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UW Tacoma wants you to lift your voice and sing

A new vocal ensemble, called World Voices, is open to students on a credit/no-credit basis, and to anyone (staff, faculty and members of the community) who wishes to learn to sing in a safe and energetic environment without enrolling for academic credit.

September 5, 2012
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Geographers seek stories of Seattle's pre-AIDS gay communities

Larry Knopp, professor and director of interdisciplinary arts and sciences, and Michael Brown, a geography professor at UW in Seattle, are piecing together how policies related to alcohol and public health shaped gay and lesbian life in Seattle pre-AIDS.

June 14, 2012
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Bringing global media to the local audience

Dr. Divya McMillin, the recipient of the 2012 Distinguished Research Award, is a groundbreaking scholar in the field of international communication.

June 6, 2012
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Dr. Michael Honey noted for "Labor" work

Beacon Press is publishing a paperback edition of "All Labor Has Dignity," the collected speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr., edited by UW Tacoma's Michael Honey.

May 23, 2012
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Evans, '98, is a 'Woman to Watch'

Deirdre Evans has been named one of 20 Orange County, Calif., "Women to Watch" by OC Metro Magazine.

May 20, 2012
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Funding for UW Tacoma and WSU Puyallup labs to fuel economic development

The new Urban Clean Water Innovation Partnership Zone will bring to UW Tacoma $2 million for a new "Clean Water Innovation Development and Technology Transfer Laboratory."

April 23, 2012
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Abrahamson works to clean up mining aftermath

Twa-le Abrahamson, '02, air quality coordinator for the Spokane Tribe of Indians, is working to spread awareness of the hazardous legacy of the Midnite Mine on the Spokane Reservation.

March 13, 2012
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Forum explores wrongful convictions in Washington state

Is being right 99.973 percent of the time close enough? Not according to Stephen Ross and panelists.

December 28, 2011
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Exploring Tacoma's last historic frontier: South Tacoma Way

A project that began in a UW Tacoma classroom reveals the lively, but largely forgotten, stories of some of Tacoma’s oldest buildings in one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods.

December 27, 2011
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Interning for a greener future at Center for Urban Waters

Talk of stormwater and storm drains sounds so gray, so grimy, so boring. Yet mention stormwater to UW Tacoma’s Brian Hite, Jacob Moore and John Pelerine, and get set for an animated discussion.

December 9, 2011
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