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They've been toiling in labs, poring over spreadsheets and fine-tuning artistic and musical presentations. Now it's time for students to put their skills on display at the UAA Undergraduate Symposium, Student Showcase and Fine Arts recitals and exhibits.

Some knew the difference between a quarter note and a treble clef, others didn't. Some felt they belonged on stage, others felt terror at the prospect of belting out a tune in public. The 29 singers who earned places in the UAA Glee Club found creative exhilaration and the embrace of a "Glee-fam."

Tim Jester spent eight months in Pakistan as part of a USAID project that involved meeting with educators and government officials to find ways to increase literacy, open educational access for girls and improve teacher training. He talks about his experiences in a volatile country he found "welcoming."

Building a Baja car has taught a team of UAA engineering students how to design and build a vehicle that can withstand the stresses of hills, hairpin turns and four hours of laps on a race track—skills they can use after college when tackling real-world work tasks.

Missed the UAA-Yale Debate over public funding for competitive athletics in public education? Catch a podcast of the event, including the one-minute public floor speeches, and a debrief by UAA's debate coaches, Steve Johnson and Amie Stanley, all on the UAA-Yale debate blog.

A new collection of short stories by David Stevenson, director of UAA’s Department of Creative Writing and Literary Arts, is available from publisher Imaginary Mountain Surveyors. We caught up with Stevenson to ask a few questions about 'Letters from Chamonix.'

When she was just nine, Dao moved from a Hmong refugee camp in Thailand to the U.S. with her family. They've found opportunity and community in Anchorage. Dao is now a freshman at UAA pursuing a career as a dental hygienist and is among the first generation in her family to earn a college degree.

On Thursday, March 20, UAA debaters Brittany Bennett and Matthew Stinson will belly up to the podium for an exhibition debate with Yale's Sam Ward-Packard and Sesenu Woldemariam. Learn more about the teams and the debate on the new UAA-Yale Debate blog.

UAA's Micah Chelimo is once again an NCAA champion runner! He grabbed first place in the 3,000-meter and second in the 5,000-meter at the NCAA Div. II Indoor Championships in North Carolina last weekend. Congratulations, Micah!

Dr. Jane Shelby, director of Alaska WWAMI School of Medical Education, was a guest of Dr. Thad Woodard’s "Line One: Your Health Connection" to talk about problematic hip replacements with Dr. Steve Tower and Dr. Michael Mayor. Listen to the podcast.