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Caiming Li had difficulty finding tutors when he first enrolled at UAA four years ago. Now, the computer systems engineering major has created a math tutor app that helps students find tutors while helping tutors better manage their work.

The Leadership Fellows Juniors partnership between UAA CBPP and Clark Middle School recently received an Anchorage School District Spirit of Tomorrow award, an honor bestowed on schools and businesses that develop strong relationships for the benefit of students.

World-traveling culinary arts student Philip Nevitt has logged into online classes from four continents, all while chasing culinary opportunities from Prudhoe Bay to Antarctica.

English students at UAA do more than read books and write papers. Deborah Castillo's internship with Anchorage Park Foundation helped her earn work experience while making a meaningful impact on the lives, health and happiness of people in her community.

Nina Lee's career in college began with more than a few bumps, but two years of volunteering in local schools helped her find gratitude for her parents' hard work and a desire to help children ignite a passion for learning.

School and sports are always intertwined for Sierra Afoa. So, now that's she's ticked off her graduation requirements (a yearlong internship, a 3.72 GPA), it makes sense to leave the team a season early and "take the next step forward" in her social work career.

UAA's Jacob Shercliffe is an economics major, member of Seawolf Debate and a leader in Model U.N. Now he's added another accolade to his long list of achievements: Jacob has become UAA's latest Truman Scholar, one of 62 selected nationwide this year.

Openings are still available in UAA's popular Summer Engineering Academies, a BP-sponsored program that seeks to engage youth in various facets of engineering. This year, academies will be held in Mat-Su as well as in Anchorage, and sessions cost $100 a week per child (fee waivers available), with lunch included!

A group of civil engineering students have spent spring semester preparing their steel bridge entry for the 2017 American Society of Civil Engineers Pacific Northwest Student Conference in Idaho April 20–22.

From a pipeline corrosion testing apparatus to a new data set that informs building codes, four UAA projects showcase how this endowment is making an impact on student learning, faculty research, and Arctic science and engineering issues that extend well beyond campus.