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When she was just nine, Dao moved from a Hmong refugee camp in Thailand to the U.S. with her family. They've found opportunity and community in Anchorage. Dao is now a freshman at UAA pursuing a career as a dental hygienist and is among the first generation in her family to earn a college degree.

On Thursday, March 20, UAA debaters Brittany Bennett and Matthew Stinson will belly up to the podium for an exhibition debate with Yale's Sam Ward-Packard and Sesenu Woldemariam. Learn more about the teams and the debate on the new UAA-Yale Debate blog.

UAA's Micah Chelimo is once again an NCAA champion runner! He grabbed first place in the 3,000-meter and second in the 5,000-meter at the NCAA Div. II Indoor Championships in North Carolina last weekend. Congratulations, Micah!

Dr. Jane Shelby, director of Alaska WWAMI School of Medical Education, was a guest of Dr. Thad Woodard’s "Line One: Your Health Connection" to talk about problematic hip replacements with Dr. Steve Tower and Dr. Michael Mayor. Listen to the podcast.

It’s not over yet! The hard-charging hockey team wrapped up their regular season with a 3-1 win against UAF in the final game of the Alaska Airlines Governor’s Cup series. A post-season match against UAF this weekend decides who advances to the WCHA Final Five.

It once cost $3,025 a year to light one of UAA's lecture halls. Now, after a coat of white paint and installation of new LED units, lighting that lecture hall in the Professional Studies Building will cost only $750 a year and use 75 percent less electricity.

Debate is more than just giving speeches. It creates an intricate lacework of argument and engagement that can win a competition trophy or, more important, clarify opinion and influence public policies that affect the quality of countless lives. Meet the people who enrich UAA's Seawolf Debate Program.

Getting through four years of medical school takes discipline and sheer will. Getting admitted to medical school takes just as much grit. The Alaska PreMed Summit offers strategies that can help prospective medical doctors realize their dream.

A high school chemistry teacher helped Melissa see she had talent in science and that a fulfilling career in medicine could be hers. She earned a biological sciences degree before succeeding in Alaska WWAMI and becoming a family medicine physician at Southcentral Foundation Anchorage Native Primary Care Center.

You don't have to have an M.B.A. to be an entrepreneur. Young Alaska entrepreneurs took to the stage at UAA to share their stories of starting food trucks, importing and building fat bikes and crafting co-working space in Anchorage. There's also some exciting investment news on the horizon.