Friday, May 31, 12-1 p.m. Diplomacy Building, Fifth Floor, Conference Room The Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) is hosting Chris Southcott, Ph.D., of Lakehead University in Ontario, for the next installment of their lunchtime talk series. Southcott will discuss the initial findings of the Resources and Sustainable Development [...]

On May 29, the University of Alaska College Savings Plan joins the College Savings Plans Network and state savings plans around the nation in celebrating “529 College Savings Day” in an effort to increase awareness among Alaska families about the importance of saving for their children’s higher education expenses. “Higher education is [...]

The University of Alaska Press recently announced the release of two new books, “Nuvuk, the Northernmost: Altered Land, Altered Lives in Barrow, Alaska” by Daniel James Inulak Lum and “Northern Exposures: An Adventuring Career in Stories and Images” by Jonathan Waterman. About “Nuvuk, the Northernmost” by Daniel James Inulak Lum: [...]

Monday, June 10, 2:30-4 p.m. UAA Campus Bookstore Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu Festival, Duānwǔ Jié, Double Fifth, Tuen Ng Jit) is a traditional holiday in China that commemorates the great patriot poet QuYuan. To celebrate, people race dragon boats and eat zongzi, which are rice dumplings with meat, peanut, egg [...]

An annual survey of graduates released by the University of Alaska shows 88 percent of student respondents were satisfied with their education and experience at UA. The report, conducted by the McDowell Group, measures how graduates rate their experiences in the UA system, what they do immediately after graduating, how well [...]

Sunday, June 2, 6-10 p.m. Student Union, Cafeteria UAA Spanish Club presents the Dominica Music and Dance Festival, with headlining act international bachata sensation Joan Soriano, and his band from the Dominican Republic.Peter Blaustein described Soriano’s unique blend of bachata as “packed with feeling: sweet lines with ragged edges, catchy [...]

A program-best 11 members of the Alaska Anchorage men’s and women’s outdoor track & field teams will travel to Pueblo, Colo., for the 2013 NCAA Div. II Outdoor Track & Field Championships on May 23-25. UAA will suit up five men and six women, besting the previous record of 10 [...]

UAA’s Department of Athletics recently unveiled a new logo for the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout. Designed by The Nerland Agency and commissioned by Carrs/Safeway, the shield-shaped logo features a basketball rising over snow-capped mountains with the name of the tournament, its title sponsor and host institution UAA. With a dynamic [...]

Don’t miss Michelle Wooten’s final night of public shows as a planetarium presenter. This has been her third year at UAA in a position funded by a three-year grant. She is moving to Nashville, Tenn. with her husband, fellow planetarium presenter Dave Wooten, and plans to continue her career in [...]

Friday, July 12, 8-9 p.m. ConocoPhillips Integrated Science Building, Room 220 “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” is a full-dome show from Thomas Lucas Productions, developed in collaboration with the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, NOVA and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. Narrated by Academy-Award nominated actor [...]