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The Economics of Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT

What is the economic import of the recent revolution in artificial intelligence and with ChatGPT? How will it affect wages and employment? Which skills will it make more valuable and less valuable?

Office of the Registrar Invites You to a Brown Bag Session about Change of Majors & Academic Petitions

We are nearing the end of the Spring 2023 semester. Help make sure your students are on the right track for degree completion by attending this Change of Major & Academic Petition Brown Bag session hosted by the Office of the Registrar.

Ted Stevens Foundation gifts full archive collection to UAA

Recently, Catherine Stevens and the Ted Stevens Foundation gifted the papers of the late U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens to the UAA/APU Consortium Library.

Finalists to Compete in Perfect Pitch, April 7

The UAA College of Business and Public Policy Business Plan Competition will conclude on Friday, April 7, from 5-7:30 pm with Perfect Pitch, a free event held at UAA’s Rasmuson Hall.

May 11 Annual Assessment Retreat: Focus on Intercultural Fluency

We all play a role in modelling, demonstrating, and providing learning opportunities for the core competencies. Following the pattern of the last few years, the Annual Assessment Retreat will broaden out to include folks from across the institution to continue our conversation about the Core Competencies, in particular Intercultural Fluency.

Pricing Wildlife and Outdoor Recreation

What’s the value of a bear in the wild? How much is a dipnetting trip worth, and is salmon caught while dipnetting more valuable than commercially-caught salmon? Lots of things in nature don’t have a market price, but economists “put a dollar” on them anyway.

Honoring Mary Louise Rasmuson: School of Social Work faculty Vanessa Meade instrumental in Alaska VA renaming

Vanessa Meade addresses the crowd of veterans and dignitaries

On Feb. 24, the Alaska VA Clinic was officially renamed the Colonel Mary Louise Rasmuson Campus of the Alaska VA Healthcare System, a collaborative effort that included both Alaska senators and U.S Representative, as well as the invaluable contributions of Assistant Professor Vanessa Meade in UAA’s School of Social Work.

Logan Wieland Thesis Defense, MS Candidate in Applied Geological Sciences

Examining the development and formation of pingos (perennial mounds of massive ice and permafrost soils) can help reveal the response of periglacial landscapes to past and future hydroclimate variability.

Job Opening: Program Director for Peer-to-Peer Retention Initiatives

The UAA Learning Commons under the Office of Student Success is excited to hire a Peer Programming, Mentoring, and Coaching Program Director to support the academic development and educational goals of all UAA students through peer-to-peer (near peer) programming.

Economic Policies and Maternal and Infant Health

Maternal mortality in the US is more than four times higher than that of Germany and Sweden and nearly three times higher than that of the UK. Further, the rate of maternal mortality in the US is rising, having nearly doubled over the past three decades.
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