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More than 600 people gathered last weekend for the Midnight Sun Sevens Rugby Festival. The attendance is the largest in the event’s history, and is largely due to Tran Dai Phu and fellow Seawolves.

Geomatics alumna Samantha Tanner is the owner of 45th Parallel Geomatics, a land surveying and mapping company in Hood River that pays homage to its Alaska and Oregon foundations.

Paul Herrick is the director of UAA’s Aviation Technology Division. While new to the role, he’s an established presence in the division, working as a professor for the last 26 years and watching it grow into the industry pillar it is today.

UAA biology graduate student Kelly Ireland is working on collaborative research involving stickleback fish. These tiny and abundant fish are the subject of intensive study at UAA and elsewhere because of their genetic variability and surprising physiological parallels with humans.

UAA environment and society junior Nicolas Donatelli is combining his love for the environment with farming, and he hopes to make a splash in Alaska's budding peony industry.

UAA junior Kristal Perez is the recipient of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship and has spent the last four months living, studying and adventuring in Costa Rica. In this installment of Postcards Home, she talks about her experience before she jets off to Cuba for phase two of her study/travel abroad experience.

How do you follow up four years of studying justice and history? If you’re anything like Tyler Morris, you go back to pursue nursing science.

While the trade industries clamor to attract new talent, recent welding alumna Tia Thompson is already experiencing a hot streak that includes a historic victory at Student Showcase and an exciting new career on the North Slope.

UAA aviation maintenance instructor Clif Stockton will represent Team USA at WorldSkills in Kazan, Russia, this August. After 50 years in aviation maintenance — including several decades educating in Anchorage — Clif is now bringing his well-honed skills to the world stage.

Originally from Australia, to say that Jack Macdonald traveled from one corner of the world to another to play basketball would not be an exaggeration.