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Motion to Admit

The recently launched Legal Pathways Initiative aims to build a pre-law pipeline at UW Tacoma.

October 11, 2018
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Meet Dr. James C. McShay

UW Tacoma’s newly-hired Assistant Chancellor for Equity & Inclusion speaks about his background, his first three months on the job and the opportunities ahead.

October 3, 2018
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Sharon Hanson, '14, Named National "Sepsis Hero"

Sharon Hansen, UW Tacoma nursing alumna and lecturer, has been recognized by the Sepsis Alliance for her work to raise awareness of sepsis and post-sepsis syndrome.

September 28, 2018
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$330,000 NSF Grant Expands Research on Toxic Pollutants in Urban Watersheds

Dr. Ed Kolodziej at the Center for Urban Waters is the lead researcher on a project with funding from the National Science Foundation that aims to identify what is killing coho salmon in urban watersheds.

July 31, 2018
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Ali Modarres Is a Man About Towns

South Sound Business magazine recently published a feature story on Dr. Ali Modarres, UW Tacoma's Director of the Urban Studies Program.

June 27, 2018
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Global Classroom: Video Chat with Vietnam

Students at UW Tacoma spent a quarter studying plastic pollution from a global perspective, working with students in Vietnam.

May 31, 2018
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What Comes Next

Assistant Professor JaeRan Kim's research examines what happens after children are adopted and placed with new families.

May 23, 2018
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Telling Their Stories

Assistant Professors Rachel Hershberg and Vanessa de Veritch Woodside are using interviews to understand the effects of detention on immigrants and refugees in the South Sound.

May 16, 2018
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Modarres Named Community Champion

Dr. Ali Modarres, director of Urban Studies, has been named a Community Champion by Futurewise.

April 6, 2018
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The Bell Tolls for Us

An event marking the 50th year since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., reminds us his work is unfinished.

April 5, 2018
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