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Anne Velardi recently took home the award for best master’s thesis from the European Network in Aging Studies for her research in cultural age markers.

From sci-fi to fantasy, nonfiction to poetry, we catch up with six UAA alumni authors about their latest releases.

Not long after defending his Ph.D. dissertation, UAA alumnus Peter Kudenov returned to UAA to talk about his surprising journey from computer science to English during a graduation event keynote address.

A summertime hobby for most, communications alumna and fifth-generation fisherman Jamie O’Connor takes her passion for fishing a step further through her work at the Alaska Marine Conservation Council where she advocates for fisheries policy.

Growing up, Benjamin Miller never considered a university education an option for him. With undiagnosed learning disabilities, school was hard. But this summer, the Honors College sophomore is studying abroad in South Africa as a recipient of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship.

UAA junior Henrique Miller recently received the Goldwater Scholarship, a prestigious honor awarded to students pursuing careers in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering. He hopes that one day his research will contribute to the field of plasma nuclear fusion.

Andres Antuna was recently awarded Humanity in Action’s John Lewis Fellowship. This July, he will travel to Atlanta, Georgia, and spend one month learning from leaders who have fought for human rights.

Rutgers professor and economics alumna Kelcie Ralph returns to UAA as a visiting distinguished professor for the College of Business and Public Policy where she’ll spend her summer working with the Anchorage Museum to improve biking in the city.

Rutgers professor and economics alumna Kelcie Ralph returns to UAA as a visiting distinguished professor for the College of Business and Public Policy where she’ll spend her summer working with the Anchorage Museum to improve biking in the city.

Three alumni and one student talk about their history with the race, how they train and stay motivated, and offer advice to anyone daring enough to try the “toughest 5K on the planet.”