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.

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..

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

About a dozen graduating Alaska Native students from the University of Alaska Southeast celebrated Saturday, the day before the school's commencement ceremony.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.