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A City in Pictures

Visiting Fulbright scholar Loraine Leeson, a London-based photographer and artist, says Tacoma is strikingly similar to East London.

February 7, 2011

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New book on Martin Luther King Jr. and economic rights: "All Labor Has Dignity"

Haley Professor of Humanities and noted historian of civil rights Michael Honey is the author of a new collection of speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 4, 2011

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Remembering IAS faculty member Philip Heldrich

Dr. Philip Heldrich, an associate professor in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, died Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010, after a battle with cancer. He was 45.

November 15, 2010

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Water Undone: The Effort to Save the Puyallup River Watershed

An hour-long documentary written,  produced and filmed by UW Tacoma faculty, staff and students, lays out the case: to clean up Puget Sound, start with the watersheds.

October 21, 2010

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Puget Sound Institute receives $4 million from EPA

The Institute will facilitate the scientific study and interdisciplinary cooperation needed to maintain a healthy Puget Sound.

September 13, 2010

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Extraordinary history made by ordinary people

Mary Bowlby, '99, is executive director of Old Town Tacoma's Job Carr Cabin Museum.

August 18, 2010

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Environmental Science program earns Husky Green Award

UW Tacoma's Environmental Science program was honored for its environmental stewardship work with a Husky Green Award.

April 23, 2010

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Student interns have a hand in state government

Ten motivated UW Tacoma students with a yearning to experience government in action got the opportunity of a lifetime to take part in the 2010 legislative session in Olympia.

March 11, 2010

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Center for Urban Waters brings new research to Tacoma

The new Center for Urban Waters building on the Thea Foss Waterway will house two research initiatives, the Puget Sound Institute and the Storm Water Technical Resource Center.

March 3, 2010

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