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"In my 29 years working at UAA, I can say with certainty there has never been a better time to attend UAA than right now," notes Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Bruce Schultz as he highlights new student success initiatives at UAA, such as Seawolf Mentor and CircleIn, that ensure students have easy access to academic and personnel support services whenever they may need it.

UAA's College of Health has received a four-year, $1.92 million grant to provide an innovative training program for future behavioral health professionals in Alaska and to facilitate the growth of the state’s behavioral health workforce.

UAA’s Summer Engineering Academies have always been a staple in the community’s camp lineup, but now that they’re virtual, they’re reaching more youth across the state. Sponsorships from ConocoPhillips Alaska and MTA Alaska Foundation help keep camps affordable, allowing youth across Alaska to engage with engineering.

Until recently, the relationship between commercial fishing and the economies of Alaska’s coastal communities have been explored anecdotally. But a newly published study from researchers with UAA’s Institute of Social and Economic Research aims to bridge that gap.

The gift from Gary and Jane Klopfer is the largest, individual gift an alum has given to UAA during his or her lifetime and will establish the UAA Student Investment Fund, giving students real-world experience using financial industry tools, establishing UAA as a leading finance hub of the University of Alaska system.

Human services alumnus and founder of the Authentic Beginnings counseling service and Queen’s Guard youth charity Vincent Feuilles talks about the challenges faced by the LGBTQ community that he’s working to address, what led him to pursue human services and social work, and how to create an inclusive environment.

This summer, a large high-performance computing cluster donation from ConocoPhillips to the College of Engineering goes live, allowing engineering students and faculty to more efficiently run demanding artificial intelligence and data science programs.

View highlights from UAA Chancellor Sean Parnell's visit to the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program (ANSEP) summer barbecue on his first full day as chancellor.

In his first message to the UAA community, new Chancellor Sean Parnell shares his optimism about the role UAA has played and will continue to play in shaping Alaska.

Students and employers alike say UAA's dental assisting program is a key to great job placement rates — and excellent patient care. An undergraduate certificate degree can be completed in less than a year, making it highly desirable to students who are ready to launch their health care careers in a shorter period of time while accumulating college credits.