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Recent mentions of UW Tacoma in the news

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Reporters shouldn't profile mass shooters, say experts

Social Work & Criminal Justice Associate Professor Eric Madfis and colleague Adam Lankford call on media outlets to refrain from glorifying mass shooters.

Columbia Journalism Review
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Revitalization is Brewing

A summary of the revitalization of Tacoma's Brewery District, adjacent to UW Tacoma, which serves as a catalyst. On tap: 215,000 sq. ft. of commercial space, 800 housing units, four new breweries.

South Sound Business
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Where to Meet Other HW Nerds in Seattle-Tacoma

A description of the Northwest tech hardware scene spotlights the Institute of Technology's Matt Tolentino, who is developing a startup to help firefighters find their way through burning buildings.

SolidSmack
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The Toads of Trinity: Witnesses To The Atomic Age

Jeff Rice, managing editor at Puget Sound Institute and a renowned audio engineer of natural soundscapes, reports on his expedition to record toads at the site of the nation's first atomic bomb tests.

WBUR Here & Now
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UW draws biggest freshman class in its history

UW's Seattle and Tacoma campuses are expecting to enroll record-setting first-year classes in autumn 2018, while the Bothell campus expects a slightly smaller class.

The Seattle Times
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Soaring to new heights as a pilot

Urban Studies alumna Chazmin Peters is a first officer with Alaska Airlines. She describes her path to a career in aviation and her experience in the industry as a woman and an Asian American.

Northwest Asian Weekly
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When Parents Commit A Crime, It's Their Kids Who Do The TIme

In an opinion piece, Dr. Marian Harris of the School of Social Work & Criminal Justice outlines the sometimes subtle impacts of incarcerating parents on their children, and calls for reform of the nation's drug laws.

Huff Post
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For girls with moms in prison, growing up is hard to do

In a perspective piece, Dr. Marian Harris describes the "little-discussed side effect of locking up more than 120,000 women, many of them low-income black and Latina mothers," and the traumatic impacts on their children.

The Washington Post
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Why Do Children Love Those Fad Toys So?

Milgard School economist Margo Bergman is interviewed on the inherent human tendency to look to others for information about the value of things.

WAMU 88.5 - NPR
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UW Tacoma law school vision remains years away

UW Tacoma leaders will delay opening a new law school after reviewing a consultant's study pointing to discouraging trends in law school applications and available jobs.

The News Tribune
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UWT delays launch of new law school

Citing strong competition from existing schools for the region’s available law students, UW Tacoma has announced it will not ask the state legislature to create a new school at this time. UW Tacoma will focus on expanding the "pipeline of law students" by growing its pre-law programs.

The News Tribune
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For Uncle Sam, trouble raising a cyber army

UW Tacoma Masters in Cybersecurity and Leadership student Nicolas Peterson describes the "lack of trust" between cyber security students and government that hinders recruitment.

Fortune
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UW Tacoma – What’s all the buzz about?

Washington Technology Industry Allliance COO Mike Monroe blogs about his visit to the UW Tacoma Institute of Technology. He calls UW Tacoma "one of the largest producers of proven technology talent in the State."

WTIA - Washington Technology Industry Association
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Imagining Tacoma, if children were at its center

Pat Shuman, president of Tacoma Community College Foundation, describes rationale for upcoming child-centered community symposium at UW Tacoma.

The News Tribune
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Onetime Italian grocery store to get a new touch of Italian

Elemental Pizza will open a restaurant in the Pagni & Lenti building, owned by UW Tacoma. Co-owner James Allard recently met with decendents of the Pagni family to reminisce about the grocery store that occupied the space starting in 1903.

The News Tribune
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Mikado, yellowface debate at Seattle Repertory Theatre forum

Associate Professor Beverly Naidus was part of a panel dealing with race and art, put on in response to the recent production of The Mikado. The article includes Seattle Channel video of the event.

The Seattle Times
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Great Read: What kind of prison might the inmates design?

Associate Professor Barb Toews was an instructor in a program at San Francisco County Jail No. 5 that linked restorative justice with design as inmates were asked to envision how prison spaces could help prevent recidivism.

The Los Angeles Times
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UWT plans for 2020 growth goals

Pat Clark, director of campus planning and real estate, and Mike Wark, director of external relations, describe upcoming campus renovation plans.

Business Examiner via South Sound Business
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Jon Talton: Tacoma Rebounds

UW Tacoma, particularly its technology programs, contributes to Tacoma’s current economic recovery.

The Seattle Times
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Book Review: Songs of Freedom

Professor Michael Honey's new book Sharecropper's Troubadour tells the story of folk singer and activist John Handcox.

Real Change
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Tracking Your Steps

Brooke Gladstone interviews School of Urban Studies' Jim Thatcher (then at Clark University) on tech companies leveraging locational data from cell phones.

On the Media, WNYC - NPR
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Group hopes to bring law school back to Tacoma

Chancellor Debra Friedman is proposing to bring legal education to the South Sound by hosting a second location for the UW School of Law.

The News Tribune
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