UW Tacoma in the media

UW Tacoma alumna Autumn McCloud, '12, is the mother of Rosalie Fish, new UW track athlete, member of the Cowlitz Tribe and descendent of the Muckleshoot Tribe. Fish's athleticism is in part inspired by her desire to spread awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women.

The newest academic building on the UW Tacoma campus, Milgard Hall, has broken ground. A three-story, 55,000-square-foot structure with classrooms, space for the Milgard School of Business and labs for the School of Engineering & Technology, the building will use cross-laminated timber technology.

Isola Homes is building an eight-story, 152-unit residential project at 1942 Fawcett Ave., within the UW Tacoma campus footprint on privately-owned land.

Dr. Maureen Kennedy is quoted on the "circular" problem of huge fires, extreme weather conditions and the difficulty suppressing fires under those conditions.

WSU's Jenifer McIntyre gave testimony before the House Natural Resources Committee recently on work that she and UW Tacoma's Ed Kolodziej have done to identify what is killing coho salmon before they have a chance to spawn: a toxic substance, 6PPD-quinone, derived from a rubber tire preservative.

Ashley Benson, '20, Biomedical Sciences, is helping to try to figure out why populations of Dungeness crabs in southern areas of Puget Sound are declining precipitously.

Among the UW faculty elected are Dr. Joel Baker, professor and Port of Tacoma Chair in Environmental Science, director of the Puget Sound Institute and science director of the Center for Urban Waters.

UW announced that Dr. Sheila Edwards Lange, currently president of Seattle Central College, will become the next UW Tacoma chancellor. This story was also covered by Puget Sound Business Journal, The Seattle Medium, the Capitol Hill Blog, and UW News.

Part-time lecturer and local historian Kim Davenport has been compiling Tacoma's music history via her blog and for the Tacoma Historical Society.

Leif Christensen, '21, Computer Science & Systems, took first prize in the FinTech Incubator Competition, sponsored by the UW Tacoma Center for Business Analytics and Sound Credit Union.

Financial advice company SmartAsset ranks UW Tacoma fifth in the state for the highest post-graduation starting salary.

The author, JaeRan Kim, is an assistant professor in UW Tacoma's School of Social Work & Criminal Justice. She calls on professionals and parents "who adopt transracially to abandon color-blind and color-evasive attitudes."

Thomas Kuljam and Stan Emert created the Students Assisting Business program in the Milgard School of Business, matching undergraduate students with real-world organizational challenges.

Carolyn West and other experts discuss how 'coercive control' was a key part of a grisly alleged murder in Oklahoma.

The Swiss Complex on the UW Tacoma campus, former location of The Swiss Restaurant & Pub, is one of several iconic restaurant locations described.

Rubén Casas discusses the rise of 'third places' during the pandemic, with businesses and cities creating new, vital community gathering areas.

Dr. Carolyn West is quoted on the impact on students of the overturning of Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction.

The Seattle area is home to dozens of brand new startups. KenSci, a health metrics company co-founded by UW Tacoma's Dr. Ankur Teredesai and a role model for tech entrepreneurs, was recently acquired by Tegria.

The self-described "public safety" app Citizen augments cell phone user location data with crowdsourced videos and photos to engage users in realtime crime interactions that some call vigilantism. Associate Professor Jim Thatcher is quoted.

Tech companies have to get creative in recruiting top talent in the Puget Sound region. Tatiana Linardopoulou, '21, Computer Science & Systems, got an internship with Namatad founder (and UW Tacoma faculty member) Matt Tolentino which then turned into a full-time position.

Christopher Rufo, of Gig Harbor, is an influential right-wing voice in the controversy over "critical race theory." Social Work Assistant Professor Ken Cruz is quoted.

KenSci's co-founder, UW Tacoma Professor Ankur Teredesai, has sold the company to Tegria and will return to the faculty of the School of Engineering & Technology.

Nolan Hibbard-Pelly, running for City Council District 4 seat (Eastside, South End); is also currently a UW Tacoma mathematics student.

Corie Cameron, the owner of Crips Greens, a salad and soup restaurant, will open a new outlet on the UW Tacoma campus's Pacific Ave frontage.

Ground has been broken on a new, large multifamily development on Fawcett Ave., close to the UW Tacoma campus.

Computer science alumnus Naren Meadem's visa challenges in the U.S. led him to return to India, where he now owns three startups employing 40 people. The U.S. is losing its competitive advantage as a tech powerhouse, and a solution could be expanding computer science education in high schools.

UW Tacoma is partnering with Highline College, the City of Federal Way and the Federal Way School District to open a higher education center, The Hub, in downtown Federal Way.

UW Tacoma's Carolyn West co-authors an opinion piece calling on websites like Pornhub to address racism by ending the production of videos that rely on stereotypes and ignorance.

Siblings Jazmyn Pratt, '12, and Aaron Pratt have created and produce a YouTube channel called BLK WNS, "teaching Black history through a different lens." Their videos will be shown as part of an upcoming exhibition at the Tacoma Art Museum.

KUOW's "The Record" host Bill Radke interviews UW Tacoma economist Will McGuire on the pandemic's effect on prices.

Saralyn Smith, program manager at UW Tacoma's Professional Development Center, is on South Sound Business's list of 40 people under the age of 40 who are making a difference in the South Sound community.

Assistant Professor of electrical and computer engineering Matt Tolentino is also CEO and founder of Namatad, a spin-out of technology from UW Tacoma that will allow tracking of personnel in dangerous situations like fires and battle zones.

Michael Honey is co-author of an op-ed on proposed legislation that would establish New Hampshire as a so-called "right to work" state.

Student Alex McClintock's husband was killed in Afghanistan. The Tunnel to Towers Foundation has paid off the mortgage on her house in Tacoma's Proctor District.

James Stevens, '20, Electrical Engineering, is founder of a patent consulting firm in Tacoma. He is a U.S. Army veteran and wants to help local entrepreneurs navigate technology patenting and licensing.

Mark Horoszowski teaches corporate social responsibility in UW Tacoma's Milgard School of Business.

After four years of cleanup efforts, UW Tacoma's Puget Sound Institute reports that a stretch of tidelands near Hoodsport will open for clamming.

The Husky Vaccine Task Force is helping to operate a vaccine clinic in UW Tacoma's Philip Hall. Students Nikole Bussom, Olivia Trepanier and Juana Gallegos are quoted.

It is getting easier to minimize the impact on the environment of washing clothes. Senior lecturer and environmental scientist Julie Masura is quoted on microplastics pollution from the laundry. This story appeared in many other outlets nationally, including the Seattle Times.

Among the laws are SB 5022, which bans certain plastic packing and packaging products. Dr. Joel Baker of UW Tacoma's Puget Sound Institute says the law is "a step in the right direction" to address plastics pollution in the world's oceans.

Prof. Rubén Casas says that, although street racing is one symptom of our obsession with cars, traffic congestion "is a more pressing threat to our quality of life than souped-up rides on public streets."

Developing a place's "brand" must be participatory and inclusive, according to a new paper co-authored by Milgard School of Business Dean Altaf Merchant.

Namatad founder and UW Tacoma Assistant Professor Matt Tolentino describes how the company will look for co-working space soon and focus on getting its product to market.

In this review of Michael Mirra's tenure at THA, the collaboration with local colleges, including UW Tacoma, on housing assistance for college students is described.

SIAS Prof. Rubén Casas describes the intent of his new column in Crosscut as sharing "some of the answers I find in my work as a scholar and through my walks with my readers up and down Puget Sound."

Prof. Michael Honey says that worker union rights and labor rights should be human rights, a requirement made more urgent by crises such as the current pandemic and global climate change.

A profile of the co-CEO of newly-merged Virigina Mason Franciscan Healthcare mentions his recognition by the Milgard School of Business with the Nonprofit Healthcare Leader of the Year award.

UW Tacoma Assistant Professor Chris Schell and his research into coyote behavior are described in a Q&A.

The U .S. Forest Service has issued a decision to build a road through research areas at Mount St. Helens. Scientists, including UW Tacoma's Jim Gawel, have brought a lawsuit against the agency to stop the road construction.

In an editorial, the News Tribune says the drawn-out investigations and charging decision in the death of Tacoma's Manuel Ellis are taking a toll on the community. UW Tacoma Associate Professor Luther Adams is quoted.