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New Ed.D. Program Director Announced

Dr. Robin Starr Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn starts August 16, 2019.

July 31, 2019

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Merchant of Nostalgia

Dr. Altaf Merchant can tell you why that grainy, black-and-white ad you just looked at turned you into a consumer.

July 17, 2019

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Cybercorps Scholarships to Expand Cybersecurity Education

UW Tacoma will be the west coast site of the Colorado-Washington Security Scholars Program, funded by the National Science Foundation as part of Cybercorps: Scholarship for Service.

July 12, 2019

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'Renegade Professor of English'

Raised in the South at a time when women were supposed to be wives and mothers, UW Tacoma Senior Lecturer Nicole Blair defied expectations and became an accomplished teacher, musician and author.

July 3, 2019

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2019 Honorees Set a High Bar

Students and faculty individually recognized at UW Tacoma's 2019 Commencement represent accomplishments in scholarship, community engagement and contributions to the campus and university.

June 15, 2019

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Kolodziej, Peter Featured in SIFF Documentary on Seattle's Thornton Creek

Center for Urban Waters' Ed Kolodziej and Kathy Peter talk about how daylighting and re-engineering restored the stream's ability to clean stormwater and host salmon.

May 23, 2019

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Bearing Witness

UW Tacoma Professor Marian Harris and graduate student Zea Mendoza recently spent a week helping asylum seekers held at the South Texas Family Residential Center.

May 23, 2019

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Barreto, Yerena, De La Cruz, Ochoa Camacho Recognized at Latinx Faculty Event

The UW Latino Health Center held the third annual Latinx Faculty Recognition Event in May. Four UW Tacoma faculty members were recognized: Paulo Barreto, Anaid Yerena, Sonia De La Cruz and Ariana Ochoa Camacho.

May 22, 2019

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Diving for Data: Solving the Arsenic Riddle

Divers from EPA Scientific Diving recently helped a team from UW Tacoma with another piece of the Lake Killarney arsenic puzzle.

April 26, 2019

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Ultra-Marathon Educator

Ellen Bayer's passion for the outdoors guides her work both in and out of the classroom.

April 24, 2019

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