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Students grappling with the intricate mazes of algebra and calculus are likely to be familiar with Alayna Rupert, a tutor in UAA's Math Lab who patiently helps them smooth out their mathematical thinking and untangle polynomials, linear equations and exponents.

After a 3-billion-mile trip that consumed nearly a decade, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made history with its close approach to the last planet on the edge of our solar system, Pluto. People gathered Tuesday at UAA to commemorate the historic occasion by watching a movie about Pluto and cheering news of the craft's safe journey.

UAA students joined Iwate University students in a workshop in Rikuzentakata to think and imagine how the town can rebuild from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The town's goal is to make the town easy to move around in, for elderly, visitors and disabled persons.

Three Alumni of Distinction weigh in on how alumni can approach the budget and, more importantly, how they can help. Whether its contacting legislators or capitalizing on the need for change to launch a new business, these three alumni share their thoughts with the alumni community.

With four restaurants, 12 events spaces, catering, room service AND an in-house bake shop, internship opportunities abound at the Hotel Captain Cook. In a community partnership between two of the biggest names in town, UAA culinary students receive on-the-job training in some of the city's top kitchens.

If you love history, you love learning about Anchorage's early years. UAA history professors contributed support and expertise to Cook Inlet Historical Society's recent four-day symposium on the city's first 100 years. Next, they'll join in editing the symposium's companion volume.

If you ever wondered if your dreams were worth chasing, read Elizabeth Robinson's tale. This August she launches an academic chapter that fulfills her passion for dance and culture. It wasn't easy getting here, she says, but well worth the journey.

In 1941, 29-year-old Beulah "Bee" Marrs boarded a ship to Alaska, a land she had long dreamed of seeing. It was supposed to be a summer vacation, but Bee found a job with Bristol Bay Air Service, found a home in "The Bee Hive" and organized USO dances and other activities for World War II servicemen.

UAA summer engineering academies are underway again this year, offering Anchorage youths week-long fun ways to sample different varieties of sciences via robotics, coding, alternative energy, wing aerodynamics and structures.

In honor of recent Father's Day, look back on the good times you shared with Dad—like, perhaps, completing a lab report. After inadvertently registering for the same biology class, father-daughter pair Mike and Mindy Graham ended up as lab partners. “I think a lot of people were puzzled by the way we interacted with each other," Mindy laughed.