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Juneteenth is a Time to Honor, Celebrate, Respect

UW Tacoma joins with UW campuses in Seattle and Bothell to mark Juneteenth on June 19, 2021.

June 18, 2021
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The Art of Digital Design

Rebecca Morgan’s new degree in technical communication will sweeten her current position at a Tacoma candy company, and may open doors for her freelance web design business.

June 10, 2021
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Designing a Better World

Alumna Ayda Kedirkhan wants to change the world, one design at a time.

April 1, 2021
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New faculty at UW Tacoma in 2020-21

We are pleased to introduce 12 faculty members who have recently joined the UW Tacoma community.

February 9, 2021
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The Best She Can Be

Alumna Chelsi Johnson took the strategic communications skills she learned at UW Tacoma to the D.C. National Guard and the Department of Defense.

February 3, 2021
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Second Act

Theater at UW Tacoma goes virtual with the upcoming performance of "The Book of Andy."

January 13, 2021
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Virtual Outreach

UW Tacoma alumna Christian Bell is using skills she honed at UW Tacoma to help stop the spread of COVID in Pierce County.

January 7, 2021
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Sarah Smith Plumbs the Depths

Sarah Smith, senior in communications, recently completed a documentary about an underwater ocean observatory, learning more about “one of the most underexplored places known to humans.”

November 25, 2020
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The Monstrous

Some monsters hide under beds or in sewer drains. Most, however, live inside us. Ingrid Walker and Dustin Annis talk about the role of the monstrous imagination in culture and politics.

October 30, 2020
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Unintended consequences of banning social media apps

Huatong Sun writes that despite efforts to wall off regional or national internets, social media companies will have to continue aggressively competing across borders if they are to grow.

September 29, 2020
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