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Spring has arrived in Anchorage! UAA's grounds team provides self-guided tree tours all year long, but there are few better times to enjoy our urban forest than in spring. Stop by and tour our officially recognized Tree Campus USA soon, home to the Alaska’s largest variety of tree species on public land.

Remember when a computer beat chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov in 1997? Randy Moulic was there. After 40 years at IBM, he now teaches electrical engineering and computer science at UAA,

Nine UAA economics students are headed to China as part of a summer class on globalization and business opportunities between China and Alaska. They'll share adventures, research and cultural visits to the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and the Terracotta Warriors.

Chantae Kochuten grew up living a subsistence lifestyle in the Aleutians. Now, she's learned the global-scale importance of respecting indigenous lifestyles in a changing region.

Heather Lende has raised a family and built a career in Haines, Alaska, where she works as the local paper's obituary writer. The bestselling author will stop at the University Bookstore this Thursday on her national book tour, sharing life lessons from her latest work on life and death in a small town.

On Sunday, May 3, UAA saluted 1,353 college graduates with wafting strains of “Pomp and Circumstance” and green and gold confetti showering from the ceiling of the Alaska Airlines Center. View a slideshow of the festivities.

Dr. Kathryn Ohle recently won the Selkregg Award for promoting early literacy and language preservation by helping Cup'ik children and families access free online books that two UAA students from Chevak translated into their language from English.

After transferring to D.C. 14 years ago, Doug Vandegraft stayed connected to Alaska through his personal project—a thoroughly-researched tale of the dark days and lighthearted weirdness behind the 135 oldest bars still currently operating across Alaska today.

The white lapel carnations that were a tradition for English professor Clay Nunnally, often called "a true Southern gentleman," highlight the skateboard his students presented him to honor his 45 years of teaching the Romantics on the rough and tumble Last Frontier.

Four years ago, Ricardo Castillo left the Army and continued exploring a career field he'd found and loved: Logistics. He helped establish a fraternity, engaged in the Emerging Leaders Program and now is preparing to join the ranks of graduates at the 2015 Spring Commencement.