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In geology—where things are measured in millennia—Portage Lake is barely a blink in Alaska’s existence. But in the lake's 101 year existence, it's expanded over five miles thanks to the rapid retreat of Portage Glacier.

Meet Karen Andrews, UAA's new director of Disability Support Services. She believes in the law, but works to win hearts.

Kaj Lynöe, from northern Sweden, and Tuukka Törmänen, from northern Finland, are both recent arrivals in Anchorage thanks, fittingly, to the north2north educational exchange program. "It has really opened up my worldview," Tuukka says.

What do Back Seat Betty, Lil’ Red Vette and WickedSpeedia have in common? They’re all women who bonded in the Rage City Rollergirls’ bruising bouts. And, they all have a connection to UAA. Read about it in this Project 49 story about Anchorage's roller derby powerhouse.

Most Alaskans wouldn't link the word opera with Unalakleet, a community of 700 located just at the mouth of its namesake river on Norton Sound. Maybe not — until now. UAA vocal performance student and coloratura soprano Kira Eckenweiler grew up in Unalakleet.

What role does impulse play in predicting binge-eating and obesity, and are there any other psychological links between the two? A UAA psychology student is using Oreos and 12 albino rats to probe the role impulsivity plays in overeating.

Follow the scents of smoked salmon and hickory chips to Dr. Jennie Brock's upper-level mechanical engineering class in the EIB, where seniors are busy recording the heat properties of salmon as they wait for dinner to finish cooking.

Have you rattled your teeth and spilled your coffee crossing a rutted intersection in Anchorage? A UAA civil engineering professor is on the case. He and his graduate students have developed a new recipe for pavement they say will help our roads endure despite studded tires and freeze-thaw cycles.

The trouble with plastic? It doesn't digest, and new research suggests chemicals stay in the body and metabolize.

A new Leadership Fellows Juniors class just launched, with a host of UAA volunteers offering expertise aimed at helping them prepare the ground for college success.