• May 14, 2008 | Juneau Empire
    Photo: Family Friendly Employer of the Year
    From left, Kristin Mahle, campaign director for the United Way of Southeast Alaska, and Heather Swanson, University of Alaska Southeast staff council president (who nominated the university) present the Family Friendly Employer of the Year award to UAS Chancellor John Pugh at the luncheon on May 1.
  • May 11, 2008 | Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
    UAF engineers win first place in steel bridge-building competition
    Not only did the University of Alaska Fairbanks Steel Bridge Team make one, they made it look good. The team's bridge was built with Alaska-shaped pieces of steel spread throughout the bridge's design, helping the team capture the top spot at the American Institute of Steel Construction Student Steel Bridge..
  • May 11, 2008 | Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
    Graduation is a family affair for two UAF fathers, daughters
    The University of Alaska Fairbanks commencement ceremony takes place on Mother's Day, but a pair of father and daughter graduates are taking center stage.
  • May 10, 2008 | Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
    Polar-Palooza speakers share 'Stories from a Changing Planet'
    Before Polar-Palooza's "Stories from a Changing Planet," attendees participated in hands-on activities and got their hands on samples of Hot Licks' Permafrost Thaw ice cream.
  • May 9, 2008 | Homer News
    Graduates celebrate accomplishments with family, friends, classmates
    Wearing tasseled mortarboards and black gowns, graduates of programs offered by Kachemak Bay Campus, Kenai Peninsula College-University of Alaska Anchorage, filed quietly into Mariner Theatre Wednesday night.
  • May 5, 2008 | Juneau Empire
    Bridge to new views on Auke Lake
    Crews head out Monday to start building a long-awaited trail along Auke Lake. At $1.3 million for 1.1 miles, it will be the most expensive trail Juneau has ever built, according to trail planner George Schaaf.
  • May 5, 2008 | Juneau Empire
    UAS doles out 348 degrees
    Linda Scott waited 40 years to return to school, so receiving her master's degree in elementary education Sunday during the University of Alaska Southeast's commencement ceremony marked the culmination of a long-time dream.
  • May 4, 2008 | Juneau Empire
    UAS celebrates record number of Alaska Native graduates
    About a dozen graduating Alaska Native students from the University of Alaska Southeast celebrated Saturday, the day before the school's commencement ceremony.
  • May 2, 2008 | Juneau Empire
    University of Alaska Southeast students named EPSCoR fellows
    Two University of Alaska Southeast undergraduates and one graduate student have been awarded sought-after federal grants to research the effect of climate change on the survival of plants and animals and the sustainability of subsistence resources.
  • May 1, 2008 | Juneau Empire
    College outreach effort expands
    JUNEAU - The University of Alaska College Savings Plan and the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education are expanding the 'I Know I Can' outreach effort to first- and second-graders in 32 classrooms across the state this year.
  • April 27, 2008 | MSNBC
    Up close: Alaska's melting glaciers
    They're large, rock-hard and grand spectacles - but Alaska's great glaciers are in grave danger. The glacier recession rate accelerates every year, losing an average of 20 inches - almost twice the rate of loss seen in the 1980s and 1990s.
  • April 26, 2008 | Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
    Former state legislator Rogers named UAF interim chancellor
    After years of involvement with the University of Alaska in various roles, Brian Rogers can now add the title of University of Alaska Fairbanks interim chancellor.
  • April 23, 2008 | KTUU
    UAA gets $1 million pledge from Atwood Foundation
    PM ET ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The Atwood Foundation has pledged $1 million to the University of Alaska Anchorage's Department of Journalism and Public Communications.
  • April 22, 2008 | USA Today
    Scientists study Arctic haze for clues to warming
    FAIRBANKS, Alaska Visitors to Alaska often marvel at the crisp, clear air. But the truth is, the skies above the Arctic Circle work like a giant lint trap during late winter and early spring, catching all sorts of pollutants swirling around the globe.
  • April 20, 2008 | Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
    UAF student problem-solvers win math award
    A team of whiz kids at the University of Alaska Fairbanks proved they don't need an Ivy League school to do stellar mathematics. Computer science major Seth Chadwick, math major Rachel Krieg and physics/computer science/math triple-major Christopher Granade earned the highest honor in a worldwide applied...
  • April 19, 2008 | Anchorage Daily News
    Ulmer's appointment made permanent
    Former Lt. Gov. Fran Ulmer was named the new chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage on Friday. University of Alaska President Mark Hamilton made the announcement in Ketchikan at a meeting of the university's board of regents, according to a university press release.
  • April 14, 2008 | Peninsula Clarion
    KPC sees steady growth
    JOSEPH ROBERTIA Peninsula Clarion Photo by Joseph Robertia With each passing year, Kenai Peninsula College has continued to grow in the number of students and classes offered, as well as the size of the academic facility itself, and 2008 will be no exception.
  • April 9, 2008 | Homer News
    UAA debate team banters over proposed mine
    A debate team from the University of Alaska Anchorage posed vigorous arguments for and against development of the Pebble project during an event held March 27 before a rapt audience of project supporters and the opposition.
  • April 3, 2008 | AP via Juneau Empire
    Legislature to honor UAA basketball teams
    JUNEAU, Alaska The men's and women's basketball teams from the University of Alaska Anchorage are going to get a special citation from the Alaska Legislature.
  • January 25, 2008 | NPR Broadcast
    Scientists Debunk 'Six Degrees of Separation'
    The well known "six degrees of separation" idea traces back to a 1967 experiment by Stanley Milgram, who tried to determine how many acquaintances it would take to pass a letter between two randomly selected people.