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Found at Sea

A three-year stint aboard cruise ships set Associate Professor Vanessa de Veritch Woodside on a course to higher education.

January 24, 2019

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TeyAnjulee Leon: Asking Hard Questions

For her master's thesis, graduate student TeyAnjulee Leon explored issues of race in higher education.

January 17, 2019

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Urban Ecologist/Superhero

Experienced tarantula handler, compassionate coyote whisperer — Assistant Professor Christopher Schell brings a passion to his work studying how carnivores adapt to cities.

December 5, 2018

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Mud, Bugs and...Plastic

Senior Lecturer Julie Masura connects her love of teaching and her passions for geology and the health of Puget Sound.

November 23, 2018

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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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The Music Inside

Environmental science student Hozoji Matheson-Margullis brings her chops as a rock-band drummer to her quest to preserve and restore Puget Sound.

September 25, 2018

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Comic Books in the Classroom

Associate Professor Riki Thompson's "Writing through Comics" course gets students to think differently about the genre.

August 29, 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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LeShawn Gamble: Portrait of an Artist

UW Tacoma student LeShawn Gamble has overcome traumatic injury and incarceration to become a leading voice and artist in the community.

July 18, 2018

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Natalie Lawrence: The Redeeming Power of Education

Natalie Lawrence, '18 Psychology, wants to give to others the same transformative experience that education brought to her.

June 7, 2018

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