2020 Archive

In response to Audit Committee direction, UA leadership to develop budget options

This week the Audit Committee of the Board of Regents will meet to discuss important budget matters and identify meaningful ways to meet the budget shortfall caused by a number of factors, most notably state funding cuts, enrollment decline and the fiscal impact of COVID-19.

Call for volunteers to create face masks

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The UAA Office of Emergency Management would like to thank the many people who volunteered to make cloth face masks for our essential employees and resident students still on campus to pick up from the Student Health and Counseling Center. Inventory is now very low and, over the coming weeks, it is anticipated that the need will remain as some people and projects are approved for work on campus.

Get connected with Seawolf Mentor

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Given the social distancing we are all practicing right now, there has never been a more important time for us to connect to one another. I invite you to be part of an exciting new initiative, Seawolf Mentor, which matches UAA students with peer mentors. This program will help you meet new people and support one another!

Recording available: Webinar on Student Success During COVID-19

Vice Provost for Student Success Claudia Lampman shared the results from a recent UAA student survey on learning during COVID-19 in a webinar on Friday, May 8. You can access both a recording of the webinar and the slide deck.

UAA announces new leadership hires for diversity, academics, research

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Harvard report on plastics highlights biotechnology patented by UAA researchers

Philippe Amstislavski in a CPISB lab with samples of the "biofoam" insulation he and his team have grown from mycelium. (Photo by Philip Hall / University of Alaska Anchorage)

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School recently published a key policy paper that proposes a framework for curbing global marine plastic pollution, "Policy and Action on Plastics in the Arctic Ocean." Among several research and policy recommendations, the report advances UAA's Rhizoform LLC as a positive example of how innovators and industry can work together to solve the plastic pollution problem

Congratulations to Chancellor's Awards and Affordable Course Materials Award winners

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Chancellor Sandeen is proud to announce the winners of two award programs, Chancellor's Awards for Excellence and UAA/APU Consortium Library's Affordable Course Materials Award, for their outstanding work in support of student success and institutional excellence.

Human Services Summer Institute and Conference

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The UAA Department of Human Services is offering an array of upper-level course electives over mental health and substance abuse including a Human Trafficking course and virtual conference this summer. The Human Trafficking elective is a hybrid course and conference available to both students and community members and can be taken as a full UAA summer course or through the conference option only.

Open forums with Graduate School Dean candidates on May 6-8, 2020

The search committee for the Graduate School Dean is pleased to announce that it has advanced three finalists for the position. Schedule specifics and the curriculum vitae of the finalists are forthcoming, but please save the dates for one-hour virtual open forums: May 6 , 7 and 8.

Have a great summer!

Screenshot from UAA Chancellor Sandeen's May 6 video

I want to wish you all a great summer. This year has brought many challenges, and I am grateful to all our faculty, staff and students for your flexibility. We are currently making plans for the fall 2020 semester. We know it will look a little different from past fall semesters due to the COVID-19 situation.
2020 Posts Archive