UW Tacoma Associate Professor Katie Baird has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture on economics and perform research on education policy at the University of Pais Vasco in Bilbao, Spain, during the 2007-2008 academic year.
James A. Milgard and the Gary E. Milgard Family Foundation have made a $2 million donation to the University of Washington Tacoma to establish the campus' first endowed deanship.
The Institute of Technology's new computer engineering program already has 20 new students enrolled and has advised the Port of Tacoma on electronic navigation aids.
UW Tacoma MBA alumnus Joseph Lawless will be the first executive director of the Milgard School of Business' Center for Corporate Leadership & Social Responsibility.
During a four-week, free summer program, students in grades 7 to 11 study the fundamentals of math and the scientific process, robotics, environmental studies, service learning and urban design.