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Education meets entertainment in the UAA Planetarium and Visualization Theater. The space was designed for public use. Staff regularly host Friday night double features for the community, introducing the audience to UAA faculty presenters through live Q&As after each film.

Though it’s a small school in a small town, Prince William Sound College boasts an avalanche of academic and entertaining snow-focused events to fill the long winter in the nation’s snowiest city.

Bacteria are on the menu in Experiential Learning: Microbial Biology. Students in the upper-level biology course took a mid-semester break to chop sauerkraut and cultivate yogurt, all while learning how bacteria plays a role in the kitchen. Germ appétit!

UAA’s Gear Room got a much needed facelift over the holiday break thanks to two students who painted a landscape mural on the main wall of UAA’s outdoor equipment rental room.

This spring break, a small group of students traveled between backcountry lodges via dog sled, fat bike and snowmachine as part of a unique two-credit course designed by physical education major Robert Forto.

Two motivated journalism majors plan to turn their capstone project into a physical magazine for the citizens of Spenard. Be a part of their big vision: The Spenardian Launch Party is March 1 at the Church of Love.

Justin Gentz loves to go fast. He built his first engine when he was a sophomore in high school. Now, through UAA’s GM Automotive Service Educational Program, Gentz is learning to work on the latest in automotive technology — including some very fast cars.

Aviation management alumnus Jeremy Worrall '02 is now superintendent of Alaska's complex, far-flung and truly unique network of state-operated airports. “Every day, every person in Alaska is impacted in some way by [aviation], whether they feel it or see it or not."

UAA students Alliana Salanguit and Alejandro Soto were recently named to Alaska Geographic’s Arctic Youth Ambassadors program. The program selects a cohort of students from across the state to represent Alaska’s Arctic issues on an international stage.

Nearly 54 years after "The Great Alaska Earthquake", UAA theatre students created Earthquake ’64, a multidisciplinary performance that carefully weaves together personal stories, local experiences and the science that occurred as a result of that horrific quake.