.
Negative crime trends we are experiencing are symptomatic of larger, system-wide failings. School of Social Work & Criminal Justice Assistant Professors Janelle Hawes and Ken Cruz are quoted.
Australian researchers have identified 6PPD-Quinone, a substance derived from tire preservatives in that country's waters. A team led by UW Tacoma's Ed Kolodziej and the Center for Urban Waters first identified the substance in the U.S.
David Boe, part-time lecturer in the School of Urban Studies and former Tacoma City Council member, asked students to redesign the downtown area between Broadway, Commerce, 9th and 11th Streets. News Tribune writer Matt Driscoll sat in on the class.
Campus planners are putting together a request for proposals to build a residence hall-like building that includes food service, such as a dining hall, through a public/private partnership.
Over the next seven years, the NSF funds will provide student scholarships, mentoring, research participation and an optional on-campus living community for students pursuing studies in science, technology, engineering and math.
Amazon employees interested in attending UW Tacoma may now have up to 100% of their college tuition costs covered by the company, through its newly-expanded Career Choice program.
In an excerpt from an upcoming edited volume, Chancellor Sheila Edwards Lange discusses the competence in issues of diversity, equity and inclusion expected of college presidents.
Theo Partner Investments says the growth of the UW Tacoma campus is one factor in its decision to build a 144-unit apartment project at S. Tacoma Ave. S. and S. 17th St., across from the northwest corner of campus.
All three UW campuses will host in-person ceremonies at the end of spring quarter. UW Tacoma will host its June 13 event at the Washington State Fairgrounds.
Concerns are growing about woodsmoke pollution as a public health and environmental justice issue. Research by Robin Evans-Agnew of the School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership is cited.
ASUWT President and Law & Policy major Andre Jimenez calls for accountability in the use of force by the Pierce County Sheriff's Department and a civilian review board "with real oversight authority and independence" from the department.
Federal Way Mayor Jim Ferrell mentioned The HUB, the higher education partnership of Highline College, UW Tacoma, the city and Federal Way Public Schools.
Based on decades of work by Pacific Northwest researchers, including Associate Professor Ed Kolodziej, scientists in Minnesota are seeking funding to test stormwater runoff in that state for the presence of 6PPD-quinone, a by-product of rubber tires known to kill coho salmon.
Ruth Flint, '05, '07, chief nursing officer at St. Joseph Medical Center, criticizes a bill before the Washington legislature which would establish fixed nurse-to-patient ratios in hospitals, saying the bill "could not be more misguided nor come at a worse time."
Dr. Jimmy McCarty, executive director of the Center for Equity & Inclusion, has helped coordinate an open letter to Congress, signed by more than 80 scholars of theology, ethics and Christian studies, to protest excessive defense funding.
Dr. Carolyn West joins "Subjects of Desire" documentary producer Jennifer Holness to discuss Black female beauty in history and popular culture, examining the cultural shift in North American beauty standards to embrace Black features and aesthetics.
The Hub: Federal Way Higher Education Center has opened. The facility is a collaboration of UW Tacoma, Highline College, the City of Federal Way and Federal Way Public Schools.
In an interview, Maureen Kennedy talks about the role of climate change in the increasing frequency and expanded season for wildfires in California. She also discusses the role of "good fires" in reducing destructive wildfires.
Jeremiah Wiley, '04, Accounting, Milgard School of Business, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Port of Bremerton, a $14M organization that manages Bremerton National Airport and marinas at Bremerton and Port Orchard.
In surveys of dating app users, Associate Professor Riki Thompson found that it takes more than branding to overcome age-old male-dominated dating conventions.
The author believes that King's public and pastoral ministry were held together by his anti-capitalist outlook. Dr. Michael Honey's "All Labor Has Dignity" is mentioned.
Work by the Center for Urban Waters on identifying toxic chemicals present in rubber is the basis for a criminal action brought against a dam operator in Pierce County, which allegedly contaminated the river during a construction project on the dam.
The Federal Way Hub, a collaboration of UW Tacoma, Highline College, the City of Federal Way and Federal Way Public Schools, establishes a higher-education presence in downtown Federal Way blocks from the upcoming light rail station.
Staffers TeyAnjulee Leon and Eric Wilson-Edge led a project to install a Little Free Library on the UW Tacoma campus focused on anti-racist children's literature.
UW Tacoma has the best return on investment of any college, public or private, in Washington, according to this calculation, based on a 2019 Georgetown University study.
Pitt, a part-time lecturer at UW Tacoma, provides a perspective on the role of Indigenous knowledge in water management as part of Seattle Public Utilities' updating of its 50-year plan.
UW Tacoma's new Milgard Hall has been recognized by the Economic Development Board for Tacoma-Pierce County as an “Excellent 10” economic development project.
Bill Smitherman served in the Washington legislature, representing the 26th district (Gig Harbor, some of Tacoma, Key Peninsula) from 1983-90. He chaired the Senate Higher Education Committee and championed legislation that created UW Tacoma.
Dr. Ali Modarres, Urban Studies, one of four experts quoted, says a regional approach to housing affordability is good, and that the South Sound Housing Affordability Partners needs to providing public land and increase public funding for housing.
Dr. Ali Modarres is one of four regional housing experts quoted on strategies a new South Sound inter-governmental board can take to expand the supply of affordable housing.
Five of the 2021 Jane's Fellows have UW Tacoma connections: Daniel Akamine, Ed.D. program; Kim Ellefson, online criminal justice; Kristin Pool, '10, nursing; Lakecia Farmer, master of community planning program; Yvette Donde, psychology.