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How does a blind person use technology?

Kristen Shinohara, '06, teamed with Dr. Josh Tenenberg to research how blind people use, or are frustrated by, assistive technologies.

August 17, 2009
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Computers can learn from experience

At the International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning, a team of UW Tacoma students will compete with groups from around the world.

July 16, 2009
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New IAS director on the job

Dr. Larry Knopp will be the new director of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, UW Tacoma's largest academic program.

July 8, 2009
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UWT Prof Transcends Art World to Bring the World into Her Art

Beverly Naidus's art and teaching raise consciousness around social issues like body image, war, labor, globalization and environmental despoliation.

April 9, 2009
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Research team finds housing for homeless saves millions of dollars

Social Work Assistant Professor Michelle Garner is a co-author of a new study of a "housing-first" approach to chronically homeless individuals with severe alcohol problems.

April 3, 2009
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Wonderful women: Five UW Tacoma women honored

Julie Draper, Cheryl Greengrove, Kelly Kledzik, Bobbe Miller-Murray and Alina Urbanec were honored as outstanding University of Washington women.

March 19, 2009
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The films are alive with the sound of music

Dr. Claudia Gorbman has received the 2009-09 Distinguished Research Award, recognizing her research on film music.

March 12, 2009
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Changing the world, one student at a time

Social Work Associate Professor Janice Laakso honored for outstanding teaching.

March 12, 2009
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Frontier Man

UW Tacoma founding faculty member Mike Allen knows the territory between opposites, the space where creative tension lives. Wild and tame. Rural and urban. Conservative and liberal. Reality and illusion.

February 1, 2009
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Microplastics threaten oceans, marine life

UW Tacoma's Center for Urban Waters, led by Dr. Joel Baker, hopes to become a center for the study of a newly-emerging threat -- microplastic pollution.

December 29, 2008
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