This event was held at the Wendy Williamson Auditorium on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009 for freshman and their supporting family and friends. Emcees were student scholars Kelcie Ralph, Alex Bonnecaze and Deana Glick. The keynote speaker was Roger Tsien, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry for 2008. UA President Mark Hamilton and UAA Chancellor Fran Ulmer also spoke briefly.

This podcast was recorded on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009

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Dr. Roger Tsien (CHEN) won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work that now allows scientists to peer inside a living cell and watch the behavior of molecules in real time. He did this by developing colorful dyes that can track the movement of calcium within cells. The science is fascinating, but the really exciting part is that his discoveries hold great promise for the advancement of treatments for HIV and cancer. For example, these dyes can outline a very specific section of cancerous tissue so surgeons can make the cleanest cuts to extract all the cancer and save the patient from unnecessarily lost tissue and healing time.

This podcast was recorded on August 22, 2009

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G.I. Jobs magazine has named the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) as a “Military Friendly School.” UAA is ranked in the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools nationwide that are doing the most to embrace America’s veterans as students.

This podcast was recorded on August 21, 2009.

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UAA’s 2009 Faculty and Staff Convocation. This podcast was recorded on August 20, 2009.

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This presentation was part of the 2009 Northern Renaissance Arts & Science Series presented by the Creative Writing and Literary Arts department at UAA.

Recorded: July 21, 2009

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