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“One dark, rainy day in September, 1952, a group of eight women met to form a new Homemakers’ Club. Upon looking out the window at the area surrounding them, they all agreed that ‘Muddy Acres’ would be an appropriate name for the club, and it has stuck to this day." Meet Alaska's take on June Cleaver.

Engineering opens a world of opportunities that include bridge building, 3D mapping of buildings, robotics, renewable energy and more. UAA's Summer Engineering Academies offer middle- and high-school kids possibilities that could ignite their interest in math and science and lead to an engineering career.

Valdez, Alaska will have a bit of a population spike this week as actors, writers and everyone’s favorite telegraph operator from 'Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman' descend on the small coastal fishing town. It’s time for another round of the Last Frontier Theatre Conference.

She's done it all: flying planes, driving a forklift, raising alpacas, earning a bachelor's degree in physics and, at UAA, a master's degree in education. Now she's founded Grow Palmer, an organization that creates gardens where anyone can clip off and eat broccoli, lettuce, cabbage and other healthy delectables. Meet Jan Newman.

Why do bad boys win the girls? It goes all the way back to our early hunter-gatherer selves, when males who took risks demonstrated their ability to survive. A soon-to-be published paper by UAA social scientists connects our evolutionary and modern behavior.

Cerebral palsy and deafness complicate his life, yet he pushes back against those challenges to enjoy family and friends, camp, kayak and shock public perceptions about the concept of disability. Meet Jack Runser.

Students in the experimental Learn 2 Code class heard about the strong demand for liberal arts majors with communication and coding skills—the Anchorage market is hungry for workers with these invaluable skills.

Beer, art and business blend together for Scott, who has worked as a full-time artist for nearly nine years. Together with his wife and business partner Maria, the duo are tackling their largest challenge to date. It’s a new year’s resolution with a following—release a new beer portrait every day for an entire year.

Every spring, Facilities' Turf and Horticulture/Landscaping divisions transform a gravel-specked, mud-strewn campus into a verdant wonderland with a little help from nature and a lot of manpower. Maintaining all the grass on campus, for example, requires about 4,500 hours of maintenance each summer.

Coombs Orthodontics takes on UAA students each spring to complete their externship, and many stay on as full-time staff immediately after completing their six-week program. Brace yourself for a tale of a true community partnership.