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Scientists from UAA are part of a broad effort in the University of Alaska to study social-ecological change in the state. The Kenai River Watershed—its salmon and its fishers—is a focus for Southcentral.

United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY) named UAA construction management and architectural engineering student Michele Kawahine Danner, 19, to its 2016 Top 25 Under 25 list. Read our Q-and-A with Michele to learn more about what's ahead for her.

Coloring supplies, board games, tiny chairs and a candy machine named Justin Bieber are a few offbeat oddities surrounding Keita Senaga, B.A. '99, M.S.W. '15, as he helps Anchorage's most challenged youth prepare for a life of independence.

This May, after 3,500 miles and 17 years, a backpack that was stolen near Fairbanks in 1999 finally made it home to Tokyo and its original owner thanks in part to the dogged determination of UAA's Japanese language professor, Hiroko Harada.

Jenna Buchanan knows what it means to go all in—at the gym, on the court, in the classroom.

Zach Stubbs, A.A.S. Fire Science '06, brought a bit of blue collar to this April's 'Top Forty under 40' awards. As a captain at Alaska's largest fire station, his team responds to an incredibly diverse array of emergencies (and occasionally they stick around to fold the laundry).

A UAA team is competing in the Alaska Water and Sewer Challenge, devising a solution for rural Alaska communities without running water and toilets.

As the state's international tourism marketer, Jesse Carlstrom, M.B.A. '12, directs his high energy and love for his home state towards ensuring folks from New Zealand to Japan to Scotland find their way to Alaska.

Got photos? UAA's Archives and Special Collections might be interested in putting some of your donated photos into Alaska's Digital Archives, with the hope of growing diversity in its collection and opening new possibilities for researchers.

After 37 years spent teaching, researching and managing a private practice, Bruno Kappes retires with accolades and a rich history in Alaska.