A $1.4 million grant to Drs. Marcy Stein and Diane Kinder from the U.S. Department of Education will fund a project to improve special education teacher preparation.
National Science Foundation awards $3.5 million to prepare math teachers for diverse classrooms.
Dr. Philip Heldrich, an associate professor in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, died Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010, after a battle with cancer. He was 45.
An hour-long documentary written, produced and filmed by UW Tacoma faculty, staff and students, lays out the case: to clean up Puget Sound, start with the watersheds.
Dr. Mark Pendras, assistant professor of urban studies, will receive the 2010 UW Distinguished Teaching Award.
A new book by UW Tacoma's Rich Furman, "Social Work Practice with Men at Risk," explores the role of social work in working with men.
Dr. Robert Howard, an associate professor in the UW Tacoma Education program, died April 11 after a brief illness.
The new Center for Urban Waters building on the Thea Foss Waterway will house two research initiatives, the Puget Sound Institute and the Storm Water Technical Resource Center.
Dr. Michael Honey, is the 2010 recipient of UW Tacoma's Distinguished Research Award.
Bill Kunz has worked at eight Olympic Games as a producer. During the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C., he is producing NBC's television coverage of curling.
