This Site Is NOT Private.

This Site Uses the light-theme Theme

News Stories

Building a Beloved Community

The largest gathering of faculty and staff since the pandemic came together recently to learn about and practice active listening, empathy and mindful inquiry.

March 17, 2023
News Tags on this arrow_upward Story
  • Academic Affairs
  • Advancement
  • Campus events
  • Equity & Inclusion
  • Milgard School of Business
  • School of Education
  • School of Engineering & Technology
  • School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
  • School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership
  • School of Social Work & Criminal Justice
  • School of Urban Studies

Breaking Down Engineering Barriers

A project called “Research for All” aims to get students involved in hands-on engineering research as an integral part of their classroom experience.

March 9, 2023
News Tags on this arrow_upward Story
  • Advancement
  • Research
  • School of Engineering & Technology
  • Undergraduate education

Working Across Boundaries: Natural Resource Policy as Collaborative Crucible

Through an oral history of Washington’s great natural resource conflicts such as the “fish wars,” the Center for Urban Waters hopes to point the way forward on future challenges like climate change.

February 28, 2023
News Tags on this arrow_upward Story
  • Advancement
  • Community partnerships
  • Community support
  • Puget Sound Institute
  • Center for Urban Waters

Overcoming basic-needs barriers

A $100,000 grant is helping students surmount housing insecurity and other concerns that might otherwise disrupt their educational and career plans.

February 23, 2023
News Tags on this arrow_upward Story
  • Advancement
  • Community partnerships
  • Community support
  • Student Affairs

A Year Undaunted

As 2022 draws to a close, revisit stories that show UW Tacoma students, faculty, staff and alumni changing lives and communities.

December 16, 2022
News Tags on this arrow_upward Story
  • Academic Affairs
  • Advancement
  • Alumni
  • Community support
  • Faculty Profiles
  • Milgard School of Business
  • Research
  • School of Education
  • School of Engineering & Technology
  • School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
  • School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership
  • School of Social Work & Criminal Justice
  • School of Urban Studies
  • Student Affairs
  • Student profiles

New Project Forecasts Future of Puget Sound

Through a $4.8M effort, funded in part by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, the Puget Sound Institute will integrate existing environmental models to provide a cohesive picture of the entire Sound ecosystem under future conditions of climate change and population growth.

December 14, 2022
News Tags on this arrow_upward Story
  • Academic Affairs
  • Advancement
  • Puget Sound Institute
  • Research

Milgard Hall Ushers In New Era

Bringing together business, technology and design thinking, UW Tacoma's newest building embodies a spirit of innovative collaboration.

November 9, 2022
News Tags on this arrow_upward Story
  • Academic Affairs
  • Advancement
  • Campus facilities
  • Campus planning
  • Community partnerships
  • Community support
  • Global Innovation & Design Lab
  • Innovation & Global Engagement
  • Milgard School of Business
  • School of Engineering & Technology

Center for Urban Waters Work Highlighted as U.S. EPA Announces $36M in Puget Sound Funding

Local, state, federal and tribal science and policy leaders cited work by UW Tacoma/WSU’s Washington Stormwater Center to identify a toxic tire preservative.

October 21, 2022
News Tags on this arrow_upward Story
  • Academic Affairs
  • Advancement
  • Puget Sound Institute
  • Research
  • School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
  • Center for Urban Waters
  • Science and Mathematics

UW Tacoma Will Be Best Regional Public University in Nation

Chancellor Sheila Edwards Lange shared her vision for the future of the UW Tacoma campus: more students, more academic programs, more collaboration, more equitable economic development.

October 14, 2022
News Tags on this arrow_upward Story
  • Academic Affairs
  • Administration
  • Advancement
  • Campus events
  • Campus facilities
  • Campus planning
  • Community partnerships
  • Community support
  • Equity & Inclusion
  • Global Innovation & Design Lab
  • Innovation & Global Engagement
  • Milgard School of Business
  • School of Engineering & Technology
  • Sustainability

Milgard School Reaccredited by AACSB

A global accrediting body for business schools has certified the Milgard School's mission, faculty and curriculum for another five years.

June 30, 2022
News Tags on this arrow_upward Story
  • Academic Affairs
  • Advancement
  • Graduate education
  • Milgard School of Business
  • Undergraduate education