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To NASA and back

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Brett Keene landed the ultimate summer internship when an unexpected opportunity arose for him to spend 10 weeks at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland.

Photos: 2019 Campus Kickoff

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UAA welcomed students, staff, faculty, alumni and families back to campus last Saturday for Campus Kickoff. Held annually, the event brings together some of the best UAA experiences to celebrate the start of a new academic year. View a slideshow of photos from this year's festivities!

Resilience during uncertainty

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Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, author and nursing science alumna Dr. Kathleen Sutcliffe returns to give the keynote address at UAA's annual Homecoming Breakfast.

UAA's Kurgat honored by Alaska Legislature

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UAA student-athlete Caroline Kurgat was honored last week with a legislative citation from the state of Alaska. The members of the Thirty-First Alaska State Legislature congratulate Kurgat for her outstanding athletic ability and dedication to excellence.

Two schools of thought

Economics and History Major Joseph Longuevan, photographed in UAA's Cuddy Hall.

When Joe Longuevan’s family moved from Colorado to Alaska his senior year of high school, he was less than thrilled. But now, nearly five years later, the UAA double major in economics and history is entering his senior year and he wouldn’t change a thing.

‘This is our patrimony’: Dance professor archives two decades of Afro-Cuban history

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For the past 27 years, UAA dance professor Jill Flanders Crosby has been working on a project spanning generations, mediums and even the Atlantic Ocean.

The big picture: UAA’s Archives and Special Collections provides a broader view of Alaska’s history

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The UAA APU Consortium Library Archives and Special Collections provides professors and students access to Alaska’s rich history through photos and text documents to not only provide a greater understanding of the state’s distant past but to also connect future generations.

The big picture: UAA's Archives and Special Collections provides a broader view of Alaska's history

UAA's Consortium Library.

The UAA APU Consortium Library Archives and Special Collections provides professors and students access to Alaska's rich history through photos and text documents to not only provide a greater understanding of the state’s distant past but to also connect future generations.

Slideshow: Culinary and Bakery Boot Camp

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This summer, UAA Community and Technical College's Culinary Arts and Hospitality Administration Division hosted the 2019 Culinary and Bakery Boot Camps for middle and high school students.

“I like experiencing different cultures"

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For UAA alumnus Quenton Nelson, an epic road trip up the Alcan to visit the 49th State led to a geology degree and a lifelong bucket list accomplishment of learning German. Nelson completed a second bachelor’s degree in languages in 2018 and will put his skills to the test this fall when he heads abroad to Austria to teach with the US Teaching Assistantship program.

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