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Four years ago, Lee Wang's mother died of cancer. The tragedy motivated the UAA student to work toward a career in oncology, and the Alaska PreMed Summit guided her first steps. This year's Summit is scheduled for April 1 at UAA's Rasmuson Hall.

Willkommen to college! On March 3, UAA’s German program hosted its 17th German Day with the Anchorage School District, one of many reasons the city has been recognized for its best-in-the-nation German education.

Junior Kendra Daniels capped the Alaska Anchorage gymnastics team’s best performance of the season with a school-record 9.9 score on beam Feb. 19 as the Seawolves competed against UC Davis. Meet Kendra Daniels.

Turkish food plays an important role in the life of UAA sociology professor Zeynep Kılıç. Her "Tables of Istanbul" — a film exploring food, culture and identity in the melting-pot metropolis of Istanbul — will be shown in Anchorage's Wildberry Theater on March 25.

With the Weidner Property Management and Real Estate Program (plus vast industry connections and a deep pool of academic and travel awards), UAA is among a handful of universities nationwide preparing graduates for an in-demand management career.

Suzi Pearson, B.A. ’94, M.P.A. ’03, has worked her entire career at AWAIC, the state's largest women's shelter, where she is now executive director. Violence, she says, has become part of our lives in Alaska. "Let’s find a way to change that.”

With more than 100 spoken languages, Anchorage is among the country's most diverse cities. "It's a challenge in Anchorage," said Heather MacAlpine, director of the Office of Equal Opportunity. "I find that really exciting."

Since Qiujie "Angie" Zheng, a CBPP statistics and economics professor, arrived at UAA five years ago, she's opened UAA students' eyes to the world of China, and helped forge UAA partnerships with two Chinese universities.

Want to find friendships, community and opportunities to engage as a leader or volunteer? UAA's Greek Life offers an antidote to those yearning to break the 'commuter campus' stereotype and infuse more meaning into their college experience.

Four professors from Jilin University in China are visiting UAA to learn more about their respective fields of experimental economics, logistics and finance, and launch collaborations that could help both universities.