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UAA is located in the ancestral homelands of the Dena'ina, Ahtna, Alutiiq/Sugpiak and Eyak/dAXunhyuu Peoples. Alaska Native academic programs at UAA provide courses, minors, certificates and degrees. Alaska Native student support programs provide centers for belonging across UAA.
April 16, 2025
UA HR will host the webinar "How to Deal with a Difficult Person" on May 1.
The event "Exploring Diversity in Today's New Political Context" will be hosted/sponsored by Professor Deborah Mole. This is a limited public forum.
April 15, 2025
The UAA College of Business and Public Policy is seeking a communications manager to join the team.
The UAA Community is invited to attend the Spring Awards Ceremony honoring UAA's Emeritus, Honorary Degree and Meritorious Service Award recipients on Wednesday, April 30, 11 a.m. in the Fine Arts Building Recital Hall.
During the month of June, the UAA Culinary Arts department hosts week-long summer camps for youth aged 12-17.
All students, faculty and staff (either at the Anchorage campus or the community campuses) are invited to listen and ask questions of the AVC for Facilities candidate Chris McConnell during this live session
Prince William Sound College (PWSC) will host a Sea Kayaking Symposium In Valdez from May 9 - 12.
Paul Gabriel will defend the thesis "Measuring Volcanic Gaseous Elemental Mercury in Katmai National Park, and the Watershed Dynamics that Regulate Aquatic Uptake" on April 17.
The Department of Political Science invites students and employees to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride, with speakers and a student recitation of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Paul Revere's Ride."
April 14, 2025
UAA's Department of Political Science in beginning an eight-year commemoration of the American War of Independence that began 250 years ago on April 19.