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An App a Day

Assistant Professor Sharon Laing wants to use apps to connect low-income patients to health care.

January 20, 2017

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Madigan Pairs With UW to Improve Medicine

The Institute of Technology's Ka Yee Yeung has a growing collaboration with medical personnel in Madigan Army Medical Center, using bioinformatics to look for genetic markers of disease potential.

January 19, 2017

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Writing Workshops Help Veterans and Dependents Tell Their Stories

UW Tacoma Lecturer Abby Murray is helping veterans and military dependents express themselves in her writing workshops.

January 13, 2017

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Ricky Clousing: Connecting People to Green Space

After a wrenching experience in the U.S. Army, Ricky Clousing, '16, has found a new focus in sustainable urban development.

June 7, 2016

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Climb a Mountain, Start a Company

VIBE and Milgard School of Business alumnus Steve Buchanan, '13, '14, reaches another summit with the national rollout of ChooseVets.

January 25, 2015

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New degree in Cybersecurity and Leadership meets growing demand

The degree, a collaboration with the Washington National Guard cybersecurity unit at Camp Murray, is the only such program outside the National Defense University.

March 14, 2013

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Physician assistant training program to expand to UW Tacoma

UW Medicine's MEDEX Northwest will open a physician assistant training location at UW Tacoma to tap into the large pool of returning military veterans.

November 13, 2012

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UW honors veteran alumni for making an impact on their community

Patti Taylor, '93, '96, is one of two recipients of UW's first Distinguished Veteran Alumni award. She was one of the first graduates of UW Tacoma's Nursing program.

November 8, 2012

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UW Tacoma a top choice for veterans

UW Tacoma has been named a Military Friendly School by G.I. Jobs.

August 16, 2010

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Frontier Man

UW Tacoma founding faculty member Mike Allen knows the territory between opposites, the space where creative tension lives. Wild and tame. Rural and urban. Conservative and liberal. Reality and illusion.

February 1, 2009

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