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Alaska grown Amber Christensen Fullmer spent 13 years working in law enforcement as a probation officer in both Alaska and Colorado before deciding it was time to try something new.

Cari Miller, sled dog racer, mom of 8 and 4.0 graduate student, spends her precious nighttime hours after the kids are in bed absorbed in textbooks and school projects. She plans to become a physician in rural Alaska.

Not many people are as lucky as Mark Williams to find their passion so early in life. Hometown connections with Anchorage’s music community and scholarship opportunities landed this musician at UAA.

How did marine mammals develop their amazing capacity to dive and forage for food and what can the genetic code of today’s mammals tell us about their extinct ancestors? UAA Professor Jennifer Burns worked with a team of researchers to find the answers.

Matt Thomas, who recently led the ECHL Stockton Thunder to the Kelly Cup Finals, has been named UAA’s new head hockey coach.

Jeff Hoffman, a mechanical engineering professor at UAA, created a 3D model from the CT scan of the crushed face of an injured Soldotna man. Anchorage surgeon James Kallman used that model to help shape titanium mesh implants to restore structure to the man's face. The patient is recovering well.

The UAA Department of Languages was honored with the Governor's North Star Award for International Excellence at the 26th Annual Export Alaska Luncheon.

Donald Grybeck, an Alaska mineralogy research pioneer, has donated his extensive collection of ore samples to UAA's Department of Geology.

The School of Law faculty unanimously voted to approve moving forward with UAA in the development of the first-ever opportunity that would allow students from Alaska to spend their summers and their third year of law school at home.

For the last six years, Shaun Ward has worked hard on the track and in the classroom, earning three academic degrees and some Wells Fargo Sports Complex wall real estate for his athletic records.