JUNEAU EMPIRE-Downtown Juneau is generally considered to be the center of the city’s art scene: the state and city museum are downtown, as are most of the art galleries and performance spaces, and a hefty majority of our public art, including most of our totem poles. But while downtown may be ...

The 300 or so mallards that appear to forgo fall migration and overwinter on an ice-free patch of the Chena River in Fairbanks are providing scientists with an unusual opportunity to study how avian influenza viruses move through a bird population. Waterfowl are the major reservoir of avian influenza virus in ...

JUNEAU -- The State Board of Education & Early Development, meeting Dec. 6-7 in Anchorage, adopted regulations regarding school districts’ evaluations of teachers, administrators and special service providers such as school psychologists. Under the regulations, districts will evaluate whether a teacher is exemplary, proficient, basic or unsatisfactory on each of seven ...

Jocelyn Krebs got the call every parent dreads. Her son was 19 months old when it came, but “I’d known for awhile that something was up with him,” she says of now 4-year-old Rhys (pronounced Reece). As a molecular biologist, Krebs studies exactly how a one-cell fertilized egg develops into an incredibly ...

The annual economic impact of the university includes $714 million in direct effects and $402 million in indirect and induced effects according to a McDowell Group study, titled "The Economic Impact of the University of Alaska 2012." "It showcases the extent to which the university, by bringing high quality learning and ...

When fifth-generation Alaskan Harold Johnston (E’81) was a UAA WWAMI School of Medical Education student many of his clinicals and his residency pulled him out of state before he was able to return to Alaska to practice. It was easy for him to recognize the need to offer a residency program in Alaska in order to attract ...

A generous donor recently committed to a $2 million gift to UAA to benefit students, beginning with an immediate payment of nearly $500,000 with the remainder to be paid through a planned gift. The donor, who has been giving to UAA to support student scholarships since 2000 and wishes to remain ...

Five-year-old Jensen Shafer from Anchorage was randomly selected to win a $25,000 UA College Savings Plan scholarship account. Four other Alaskans, from Fairbanks to Kodiak, have won $2,500 scholarship accounts. The annual scholarship account drawing is for all applicants who answer "yes" to question six of their Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend application, which ...

Karsten Heuer wrote this year's 'One Campus One Book' selection JUNEAU EMPIRE Canadian wildlife biologist Karsten Heuer, author of the book “Being Caribou: Five Months on Foot with an Arctic Herd,” spoke about his experiences adventuring through nature Friday night at the final lecture of the Evening at Egan Series for 2012. “Being ...

In 2011 and 2012 the UAA eLearning Workgroup surveyed the UAA student population concerning their mobile computing habits. Each year more than 700 students completed the survey. We learned that: 85 percent of these UAA students own smartphones 77 percent of these students are checking email through their mobile devices (phones and ...

Event was part of 'Evenings at Egan' lecture series JUNEAU EMPIRE American Book Award recipient Ernestine Hayes challenged her audience at the University of Alaska Southeast’s “Evenings at Egan” lecture Friday night to think critically about Tlingit history and its relationship with contemporary Southeast Alaska in her lecture, “What shall we do ...

University of Alaska Board of Regents approved an overall budget request for FY14 that emphasizes enhanced student advising and a continuation of the tough battle to reduce deferred maintenance across the 16-campus UA system. Public testimony included faculty, students and industry representatives--all of whom had a shared focus of continued support ...

par par The Faculty Technology Center (FTC) invites applications for the positions of'c2~instructional designer/developer'c2~and'c2~instructional technologist.'c2~The Center assists faculty as they incorporate instructional technology, creates materials for online delivery and works closely with faculty and administrators throughout the institution to promote the effective use of technology in teaching and learning.par par As part of the ...

UAA’s Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) has received a $288,000 check from the estate of Roxolana Pomeroy, for the Harold E. Pomeroy Public Policy Research Endowment. The check was presented to ISER by Dolly Farnsworth, administrator of the Pomeroy Estate, on Wednesday, Oct. 17. Mrs. Farnsworth homesteaded in ...

In an effort to provide integrated services to youth aging out of foster care, the Office of Children's Services (OCS), in partnership with the Child Welfare Academy (CWA) of the University of Alaska Anchorage, has created a position to enhance support and outreach services to current and former foster youth ...

Steffen Peuker is not just a little excited about a new lab in the engineering building at UAA. The moment we met outside his office, we headed downstairs to Room 111–home of a brand new thermal system design lab, a first for UAA. (If that's already too techy for you, relax. ...

For the fourth year in a row, debaters from UAA advanced to the elimination rounds of the U.S. Universities Open debating tournament hosted by Claremont McKenna College in Los Angeles, Calif. UAA travelled ten debaters to the tournament, held Oct. 5-7, which featured more than 50 teams from across the country. ...

August 26, 2012 The University of Alaska Southeast is expanding its options for studying Alaska Native language and culture with more courses and a new major. Fall 2012 Alaska Native Language courses open The fall semester at the University of Alaska Southeast starts August 30. The department of Alaska Native Studies encourages the ...