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Incoming engineering student Birch Boyer has an impressive background in robotics. A recipient of the 2018 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, Boyer spent his summer teaching for the UAA Summer Engineering Academies, and looks forward to starting his college career as a Seawolf.

Britt’Nee Brower is an Inupiat artist, occupational safety and health alumna and current Native arts major. Her work combines traditional Inupiat elements with contemporary trends. She recently released a coloring book, titled Names of Animals, in an effort to preserve the Inupiat language.

A cohort from the University Honors College recently traveled to Cuba for undergraduate research work, supported by a three-year pilot affiliation between UAA, the Anchorage Museum and the Ludwig Foundation in Havana, Cuba.

As summers in Alaska have trended warmer, the potential for nonnative ticks to invade Anchorage and Southcentral is on the rise. Two UAA professors, with the Alaska Department of Fish & Game, are researching tick threats and creating a public database to report sightings.

Join Student Activities & Commuter Programs in celebrating summer with a BBQ every Monday and Tuesday, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. at the University Hub Terrace.