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8 UW Tacoma students accepted into Husky 100

May 8, 2017 no comments

The annual Husky 100 recognizes 100 students — undergraduate and graduate — from the Bothell, Tacoma and Seattle campuses of University of Washington who embody the Husky experience. The Husky 100...

UW Tacoma professors participate in The OpEd Project

May 8, 2017 no comments

A UW Tacoma professor, Natalie Jolly, was published in the Huffington Post as a participant of The OpEd Project. Jolly, professor of Social and Historical Studies, appeared in the global online platf...

What’s new in the world of Samsung

May 1, 2017 no comments

Samsung is one of the leading technology and smart appliance companies in the world, and 2017 has been a year of many new releases. Samsung’s most popular product is the Samsung Galaxies. They rece...

UW Tacoma parking due for an upgrade

May 1, 2017 no comments

With 4,987 students enrolled at UW Tacoma, and 751 UW Tacoma off-street owned parking stalls — the overflow begs for an update. Many students are familiar with parking issues while on campus. With th...

The United Nations names MalalaYousafzai the Youngest Messenger of Pea...

April 24, 2017 no comments

On April 11, at 19-years-old, Malala Yousafzai became the youngest person to receive the United Nation’s highest honor given to a civilian – the Messenger of Peace designation. In 2012, Yousafzai ma...

UW Tacoma picks Pulitzer Prize winner for campus performance

April 24, 2017 no comments

“Water by the Spoonful,” the 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner, by Quiara Alegría Hudes’ will take center stage at UW Tacoma in May. The play is the second installment of Hudes’ trilogy. The trilogy is bas...

Big Bertha finally breaks through

April 24, 2017 no comments

With much anticipation, Bertha completed the 9,270-foot journey under Seattle on April 4. Bertha, the 57-foot diameter boring machine, finished the roughly 1.7 mile tunnel earlier in the month, but ...

President takes first step in defunding Planned Parenthood

April 24, 2017 no comments

President Donald Trump signed legislation this month to grant states the decision to withhold Title X federal funding from abortion providers — including the non-profit Planned Parenthood. Vice Pre...

A rabbit rescue near you — Rabbit Haven

April 17, 2017 no comments

Rabbit Haven is a non-profit rabbit rescue located in Gig Harbor. Though Rabbit Haven has been a non-profit for 16 years, Sue Brennan, the founder, has been caring for rabbits since the 1980s. The ra...

Awareness month may meet its demise

April 17, 2017 no comments

UW Tacoma’s Sexual Assault Awareness events may disappear by next year. Event organizers say that with new faculty replacing contributors and active students graduating, the many events occurring on...

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