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Involving Alaska’s rural communities in air quality monitoring

Micah Hahn, associate professor of environmental health in UAA’s Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies, is the principal investigator and a co-author on a recently published study about involving Alaska's rural communities in low-cost air quality monitoring.
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Making sense of ‘place’

How does a sense of place impact how we view and understand the world around us? Philosophy major Hunter Thomas has spent a substantial amount of time thinking about these kinds of questions.
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Monitoring mercury levels in Kachemak Bay’s sea otters

Is mercury harming sea otters in Kachemak Bay? UAA grad student Natalie Hunter investigated to fill data gaps on otters and provide baselines for the future.
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Finding new ways to treat wastewater

M. S. I. Masum, a master’s student in civil engineering, is exploring new ways to treat wastewater — research that may hold the potential to benefit rural communities across Alaska, which often lack water and sewer service.
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