At UW Tacoma, undergraduate students have ample opportunities to engage in research that tackles complex questions and creates tangible community solutions. When you imagine scientific research, what do you see? Chances are, you鈥檙e picturing sprawling laboratories filled with highly specialized equipment and researchers working late into the night. Depending on the project, you鈥檙e not too far off. At the 黑料老司机 Tacoma, however, research takes many forms and often starts somewhere more familiar: a lingering curiosity that won’t go…
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Meet Seattle’s first indigenous planner
Tim Lehman (Northern Arapaho) didn鈥檛 set out to become Seattle鈥檚 first Indigenous planning strategist. As a teen, he was drawn to the hands-on craft of masonry. It wasn鈥檛 until his time at the 黑料老司机 (UW) 鈥� and a FEMA-supported coastal hazard mitigation project 鈥� that he discovered a love for design. That turning point launched a career grounded in equity, environmental justice and community-rooted planning. After earning dual master鈥檚 degrees in urban planning and landscape architecture from the…