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Geohazards fascinate Anna Stanczyk, so the chance to study one at Denali National Park over the summer proved irresistible. She talked with us about her research at the Pretty Rocks "creep-style failure" where the Park Road travels through Polychrome Pass.

UAA's Holly Martinson is using a $50,000 award from Debbie’s Dream Foundation and the American Association for Cancer Research to discover biomarkers for early detection and treatment of gastric cancer in Alaska Native populations.

Sophie Leshan first believed UAA would be a small part of her undergraduate journey, but leadership opportunities engaged her attention here. Now she's immersed in research that could help teachers assess their students in a more productive way.

Alaska's Office of Children's Services faces a difficult job—keeping children safe. A UAA public policy professor and his 15 students in his research methods class stepped up to support the OCS mission with a revamped survey for front line workers.

Magnificent Hatcher Pass is serving as a summer classroom for UAA historical archaeology field school students learning to measure, record and "read" the features of a Depression-era gold mine perched on a mountain slope.