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Doing the Heavy Lifting

Brothers Nut and Nuk Suwanchote started a powerlifting club on campus to give UW Tacoma an athletic presence. They succeeded.

April 26, 2016
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  • AAPI THRIVE
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The Giving Garden Grows a SHED

A community partnership with Clover Park Technical College yields the Giving Garden's new Sustainable Hub for Education and Demonstration (SHED).

April 19, 2016
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  • Community support
  • Science and Mathematics
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"Love and Solidarity" on screen in Tacoma, Seattle

Co-produced by Mike Honey and Errol Webber, and funded by the Fetzer Institute, the documentary "Love and Solidarity" ties together civil rights, immigrants and labor organizing.

October 22, 2015
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The West Side is the Best Side

Dr. Carolyn West has been named the recipient of the 2013 Distinguished Teaching Award at UW Tacoma.

June 10, 2013
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How UW Tacoma faculty are enhancing teaching with technology

In a new report from the UW Provost's office, 16 UW faculty, including seven from the Tacoma campus, describe how they are embracing innovation to enhance their pedagogy.

March 3, 2013
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  • Milgard School of Business
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New Museum of Glass exhibits curated by UW Tacoma interns

Two new exhibits at the Museum of Glass are the result of a year of work by seven UW Tacoma students.

January 27, 2013
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Scientists building crowdsourced encyclopedia to further Puget Sound recovery

The Encyclopedia of Puget Sound, a new tool for networked science, will be curated by the Puget Sound Institute at UW Tacoma.

October 16, 2012
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