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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.

Mackenzie Miller describes her whole life revolving around gymnastics. Born to gymnastic coaches and practically raised in their gym, she was recently voted Team MVP and has trained to become an all-around competitor while majoring in accounting and earning a 4.0 GPA.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of U-Pass! The program is a partnership between UAA and People Mover that provides free bus rides to students, faculty and staff just by swiping their WOLFcard. Both organizations will be celebrating the milestone with a year's worth of special events.

School is out for the summer, but camp is in! Teens from across the state recently gathered on UAA's campus for Recruiting and Retention of Alaska Natives into Nursing’s (RRANN) Camp, an intensive three-day experience introducing them to the world of health care and nursing.

Two student researchers are headed to Florence, Italy, this July to present their research on how turtles survive under low oxygen conditions.

It hums like a vending machine, but it's not loaded with snacks and cold soda. It's filled with green leafy growing things destined for the Daily Den. Meet UAA's hydroponic garden.

It's been an eventful year for Alvin Amason, a Sugpiaq painter and sculptor and the founder of UAA’s Alaska Native Art program. Amason was awarded the Governor’s Arts and Humanities Award for an Individual Artist and the Rasmuson Foundation's Distinguished Artist title, all before summer.

Peter Renner won a prestigious National Science Foundation fellowship to cover his graduate education. A lot of hard work paved the way.

Each April, College of Education graduate students visit Newhalen School, in the Lake and Peninsula School District, to teach a week of interactive classes (as well as attend the science fair, judge the speech competition, watch the talent show, and even go to prom).

From a ConocoPhillips Arctic Science and Engineering Award, UAA has developed a tool to accelerate corrosion and test mitigating strategies. This could be useful in monitoring aging pipeline for upkeep and maintenance.