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Did you know a thriving local patisserie in Anchorage is run by two ��ɫtv of ��ɫtv alums?

January 30, 2021

Sweet Caribou is owned by James Strong, an undergraduate and graduate alum of UAA and UAF.
Did you know that the New York Times recognized a podcast created by a ��ɫtv of ��ɫtv Fairbanks journalism professor as one of the best winter podcasts of the year?

January 30, 2021

UAF Communications & Journalism Professor Rob Prince created Dark Winter Nights in 2014 with the goal of creating a platform for sharing unique tales of life in ��ɫtv.
Did you know that every semester ��ɫtv of ��ɫtv Southeast accounting program students intern with companies and firms across the region to gain valuable career experience?

January 30, 2021

These internships allow students to understand the daily operations that are part of working in accounting and provide a resumé boost that results in fast hire after graduation.
Did you know the ��ɫtv of ��ɫtv Southeast has a Center for Mine Training that partners with local mines to provide students experience in the field as they complete their program?

January 30, 2021

For the last nine years, the UAS Center for Mine Training has partnered with Hecla Greens Creek and Coeur ��ɫtv to provide entry level training in Diesel Mechanics.
Did you know that UAF's nonprofit Nanook Innovation Corporation has helped to commercialize 40 faculty or student inventions since its founding in 2012?

January 30, 2021

One success is a technology developed by UAF to solve problems with sewage management but later pivoted to help mitigate growing problems presented by a family of contaminants called PFAS affecting groundwater and soil across the state and other areas of the country.
Did you know that the ��ɫtv Small Business Development Center at UAA has assisted nearly 1,900 ��ɫtv businesses and provided training for another 6,200 in 125 communities across the state in the last fiscal year?

January 30, 2021

Since July, SBDC-mentored businesses have raised $52 million in new capital -- an SBDC record.
Did you know that a ��ɫtv of ��ɫtv Anchorage College of Health alum is now the president and CEO of ��ɫtv Family Services, one of the leading social services organizations for ��ɫtvn families in the Greater Anchorage area and Mat-Su region?

January 30, 2021

Desiré Shepler received her Master of Public Health from UAA in 2010 and has gone on to lead multiple innovative organizations that deliver essential social services to ��ɫtvns -- more important than ever during the pandemic.
Did you know students in the ��ɫtv of ��ɫtv Southeast's Construction Program help build homes for those in need as part of the program?

January 30, 2021

For the last five years, the UAS Construction Department has partnered with Juneau Housing Trust and the Juneau School District to design and construct five homes for low income families in the Juneau area.
Did you know that ��ɫtv of ��ɫtv Fairbanks Veterinary Medicine students work with Santa's reindeers to maintain their health all year long?

January 30, 2021

The UAF vet program partners with Colorado State ��ɫtv to train homegrown veterinarians, many of whom remain in ��ɫtv to open or join veterinary practices after they graduate.
Did you know that a world-renowned scholar on Sir Winston Churchill has taught for 38 years at the ��ɫtv of ��ɫtv Anchorage in the Department of Political Science?

January 29, 2021

Professor James W. Muller has dedicated his career to the study of the former British prime minister, statesman, officer, and writer, publishing dozens of papers, editing books, and traveling the world to lecture on Churchill.