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The raft pack

White Water Rafting Class

Every school year at UAA kicks off with a three-day, three-river whitewater tour stretching from Cooper Landing to Chickaloon. Take a trip down the Kenai River with students in Beginning River Rafting, one of many adventurous course offerings in the outdoor leadership program at UAA.

Alumni of Distinction: Viorica Marian

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Do yourself a favor and learn a second language. Viorica Marian, now a professor at Northwestern University in Chicago, is a world-recognized leader in psycholinguistics, studying how multiple languages change our thoughts, behaviors and even the way we see the world (yes, literally).

Q-and-A: Jeane Breinig, UAA interim associate vice chancellor for Alaska Natives & Diversity

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UAA's Dr. Jeane Breinig has taken on a new role: acting as an advocate for Alaska Natives and diversity, with the goal of increasing the numbers of underrepresented people who want to join—and stay—in the ranks of the university's students and faculty.

Harnessing the wind in Igiugig for village-sized energy alternatives

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A UAA engineering professor and his colleague at Stanford are teaming up with residents of a Bristol Bay-area village to test the effectiveness of smaller, vertical axis wind turbines to generate lower-cost energy in the village. Find out how an array of these smaller wind turbines behave like a school of fish.

Slideshow: UAA opens new Engineering & Industry Building

EIB Ribbon Cutting

On Thursday, Sept. 10, UAA celebrated the grand opening of the newest building on campus—the Engineering & Industry Building. The new 81,500-square-foot building triples the amount of engineering space on campus and highlights "engineering on display."

Alumni of Distinction: Georgia DeKeyser

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In Georgia's eyes, excellent health creates excellent students. As director of the Student Health & Counseling Center, she oversees the health of over 10,000 students and, as an alumna, she knows the student situation well. So it's fitting that her nominations for the top alumni award came from students she serves.

Easing into an unfamiliar culture

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UAA professors and the Center for Community Engagement and Learning are involved in an initiative celebrating the contributions of international students, refugees and immigrants who come to Alaska to begin a new life.

Developing tools to assess and predict threats and change in the Arctic

Climate Change Analytic Requirements Workshop

UAA is home to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence, called the Arctic Domain Awareness Center. The center aims to provide information and technology to help the U.S. Coast Guard assess the need to respond to current and future catastrophic events.

New engineering dean: 'Watch UAA, it will be a different place in 10 years'

Engineering dean Fred Barlow

Dean Fred Barlow says he left professional achievement and comfort at the University of Idaho for the challenge that UAA represents. "The trajectory is very strong," he says.

Engineering & Industry's ins & outs

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New this semester, the Engineering & Industry Building triples the engineering space on campus. Read more about the frigid cold rooms, the mighty strong floors, the sun-soaked lounges and that big beautiful bridge that make the new EIB an inventive addition to a growing college and campus.

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