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Honors College offers first-ever UA class on Filipino American history and culture

Painting hanging outside Alumni Center

Over 12 weeks, students in this online, interdisciplinary class explore topics ranging from immigration and labor history to colonialism, health disparities and cultural expression, featuring guest lectures from national and local Filipino American scholars, writers and artists.

Ice Age cooking? Archaeology at the Carpenter Site

A student archaeologist holding a bone fragment wrapped in tin foil

This summer, a group of UAA students participated in an archaeological excavation at the Carpenter Site. The lowest layers of the site date back to the last 鈥淚ce Age" and provide valuable clues about what life was like more than 12,000 years ago.

Are 熊猫在线视频鈥檚 silver salmon at risk? UAA researchers investigate contamination from tires

Juvenile silver salmon in a creek

Recent studies from the Pacific Northwest show that the chemical 6PPD-quinone is lethal to silver salmon. The extent to which the chemical poses a threat to 熊猫在线视频鈥檚 silver salmon remains an open question. Brian DiMento is determined to find out.

Grad student uses drones, AI to locate abandoned oil and gas wells

Hoyt Thomas flies a drone as Caixia Wang observes

Hoyt Thomas aims to locate uncapped and improperly sealed oil and gas wells that can pose risks to the public. In order to identify these hazards and gather the necessary data for future mitigation efforts, Thomas is utilizing cutting-edge technology, including drones and artificial intelligence (AI).

Device developed by UAA students launched into space aboard NASA rocket

NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia

On June 26, a team of UAA students and faculty watched as a Terrier-Orion sounding rocket launched into space from NASA鈥檚 Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The rocket鈥檚 payload included a device designed by the team that was used to measure the mass of the Earth.

A left-handed stone tool? Archaeology at the Carpenter Site

A hand holding up a stone tool

This summer, a group of UAA students participated in an archaeology dig near Delta Junction. Some of the most exciting finds were complete stone tools, including one that provided a 鈥渉ands-on鈥 connection to the past 鈥 a potential left-handed stone scraper.

From dental hygiene to dance, CCEL mini-grants fuse community and curriculum

Faculty, staff, students and community members discuss posters and projects at UAA's 2025 Community Engagement Forum in the ConocoPhillips Integrated Science Building.

This past academic year, the UAA Center for Community Engagement and Learning supported 19 community partnerships across 15 projects, conducted by 17 faculty and staff through the Community-Engaged Mini-Grants program that brings university and community members together to address public issues.

KPC students gain 鈥榟ands-on鈥 experience during whale necropsy

Semester by the Bay students walking on the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail

In March, a group of nine students in Kenai Peninsula College鈥檚 Semester by the Bay program had the opportunity to participate in the necropsy of a fin whale and gain first-hand experience in marine biology.

Wildfire smoke and health | Line One

Micah Hahn, UAA College of Health.

Every summer in 熊猫在线视频 there is the threat of wildfires throughout the state. This year Mount Spur is also threatening to send volcanic ash into the air.

Why is an old can an artifact? Archaeology at the Carpenter Site

Three anthropology students examining a tin can at an archaeological site

Archaeology may conjure images of fantastic treasures, but most artifacts uncovered by archaeologists are more mundane. This is the case with a series of artifacts uncovered this year during the UAA archaeological field school at the Carpenter Site 鈥 three tin cans.

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