UAA is the premier university in the heart of Alaska's largest city with campuses throughout Southcentral Alaska. Where culture, innovation and adventure converge, the unique locations provide unparalleled access to industry connections, Arctic research, outdoor recreation and more, facilitating once-in-a-lifetime experiences, groundbreaking education and impactful careers.
UAA offers more than 100 degree and certificate programs that consistently prepare students for success after graduation. State-of-the-art classroom instruction and hands-on learning collide in UAA's innovative academic programs, which feature unique courses that train students to lead Alaska into the future.
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UAA is located in the ancestral homelands of the Dena'ina, Ahtna, Alutiiq/Sugpiak, and Eyak/dAXunhyuu Peoples. Alaska Native academic programs at UAA provide an in-depth perspective on contemporary languages, cultures, history, politics, art, governments and corporations. Alaska Native student support programs provide centers for belonging across UAA.
March 04, 2015
Chemical gardens have been around for hundreds of years, though scientists didn't fully understand how they "grew." Suddenly, everyone wants to know. UAA professors and undergraduates do the bench science to find out.
February 16, 2015
February 04, 2015
Anchorage gardeners can see past our snowy forecast and are itching to get their hands in the dirt. Is Anchorage ready for more community gardens? Assistant Professor Shannon Donovan will be taking a close look with help from an INNOVATE Award.
Biology grad student Molly McCarthy takes core samples of lake beds to calculate historic salmon populations and determine whether climate change impacts the stream of sockeye. Her research in the mountains of the Kenai has been a wet, windy, icy adventure, but her outlook is always sunny.
January 28, 2015
New Hampshire-born Russ Dow first set eyes on Alaska when he was 18 years old. It ruined him for predictable life back East and he made Alaska his permanent home in 1936.
January 14, 2015
Alaska may have 50 years of oil production left, but most of us realize we need a new source of energy for warmth and to keep our toys and tools running. It may come as a surprise to learn a local plasma physicist is tinkering at the edges of just that prospect.
January 08, 2015
January 07, 2015
How Innovate funding for computer science engineering helped professor Kirk Scott teach programming fundamentals to students in Southcentral schools and Thailand.
December 10, 2014
Vin and Grace Hoeman are names Alaska mountaineers with long memories will recognize. Married in 1966, the biologist/naturalist (Vin) and the anesthesiologist (Grace) spent all their free time "bagging peaks" around the world. In 1969, Vin was killed in an avalanche in the Himalayas.
December 03, 2014
Are you a dandelion or an orchid? The hardiness of dandelions and the delicateness of orchids are metaphors for our own resilience. UAA psychology professor Rebecca Robinson argues for an approach to resilience that places responsibility on the community to create an environment where human "orchids" can also thrive.