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Building systems like heating, cooling and ventilation, normally hidden in maintenance rooms or secured on the roof, will be visible on the fourth floor of UAA's new Engineering and Industry Building for students to study and learn.

UAA's College of Engineering recently gained a new title that reflects its addition of students and programs. Now it's reaching out to form new connections with industries and grow greater educational offerings.

Recipients of the 2014 Governor's Awards for the Arts and Humanities included three with ties to UAA: Willie Hensley, Aaron Leggett and Eva Saulitis. Read more about their achievements here.

Community physicians are a critical part of the University of Washington School of Medicine's WWAMI program. Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska recently donated $100,000 to help attract doctors to give vital clinical experience for Alaska WWAMI medical students.

Seawolf Anna Berecz is headed to the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, to represent her native Hungary. A psychology major, Anna is in her third season with the UAA alpine team. Congratulations, Anna!

UAA's young gymnastics team and their veteran coaching staff (50 years of combined UAA experience) are kicking off their competitive season this month and are full of excitement for their new space at the Alaska Airlines Center. Get an inside look at one of the team's recent practices.

Signs are going up around campus bearing words of welcome for Alaska Native students and faculty, in their own languages. It's part of an effort to provide a sense of community and belonging here at UAA, for indigenous Alaskans seeking an education in Anchorage.

Her hometown is a coastal area of Western Alaska near Nome, where she returns from school to hunt, fish and enjoy friends and family. Her home away from home, however, is the stage of an opera. Meet UAA music performance student Kira Eckenweiler.

Thought the planetarium was just for stargazers? Nope. On Jan. 17, the UAA Planetarium and Visualization Theater will premiere its first full-dome feature film about the brown bears at McNeil River State Game Sanctuary. Read more about River of Bears.

This year, the Student Phonathon Program marked two important milestones: They celebrated their 10th anniversary and reached the $1 million fundraising milestone. Meet team member Alix Oyler.