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Canales, Priddy Receive Student Leadership Awards

Mikel Priddy and Augustine Canales are the 2020 President’s Student Civic Leader Award recipients, with Canales going on to receive an award from Gov. Jay Inslee.

May 22, 2020
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The Sewists

A group of UW Tacoma students, faculty and staff have come together to make masks for the community.

April 16, 2020
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Predicting Harmful Algal Blooms Using Molecular Detection

Researchers from UW Tacoma are developing innovative techniques that will reduce the time and cost needed to monitor blooms of a toxic phytoplankton species.

January 22, 2020
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The Best Stories of 2019

The best stories coming out of UW Tacoma are all about our students! Here's a baker's dozen of stories about students making their impact in the world.

December 23, 2019
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It's a Dirty Job

UW Tacoma alumnus Marco Barajas is happiest when he's knee deep in muck or up to his elbows in grease.

November 14, 2019
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Environmental Scientists Contribute to Latest Sound Monitoring Report

UW Tacoma students and faculty have made important contributions to the Puget Sound Marine Waters 2018 Overview.

November 13, 2019
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New faculty at UW Tacoma in 2019-20

Marking the start of the 2019-20 academic year, we present short biographies of 24 faculty members who have recently joined the UW Tacoma community.

October 10, 2019
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How They Spent Their Summer

A group of UW Tacoma students and one recent alumna spent their summer in the lab as part of Senior Lecturer Julie Masura's environmental research experience course.

October 3, 2019
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No One Is an Island

UW Tacoma Senior Lecturer Julie Masura and UW Tacoma alumna Catherine Crook came together to help a University of the Virgin Islands graduate student whose lab was destroyed by hurricanes.

August 7, 2019
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