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Hunting for extreme microbes

This summer, Memphis Hill, Ph.D., led a team to collect sediment and water samples from sites near Grewingk Glacier in the hopes of identifying ‘extreme microbes’ — microbes that can survive in extreme environments, like underneath glaciers.
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Scholarly Chronicles: Faculty Voices in Print

Read UAA faculty's published research in journals, academic papers and books
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BRAIDED embeds research in the community and outside the black box

Through a collaboration between UAA, UAF, and the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island Tribal Government, the Building Research Aligned with Indigenous Determination, Equity and Decision-Making project is creating a scientific workforce and community trust through the establishment of a tribal research program located in the heart of St. Paul.
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Circling back to Adak: Diane Hanson’s life as an archaeologist

For Diane Hanson, Ph.D., professor emerita of anthropology, retirement is not the end of a career discovering Alaska’s prehistory, but rather the opening of a new chapter. Hanson is currently working on a proposal to return to Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands to investigate an archaeological site she visited decades earlier.
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