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Researching the stars

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During UAA Department of Physics and Astronomy Professor Dr. Travis Rector's 2018 sabbatical, he split his time between Arizona and Chile working on a telescope project decades in the making. Rector hopes that UAA students will be some of the first to get their hands on the groundbreaking data the telescope provides.

Can’t stop, won’t stop corrosion

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Fact: You cannot stop corrosion. But according to assistant professor in mechanical engineering Raghu Srinivasan, you can study it and mitigate its effects, which is what the award-winning professor is doing in his lab and on top of UAA’s Engineering and Computation Building’s parking garage.

All about the ice

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For the past two years, recent UAA alumnus Seth Campbell has worked on ICECON, a project commissioned by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, to assist the U.S. Coast Guard in determining ship travel and safety on the Great Lakes. He's now handing the baton to UAA engineering student Kelsey Frazier for part two of the project, Arctic ICECON.

Can hibernating squirrels crack the nut of muscle mass loss in humans?

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Squirrels typically aren’t thought of as a good inspiration for comic book superpowers, but UAA biology professor Khrys Duddleston is set to change that.

‘This is our patrimony’: Dance professor archives two decades of Afro-Cuban history

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For the past 27 years, UAA dance professor Jill Flanders Crosby has been working on a project spanning generations, mediums and even the Atlantic Ocean.

UAA student pursues research in physics

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UAA junior Henrique Miller recently received the Goldwater Scholarship, a prestigious honor awarded to students pursuing careers in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering. He hopes that one day his research will contribute to the field of plasma nuclear fusion.

Economics alumna Kelcie Ralph returns to Anchorage for the summer to improve biking infrastructure

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Rutgers professor and economics alumna Kelcie Ralph returns to UAA as a visiting distinguished professor for the College of Business and Public Policy where she’ll spend her summer working with the Anchorage Museum to improve biking in the city.

Economics alumna Kelcie Ralph returns to Anchorage for the summer to improve biking infrastructure

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Rutgers professor and economics alumna Kelcie Ralph returns to UAA as a visiting distinguished professor for the College of Business and Public Policy where she’ll spend her summer working with the Anchorage Museum to improve biking in the city.

Video: Always asking why

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UAA biology graduate student Kelly Ireland is working on collaborative research involving stickleback fish. These tiny and abundant fish are the subject of intensive study at UAA and elsewhere because of their genetic variability and surprising physiological parallels with humans.

New ISER research looks at short-term impact of PFD on Alaska's labor market

 

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