2013 Archive

“What do you think this is?” says UAA Associate Professor Don Rearden to his class of Honors 192 students. He holds up a smooth, brown, six-inch-long T-shaped object before handing it off to a nearby student for closer examination. As the object is passed from one puzzled student to the next, Rearden offers the class a hint. The object is a fossil from a prehistoric Alaska mammal... Read more about this University Honors College and Community and Technical College partnership that's bringing honors education to Anchorage high schoolers.

UAA’s track and field athletes put in impressive performances at the NCAA Division II championships this past weekend in Pueblo, Colo., including a powerful javelin toss by Cody Parker that earned him top honors. The 255-foot-10-inch throw was the second longest in Div. II history and smashed the Pueblo facility record by 20 feet. Joining him for All-American honors were Susan Tanui, Ruth Keino, Franz Burghagen and Karolin Anders. More results here.

Just in time for summer reading, UA Press has released two new books about exploring and preserving Alaska: Nuvuk, the Northernmost: Altered Land, Altered Lives in Barrow, Alaska by Daniel James Inulak Lum and Northern Exposures: And Adventuring Career in Stories and Images by Jonathan Waterman. Learn more about the books and their authors.