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A Foundation of Inclusivity
July 21, 2025This year’s Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, Dr. Amy Maharaj Madeo, has built a career in education with inclusive excellence.
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From Campus to Community
July 2, 2025Connected through their leadership roles at a family resource center, UW Tacoma alumni Amalia Perez, Bryan Neal and Roxy Magno are dedicated to serving their community both personally and professionally.
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Welcome to the Class of 2025
June 10, 2025UW Tacoma is celebrating the amazing achievements of more than 1,750 new graduates this year.
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The Money Mentor
May 29, 2025Dan Wickens (BABA ’13) has made it his mission to make finances less scary for students.
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Invested in Students
May 16, 2025Sound Credit Union is helping ensure students are able to develop personal and professional skills that they're going to take out into the workplace and help build stronger communities.
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Op-Ed: The War Over Tacoma’s Planting Strips
SIAS Associate Professor Ruben Casas says how the city uses planting strips along streets tells a tale of haves and have-nots, and of our differing standards.
The Urbanist
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Kula among four UW researchers named Fulbright Scholars
Michael Kula was selected to serve as Fulbright Writer-in-Residence at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. In addition to teaching courses in AMU’s Center for the Affirmation of Literature, he will be completing final research and revisions for his book, “The Long Alone,” a creative nonfiction account of the travels of Kazimierz Nowak, an amateur Polish journalist who bicycled alone across Africa in the 1930s.
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Promoting Purpose to Reduce Stop-Outs
A recent study from the University of Washington Tacoma finds that a student’s decision to leave higher education can be driven by a lack of goals or sense of self.
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Loss of USGS program could hamper salmon research critical for Puget Sound
This USGS team provides critical data and lab and research facilities that helped Professor Ed Kolodziej in his vital research on 6PPD-quinone, a chemical used in tires that is toxic to Coho salmon.
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Seattle nonprofit lands $40 million from anonymous donor
Eric Stowe (SIAS '01) founded Splash to improve public health in urban areas through schools around the world, focusing on clean water and sanitation.
Puget Sound Business Journal
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Tacoma library's first social worker makes impact with 230 aid cases in 2024
Samantha Iverson (BA '08, MSW '16) is making a big difference as the first social worker for Tacoma Public Library, helping connect patrons with the community resources.
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Minnesota adoptees respond to fraud reports in South Korean adoption programs
Associate Professor JaeRan Kim (SWCJ) is talks about her work on an adoptee consciousness model that looks at the different “touchstones” adoptees might experience in adulthood related to their adoption.
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What’s next for The Swiss? Upcoming workshop to tackle how to best use iconic site
A new Tacoma Rising project asks students and the community to consider how best to revive the iconic and historic Swiss building on the UW Tacoma campus.
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Local Leaders Recognized at UW Tacoma’s Business Leadership Awards
“Each of this year’s awardees has made significant contributions in creating a vibrant South Sound Sound economy and engaged community,” said Milgard School Dean Altaf Merchant.
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These Educational Programs Are Building Minds and Community
The Husky Post Prison Pathways program is highlighted in this round-up of local educational programs making a difference in the community
South Sound Magazine
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Meet Tacoma's "Husky 100" students for 2025
April 22, 2025A mix of students studying biomedical sciences, accounting, social work and computer science make up this year’s UW Tacoma contribution to the Husky 100.
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Educated Palate
April 17, 2025The power of good food, local business, and all things fried chicken with Paolo Campbell (SIAS ’10), owner and head chef of The Chicken Supply.
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Lawless Honored with Governor’s Student Civic Leadership Award
April 2, 2025The award recognizes outstanding student leaders at Washington Campus Coalition member campuses for their work in civic engagement, community leadership and social entrepreneurship.
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Towards the Functional Characterization of All Human Genes
March 28, 2025A new paper published in Nature is the start of a research collaboration that includes faculty and graduate students at UW Tacoma.
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The Next Generation of Change-Makers
March 27, 2025UWT’s NextGen Civic Leader Corps cultivates growth in the public servants of tomorrow
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A tribute to James A. Milgard Sr.
March 20, 2025A longtime supporter of UW Tacoma and a leader in the South Sound business community, James A. Milgard, Sr. was one of the namesakes of the Milgard School of Business.