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A tragic kayaking accident claimed the life of WWAMI student Xavier Engle last year. His classmates and faculty, with input from Engle's mother and his life partner, created a scholarship award to help other Alaska WWAMI students and honor his memory.

UAA goes smoke- and tobacco-free Nov. 19, the same day as the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout. UAA celebrates with student activities from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at various locations on campus.

The Skiwolves are a cosmopolitan crew with a roster built from nine northern nations, but they've long enjoyed a reputation as UAA's most outrageously dressed. Before launching their season this weekend, the team stopped at Goose Lake for a high-altitude-meets-high-fashion photo shoot.

Not all veterans think about Veterans Day the same way. The one universal, however, is that each veteran we talked with was very proud to have served. They found the experience meaningful and life-changing.

Two CBPP grads are giving new meaning to "business overhead." Tyler Currier, B.B.A. '13 and Beau Bivins, B.B.A. '13 helped launch Alaska Aerial Media, a drone-based company that has, quite literally, taken off, netting contracts with the Muni and negotiating with national players like Travel Channel.

There are big changes ahead for both culinary alumna Sam Wagner and for Sweet Caribou, the local business she recently joined. Sam and her team are moving into a permanent storefront and kitchen to continue crafting delicious Parisian pastries called macarons, a fast-growing staple on the Anchorage market circuit.

How do you define sexual assault? Last week’s UAA Think Tank hosted by the nonprofit Standing Together Against Rape (STAR) brought together people committed to providing education and finding solutions.

Whether they're bashing through locked steel doors or driving an ambulance to a call, fire and emergency services students enrolled in Fire 295 receive unmatchable and diverse real-world training during their intense semester-long practicum around Alaska.

The Urban in Alaska conference, on Nov. 6, is bringing together people committed to finding fresh ways of cultivating the vibrant communities that exist throughout Anchorage.

Sunlight is slipping away and midterms are in the rearview mirror. It's time to bid farewell to fall. Flip through our seasonal slideshow celebrating UAA's urban and wild campus as nature fades from green to gold.