Wolves a defining part of Alaska landscape
The wolf tracks appeared as they always do, as a surprise.On a day between fall and winter, with the leaves fallen and browning but...
How UAA’s Justice Information Center is using data to help policymakers
In 2010, Alaska’s lawmakers were working to overhaul the state’s criminal justice reform system. At the time, former Governor Sean Parnell was launching his...
Automotive dealers bring Chrysler training to Alaska
Want to work on the Dodge Challenger? Or a Jeep Wrangler? Maybe that rare winterized Maserati or Alfa Romeo?Through a new partnership between Fiat...
Biographer profiles scientist-explorer of northeast Alaska
In the early 1990s, Janet Collins was hiking in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge when she saw “Camp 163” labeled on her map. Intrigued,...
When Jerry Brown came to Nome
A few Alaska researchers recently accepted a surprise assignment of giving Jerry Brown a tour of the Seward Peninsula.The California governor was stopping in...
A career in community service: School of Social Work professor Tracey Burke tackles food...
In Alaska, 102,670 residents, or 1 in 7 people, struggle with hunger. Of the 102,670, about 20 percent of those struggling to obtain a...
Salmon complete 1,000-mile journey, and life
MOUTH OF THE DELTA RIVER — On a morning with biting air in the single digits Fahrenheit, this river smells like sulfur and is...
From associate to bachelor’s: How UAA’s School of Nursing is answering Kodiak’s health care...
In 1977, Margie Mete was a young nurse who had recently graduated with her nursing diploma. Like many young nurses of her time, she...
Preparing for invasive species in the Bering Sea
Invasive species have devastated marine ecosystems in the Lower 48 but, thanks to its icy waters, the Bering Sea has been largely unaffected. So...
Beavers slapping tails on far-north waters
Animals the size of Labrador retrievers are changing the face of Alaska, creating new ponds visible from space.“These guys leave a mark,” UAF ecologist...
