The Housing Action Summit in Anchorage featured a week of events that draw attention to Anchorage’s housing crisis. Faculty and staff from across UAA spoke to Alaska’s News Source about barriers some students face, including food insecurity and homelessness.
The Seawolf Food Pantry holds a week long food drive to stock its shelves and combat food scarcity among students.
Ruby Fried, assistant professor of Health Science within the Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies of the UAA Div. of Population Health Sciences, helped host the Regional Food Security and Climate Change Adaptation Symposium with the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association from April 12 to 14, 2022.
Nearly 45% of UAA students experience some type of food insecurity, according to an internal study. To alleviate this problem, the Seawolf Pantry opened its doors to students this spring for a soft opening.
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