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Emeritus professor and founding faculty member Rob Crawford writes about border-related propaganda and politicization of immigration.
Dr. JaeRan Kim, Social Work & Criminal Justice, is interviewed as part of an examination of transracial/transnational adoption in the U.S. A new play produced by Seattle's ACT Theatre is also mentioned.
UW Tacoma is one of several Washington colleges that are hoping to launch new in-prison degree programs funded by expanded access to Pell grants by those who are incarcerated. Dr. Chris Beasley is interviewed.
David Pavenko, a Ukrainian American member of the Class of 2023 graduating with a B.S. in electrical engineering, missed his commencement ceremony because he was back in Ukraine on a humanitarian mission.
Chancellor Sheila Edwards Lange and Pierce College Chancellor Julie White engage in a Q&A on their experience with the Aspen Transfer Intensive, a national effort, including UW Tacoma and Pierce, "to accelerate transfer reform at scale."
Dr. Alison Cardinal, SIAS/CAC, is working on a project to achieve language equity in King County government services.
Joel Baker, professor and Port of Tacoma chair in environmental science, is quoted on the role of glitter as a component of microplastic pollution in the world's oceans.
Juneteenth marks an important historic event, and is also an opportunity to celebrate and show respect for Black history, tradition and culture.
KNKX interviewed seven of the 10 women who graduated this year with educational doctorate degrees as part of a collaboration with the Muckleshoot Tribal College.
Wildfire ecologist Maureen Kennedy notes that East coasters may need to become more familiar with annual cycles of wildfire preparation and communications such as "red flag warnings".
New B.S. Electrical Engineering graduate David Pavenko won't be at the 2023 UW Tacoma commencement because he will be in Ukraine delivering humanitarian aid.
Dr. Belinda Louie, School of Education, vice president of Tacoma's Asia Pacific Cultural Center, contributed to a community discussion with U.S. Senator Patty Murray about anti-Asian hate crimes.
This comprehensive round-up of work to create greener production processes and more renewable materials for rubber vehicle tires cites Center for Urban Waters research on tire preservative 6PPD and quotes Dr. Ed Kolodziej.
Dr. Carolyn West, SIAS/Psychology, is quoted on societal patterns of discrediting Black women who are abused. She cites general disbelief that Ike Turner "would have done these things or that [Tina] ... was a survivor or wasn't somehow responsible for the abuse."
The Tacoma Landmarks Preservation Commission has recognized UW Tacoma's new Milgard Hall with its 2023 Outstanding Achievement in Sustainability award.
Drs. Ka Yee Yeung and Ling-Hong Hung's work on the MorPhiC project, funded by the National Institutes of Health, to delineate the function of every gene in the human body, is described.
Shallae Hobbs received her Master of Nursing from UW Tacoma in 2013 and a certificate in program administration from the Professional Development Center. She is now director of health services for Tacoma Public Schools.
Sound artist Jeff Rice recorded the ambient sounds of one of the largest life forms on earth, a quaking aspen grove in Utah's Fishlake National Forest. Rice is managing editor at UW Tacoma's Puget Sound Institute.
As part of South Sound Business's annual Women in Business profiles, Chancellor Sheila Edwards Lange describes her upbringing, her academic career, her job, her experience as a women in higher education, and her advice for women looking to work in higher ed.
Tacoma Arts Live presents a new play "devised" by UW Tacoma's Maria-Tania Bandes B. Weingarden, Sarah Chavez and Michael Kula.
Serving as interim dean of the School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership since the 2022 departure of founding dean Sharon Fought, David Reyes will be the school's next dean.
The Milgard School of Business is taking the lead on planning an all-campus, all-day open house for the community, hoped to be the start of an annual tradition.
In the wake of a mass shooting in Nashville, conservative commentators are linking mass violence and anti-trans rhetoric, even though transgender people are rarely the perpetrators of mass shootings. Associate Professor Eric Madfis is quoted.
Biomedical sciences student and Army veteran Melissa Swain is a Federal Way Mirror Hometown Hero and a Soroptomist Club Live Your Dream scholarship recipient. Tragedy led to her role as a single mother and a research intern with the King County Medical Examiner's office.
The 2023 VIBE Business Plan Competition is open to all Washington college students and those who graduated between 2020 and 2022. Submissions are due Feb. 3.
The 10th cohort of this leadership program includes alumna and current Master of Social Work student Christina Qiao, '19, alumnus Jake Nau, '17, and current social welfare student Maira Mariscal.
This in-depth profile of UW Tacoma's Dean of the School of Education describes Dr. Endo's experience as a first-generation student and academic leader.
Former faculty member and alumna Jan Runbeck writes about recent deaths of local housing advocate Maureen Howard and Terry, a homeless individual. She calls for their deaths “to be the impetus for making our country a better place for all, the fortunate and the forgotten.”
In a panel discussion on San Francisco's largest public radio station, UW Tacoma Professor Emeritus Michael Honey provides an historical analysis of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s quest for economic justice.
UW Tacoma Economics Professor Katie Baird calls on the Wash. State Supreme Court to uphold the capital gains tax passed by the Legislature in its 2021 session, in order to adequately fund child care, especially for rural areas of the state.
A UW Tacoma Urban Design studio class partnered with the city of Sumner to recommend redesigns to downtown Sumner streets and parks. The City is now seeking public input on the changes.
UW Tacoma alumna Abigail Lawson and others are interviewed about the impact of Tacoma's guaranteed basic income pilot, called GRIT.
Assistant Professor Rubén Casas discusses the potential to activate a downtown Tacoma plaza adjacent to campus.
Riki Thompson, associate professor of digital rhetoric and writing studies, describes the fundamentals of polyamory in the wake of news coverage of Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
The William Factory Small Business Incubator, recently relocated to Tacoma Community College, has launched a project to coordinate Pierce County's entrepreneurial ecosystem. UW Tacoma's VIBE incubator is mentioned.
Dr. Carolyn West provides tips on how to help loved ones in emotionally and physically abusive relationships. Red Table Talk is a talk show co-hosted by Jada Pinkett Smith.
Forbes contributor and venture capitalist Taarini Kaur Dang celebrates 13 young people he has met who are "driving the change they want to see in the world," including Armaan Thakker, who worked with SET's Ankur Teredesai on research into ICU sepsis prediction in trauma patients.
Milgard Hall is the newest academic building to be built at UW Tacoma. Opening in Jan. 2023, it will house the Milgard School of Business, teaching and lab spaces for the School of Engineering & Technology, and the Global Innovation & Design Lab.
In 2019, research by the Center for Urban Waters, led by Ed Kolodziej and then-colleague Zhenyu Tian identified 6PPD-quinone, a derivative of a rubber tire preservative, as the substance that kills coho salmon before they have a chance to spawn.
Amanda Figueroa, UW Tacoma's senior director for student transitions and success, has been appointed as a community representative to The News Tribune's editorial board.
A British dating industry trade publication interviews Riki Thompson, associate professor of writing studies and digital rhetoric.
Tacoma Public Schools' work on social and emotional learning, supported by UW Tacoma, has helped the district buck the national trend of increasing rates of depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation among America's teenagers.
This examination of the lifecycle of LED bulbs quotes Heather Dillon, professor of mechanical engineering, who studies the performance of lighting products.
The Center for Urban Waters detected 6PPD-quinone, a rubber preservative derivative known to be toxic to coho salmon, in material used to renovate the Puyallup River's Electron Dam.
Twenty years ago, it would have been easy—and understandable—for SIAS alum Michael Kilmer to turn his back on the armed forces. Instead, he has dedicated his life to helping fellow veterans.
Economics professor Katie Baird's new book, "Growing Mangos in the Desert," is reviewed in a UW student newspaper.
Assistant professor Vern Harner, who received their Ph.D. from UW in Seattle, played a key role in securing a UW policy change, allowing students to specify a preferred name on university diplomas.
How do students find a sense of belonging at college? SIAS alum and current staff member Margaret Lundberg is featured in this article discussing how the challenges she faced as a non-traditional student fueled a desire to help others.
