UAA is the premier university in the heart of Alaska's largest city with campuses throughout Southcentral Alaska. Where culture, innovation and adventure converge, the unique locations provide unparalleled access to industry connections, Arctic research, outdoor recreation and more, facilitating once-in-a-lifetime experiences, groundbreaking education and impactful careers.
UAA offers more than 100 degree and certificate programs that consistently prepare students for success after graduation. State-of-the-art classroom instruction and hands-on learning collide in UAA's innovative academic programs, which feature unique courses that train students to lead Alaska into the future.
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UAA is located in the ancestral homelands of the Dena'ina, Ahtna, Alutiiq/Sugpiak, and Eyak/dAXunhyuu Peoples. Alaska Native academic programs at UAA provide an in-depth perspective on contemporary languages, cultures, history, politics, art, governments and corporations. Alaska Native student support programs provide centers for belonging across UAA.
January 21, 2015
Just think of them as the 'Green Cross.' The UAA grounds crew—who keep the campus clean and green—have a special facility in the Student Union where sick plants can go for some extra TLC.
UAA art professor Garry Mealor teaches a class in figure drawing to a group of young doctors in Anchorage—all overworked, overtired interns, halfway through their first year of residency. Since physicians spend their time thinking about how to fix the human body, Mealor's drawing class is an effort to get them to think more creatively about their careers.
January 14, 2015
Santa brought the Seawolf Debate team the opportunity to travel to Malaysia for the World Universities Debating Championships last month. They took off on Christmas day to face the best collegiate debaters in the world. 'Invariably the students come back better debaters,' said Steve Johnson, head coach.
Medeia Csoba DeHass' desire to be an anthropologist ignited in the living room of her home in Hungary in the 1980s and brought her around the world to Alaska, where she studies the impact of Russian Orthodoxy on Sugpiaq and other Alaska Native cultures.
Simone Penker and Morgan Cook picked one of the more physically taxing routes to graduate school—competing as NCAA Div. I gymnasts as undergrads—but they're proud of all they're achieving as part of a competitive team.
It's a short history, but a wild ride. In his new book—"Becoming UAA: 1954-2014"—emeritus professor of History & Political Science Dr. Will Jacobs details the political roller coaster that saw the campus expand physically, split ideologically and adjust constantly in its first six decades.
January 07, 2015
UAA Honors College student Alex West was thinking like a bear-aware Alaskan when she developed her undergraduate research. Her hydro-powered, floating fish grinder was awarded a U.S. patent with help from UAA's Office of Research.
Five UAA students will spend spring semester working as legislative aides for Senators or Representatives in Juneau. They attend a seminar at UAS and commit to working 35 hours a week for 14 weeks, watching the legislative process in action.
What were UAA's most-viewed stories in 2014? Visitors to our website clicked on stories about the new Alaska Airlines Center, inspiring students and alumni and UAA's innovative community partnerships.
UAA's basketball players have some new super-fans this season. The university recently brought its cheerleading program into the athletic department from the recreational sports department, and the shift is turning heads.