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Extreme conditions in the Arctic make travel challenging. Response agency representatives and researchers met at UAA to identify knowledge gaps and propose operator-driven research questions.

UAA scientists and students surveyed uplands on the Big Island of Hawaii in search of sites that demonstrate human passage and use. Their next project takes them in August to a jungle-covered region on the island of Oahu.

How are power and place names connected? UAA anthropology student Jana Lekanoff is researching this question in her home community of Unalaska Island.

Scientists from UAA are part of a broad effort in the University of Alaska to study social-ecological change in the state. The Kenai River Watershed—its salmon and its fishers—is a focus for Southcentral.

A UAA team is competing in the Alaska Water and Sewer Challenge, devising a solution for rural Alaska communities without running water and toilets.

Eyes watering and itchy? Throat scratchy? Sinuses stuffed? Better check the Anchorage pollen count. UAA is a partner in keeping the counts available.

The recent Alaska Native Studies Conference included a look at Alaska Native corporations, including how they reflect Alaska Native values, and expectations for their longevity.