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What role does impulse play in predicting binge-eating and obesity, and are there any other psychological links between the two? A UAA psychology student is using Oreos and 12 albino rats to probe the role impulsivity plays in overeating.

Follow the scents of smoked salmon and hickory chips to Dr. Jennie Brock's upper-level mechanical engineering class in the EIB, where seniors are busy recording the heat properties of salmon as they wait for dinner to finish cooking.

Have you rattled your teeth and spilled your coffee crossing a rutted intersection in Anchorage? A UAA civil engineering professor is on the case. He and his graduate students have developed a new recipe for pavement they say will help our roads endure despite studded tires and freeze-thaw cycles.

The trouble with plastic? It doesn't digest, and new research suggests chemicals stay in the body and metabolize.

A new Leadership Fellows Juniors class just launched, with a host of UAA volunteers offering expertise aimed at helping them prepare the ground for college success.

What sets Rachel Bedsworth apart from other UAA freshman? She's an advocate for foster youth, having personally survived 46 placements in 12 years. "I want them to know they have a future..."

Each fall, geology students enrolled in Anchorage Field Studies head out to explore the city with their professor Kristine Crossen, an Alaska geology expert. A recent rainy weekend brought them to a rocky outcrop at Bird Point as they searched for clues of glacial retreat during the last Ice Age.

This year’s Green & Gold Gala—the UAA Alumni Association's sixth annual fall fundraiser for student scholarships—welcomed more than 400 attendees to campus for the Alumni of Distinction awards and a record-setting live auction filled with one-of-a-kind packages and exclusive Alaska experiences.

The governor recently appointed Dr. Deena Paramo—a UAA alumna and Mat-Su Borough School District superintendent—to serve on the University of Alaska Board of Regents. We spoke with Paramo about her life, education, and the partnerships she's forged at the helm of Alaska's fastest-growing school district.

It's a wired world, but too many people remain untrained and unable to access jobs, resources and other connections. The Anchorage Public Library hopes to brainstorm solutions to this dilemma at a free Oct. 1 Think Tank event organized by the UAA Center for Community Engagement and Learning.