UAA in the News: March 2–7

Check out some highlights from media coverage about UAA this past week:

March 3 - Seawolves clinch 5th straight conference title while pushing their winning streak to 20 games (Anchorage Daily News) The sixth-ranked UAA women's basketball team continues to dominate on the court.

March 3 - Alaska construction spending expected to increase 10 percent this year (Anchorage Daily News) New report from the Institute of Social and Economic Research offers a detailed look at Alaska's construction spending forecast for the year ahead.

March 4 - Alaska aviation scholarship awarded (General Aviation News) High school senior and future Seawolf Gareth Hansen received this year's Alaska Air Carriers Association Forrest Jones Memorial scholarship.

March 4 - How I Learned To Talk To My Filipino Mom About My Mental Health (KUNC-FM) UAA professor E.J.R. David discusses the stigma surrounding mental health in Filipino and immigrant culture.

March 4 - Solo Notes: How Geomatics is Changing Surveying (Point of Beginning) UAA geomatics alumna Samantha Tanner talks about her business, 45th Parallel Geomatics LLC, and the surveying profession.

March 4 - Governor's budget will accelerate Alaska's 'brain drain' (Anchorage Daily News) Editorial by UAA head ski couch Sparky Anderson posits Gov. Dunleavy's proposed cuts to public education will result in "the largest brain drain Alaska has ever seen."

March 5 - 2 Your Health: How much sleep are you getting a night? (KTUU Channel 2 News) UAA professor Chris Jung discusses his latest research about how the changing of seasons influences physiology and behavior.

March 6 - State economists say Dunleavy budget will mean job losses, but details are lacking (Anchorage Daily News) Mouhcine Guettabi, researcher with the Institute for Social and Economic Research, provides an economic analysis of the governor's budget plan to the Alaska State Legislature.

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