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Being the Spark
UW Tacoma alumnus Jacob Nau and SIAS lecturer Abby Murray are among the recipients of local Spark Grants.
February 23, 2018Main Content
University-city Partnership Seeks to Enhance Livability
Associate Professor Anne Taufen Wessells will serve as faculty co-director and the primary UW Tacoma contact throughout the 2017-18 Livable City Year partnership with the City of Tacoma.
June 20, 2017Main Content
Jacob Nau, '17, Writing Studies
Graduating senior Jacob Nau developed an idea for a literary journal on homelessness with his classmates in Abby Murray's editing and publishing class. Now the journal is online, in print and on the streets.
June 1, 2017Main Content
An App a Day
Assistant Professor Sharon Laing wants to use apps to connect low-income patients to health care.
January 20, 2017Main Content
Madigan Pairs With UW to Improve Medicine
The Institute of Technology's Ka Yee Yeung has a growing collaboration with medical personnel in Madigan Army Medical Center, using bioinformatics to look for genetic markers of disease potential.
January 19, 2017Main Content
Writing Workshops Help Veterans and Dependents Tell Their Stories
UW Tacoma Lecturer Abby Murray is helping veterans and military dependents express themselves in her writing workshops.
January 13, 2017Main Content
Community Service is Ishem's Passion: 2013 Community Engagement Award
Dr. Linda Ishem, Urban Studies Program, is the recipient of the 2013 UW Tacoma Distinguished Community Engagement Award.
June 16, 2013Main Content
Japanese Language School: Part of Campus History
The history of a thriving pre-WWII Japanese American community in Tacoma will be commemorated via a sculpture by renowned artist Gerard Tsutakawa, to be installed along the Prairie Line Trail.
May 13, 2013Main Content
New degree in Cybersecurity and Leadership meets growing demand
The degree, a collaboration with the Washington National Guard cybersecurity unit at Camp Murray, is the only such program outside the National Defense University.
March 14, 2013Main Content
Institution-to-Institution internships pair students with local agencies
A new program at the University of Washington Tacoma will pair talented students with local agencies and businesses for year-long paid internships that emphasize community-based learning.
February 24, 2013