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Slideshow: 2018 Homecoming Shopping Cart Parade

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Each year during Homecoming Week, UAA student clubs and departments use their creativity and artistic prowess to decorate shopping carts like floats and parade them around campus. View a slideshow of photos from this year's event on Oct. 8, 2018.

Michael Beckner to serve as interim chief of police

Michael Beckner, who began his new role as interim chief of police Sept. 29, has more than ten years experience as a detective with UPD.

NSF-funded project will redesign introductory biology course to improve student success

A new NSF-funded research project will redesign the general introductory biology course for non-majors to increase student learning and engagement.

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Calling all creatives and problem-solvers: Apply to join Ocean Technology Innovation Sprint by Oct. 14, 2018

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Calling all creatives, curious minds, and problem-solvers! Alaska's elite Ocean Technology Innovation Sprint (OTIS) is back. Applications for fall cohort are due by midnight on Oct. 14, 2018.

Last chance to apply for Leadership Awards! Applications due Oct. 12, 2018

Interested in receiving a tuition waiver for next semester? Be sure to apply fall leadership awards by Friday, Oct. 12, 2018, for the chance to win.

Geser Bat-Erdene knows that one person is all it takes to make a difference

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UAA finance major, French minor and current USUAA student body president Geser Bat-Erdene believes that no matter where you are, you can achieve success. "You can succeed anywhere if you dedicate yourself to something that you truly want to do," he said.

Something for everyone: UAA’s Learning Commons is the university’s hidden gem

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UAA’s Learning Commons houses five tutoring centers in addition to remodeled study rooms and the Academic Coaching Center. The newly revamped space has something for everyone and is available for students, staff, faculty and the Anchorage community.

Alaska is one of last energy-dependent states to emerge from recession

Only North Dakota, with 37 straight months of negative growth has had a longer period of employment decline according to a new analysis of how oil prices influence Alaska and other energy-dependent states by Mouhcine Guettabi, associate professor of economics at UAA’s Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER).

UA Press releases new poetry book about an Alaska Homestead

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This book, part poetic memoir and part historical document, tells the story of a resilient family surviving on moose meat, potatoes, and anything else they could gather.

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