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A UAA engineering professor and graduate student are using a piston, computer and laser to analyze pulses of water, adding to research that could lead to more efficient submarines, wind turbines and microsurgery devices.

No, they're not a rock band. Martin Cenek, left, and three undergraduates, are developing a monitoring network of low-power computer chips with sensors that could detect events like oil spills in the Arctic.

Yes, they're giddy with excitement. Watch for new ticket prices, sneak-peek opportunities and a huge outreach to the Anchorage community. And in April, "Stalking the Bogeyman." Yes, they're brave, too.

Every semester, art professor Jeanne Ilgen welcomes a dedicated crew of students into her metalsmithing and jewelry class. The largely independent creative course always nets returning students from across the community because, after all, it's a gem of an art class.

Moose, salmon, arctic ground squirrels, Weddell seals and blueberries came under their scrutiny as they completed a 10-week research project, working alongside top UAA scientific researchers.

What scientific knowledge makes it possible for planes to fly? Middle-schoolers taking UAA Dr. Jifeng Peng's summer engineering course used wind tunnels and a 3-D printer to learn how the shape and angle of a wing is critical to flight.

Ten high school students from villages along the Lower Kuskokwim River in southwest Alaska came to Anchorage for a culinary boot camp at UAA, learning knife techniques, sanitation and nutrition. Find out what they did after class.

Alumni-owned Underground Dance Company is the local home for Alaska-grown hip hop. Since opening the studio, alumnus Gabe Harvey and his top team have popped and locked at both Anchorage events and international competitions, always living by the studio motto: "Dance without regrets."

Trends over the past 20 years, as recorded in annual KIDS COUNT reports, show the welfare of Alaska children is improving in three key areas. ISER researchers did the analysis.

UAA runners and their coaches have long known about Skinny Raven Sports, finding shoes and other gear to help them excel. The Anchorage running store reaches out to UAA as well: it helped the university buy a state-of-the-art performance and rehabilitation treadmill and its name is on the "Raven's Nest" running track at the Alaska Airlines Center.