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Honey to Serve as Radcliffe Institute Fellow

Dr. Michael K. Honey, Haley Endowed Professor of Humanities in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, has been named a fellow of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.

May 27, 2020
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Honoring our 2020 Faculty and Staff Award Winners

Every year at this time we celebrate faculty and staff for their accomplishments in teaching, research, community engagement and contributions to the UW, our campus and the larger community.

May 22, 2020
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Canales, Priddy Receive Student Leadership Awards

Mikel Priddy and Augustine Canales are the 2020 President’s Student Civic Leader Award recipients, with Canales going on to receive an award from Gov. Jay Inslee.

May 22, 2020
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The Show Will Go On ... Somehow

How do you do theater during a pandemic? Maria-Tania Bandes-Becerra Weingarden has some ideas.

May 13, 2020
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The Sewists

A group of UW Tacoma students, faculty and staff have come together to make masks for the community.

April 16, 2020
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Learning in the Community

Classrooms are ground zero for UW Tacoma's commitment to community engagement. In one, students learn how they can share their Spanish skills outside the classroom.

February 27, 2020
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UW Tacoma Students Influential in Olympia

In the 2020 legislative session, there are more students interning in Olympia from UW Tacoma than any other college in the state.

February 19, 2020
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Change Comes for Theron Taylor

After serving a 20-year prison sentence, first-gen psychology transfer student Theron Taylor is finding a new sense of belonging at UW Tacoma.

February 13, 2020
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Field Work

Associate Professor Natalie Jolly's research into Amish birth practices challenges traditional notions of gender.

February 5, 2020
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Predicting Harmful Algal Blooms Using Molecular Detection

Researchers from UW Tacoma are developing innovative techniques that will reduce the time and cost needed to monitor blooms of a toxic phytoplankton species.

January 22, 2020
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