Alaskan students closer to earning law degrees without spending three years Outside

Alaskan students are a step closer to being able to earn law degrees without spending three years outside their home state, thanks to the unanimous approval by the Seattle University law faculty and a long-standing partnership between Seattle University School of Law and the University of Alaska Anchorage. Read on to learn more about this new program in development at UAA.

Video games lets users ‘go fish' sustainably

Visitors of the Alaska Sealife Center will have the opportunity to go fish-virtually that is. To celebrate World Oceans Day, June 8, ASC hosted the virtual game, which promotes sustainable fishing. Originally programmed by researchers at the University of Kiel in Germany, ASC's version has been reconfigured by two UAA researchers to more closely reflect fishing policies in Alaska. Read on to learn more about this virtual "go fish" game.

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a flying Seawolf/Nanook

Era Alaska debuted its newly painted Bombardier Dash-8, with one side of the active-service aircraft adorned in green and gold with the Seawolf mascot, the other side, the UAF blue and gold with the Alaska Nanook mascot.  The newest member of Era's fleet will carry passengers to and from Alaska's cities and rural villages. Read the full story here.

School of Engineering host kids K-12 for summer camp fun!

Students at the School of Engineering Summer Robotics Camp, sponsored by BP Alaska, showcase their creations with their campmates.

The UAA School of Engineering will host kids, K-12 from across the city at their annual engineering summer camps from May to August. The week long camps are provided free of charge from BP Alaska's sponsorship and provide kids with hands-on activities in robotics, alternative energy technology and structural engineering. Each camp is taught by a UAA engineering professor and encourages kids to push the envelope in each field using their imaginations and skills developed in the camp and culminates with a showcase of their designs at the end of camp. The camps have become extremely popular,from across the city, pulling kids from elementary school to high school and this year's camps had the most registrations ever.

Although, all the camps are filled at this point, kids still interested in attending are encouraged to register at http://www.uaasummercamps.com/, and will be waitlisted in case of cancellations. Check out photos from last year's camps and learn more about the UAA School of Engineering summer camps here!!

Alumni Spotlight: Alysa Horn

Teaser: Seawolf women's basketball forward Alysa Horn was born and raised in Kodiak, Alaska, where she grew up in a commercial fishing family. She spent her childhood summers long lining for halibut on her father's boat and exploring the nooks and crannies of Alaska's Emerald Isle.  Read on to learn more about this UAA alumna.

Alumni Spotlight: Shaun Ward

Teaser: For the last six years, Shaun Ward has worked hard on the track and in the classroom, earning three academic degrees and some real estate on the walls of the Wells Fargo Sports Complex, highlighting his athletic achievements. But this recent M.B.A. grad is excited to make the transition from student-athlete to businessman. Read on to find out what this GNAC champion has planned next.

Field Notes – Join Team Squirrel for a week in the Arctic

'Team Squirrel' in the Arctic
If you're lucky, studying biology can take you to the far corners of the earth. UAA Professor Loren Buck and post-doc Cory Williams have collaborated with UAF Professor Brian Barnes on a National Science Foundation grant to study the circadian rhythms of arctic ground squirrels. Joining them in the Arctic at Toolik Field Station this summer are research technician Jeanette Moore (UAF); Alicia Gillean, a teacher from Oklahoma who was matched with the team through the NSF PolarTREC program; and Kate Wilsterman, an undergraduate student from Pennsylvania who just might find herself at UAA for graduate school one day if Professor Buck can convince her to move north. She was selected for Team Squirrel through the NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates program.

We got a chance to follow the team into the field this week. Check out the blog, Field Notes, and have a virtual science adventure of your own.