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Ariel Taivalkoski is the author of a new publication that serves as a guide helping to make her speciality within archaeology more accessible to students and scientists alike.

“It’s OK to fail, because failure is the first step to learning who you are,” said chemistry major Shelby Kelliher. “I recommend people to put yourself in a zone where you will be uncomfortable, because I think the best way to grow is from that discomfort.”

As term assistant professor of Alaska Native art, June Pardue has taught students to make traditional baskets, jewelry, garments and more. Recently, Pardue was awarded a Supporting Indigenous Arts Mastery grant, which has allowed her to expand her curriculum by bringing in wood carvers and mask makers.

Undergraduate Catherine Spangler spent last summer on a field project aimed at studying the elusive Pacific sleeper shark and helped capture some of these mysterious fish.

Micah Hahn, associate professor of environmental health in UAA’s Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies, is the principal investigator and a co-author on a recently published study about involving Alaska's rural communities in low-cost air quality monitoring.

How does a sense of place impact how we view and understand the world around us? Philosophy major Hunter Thomas has spent a substantial amount of time thinking about these kinds of questions.

Can AI help protect Alaska’s coastal waters from marine oil spills? Postdoctoral researcher Mohamed Elsheref is the lead author on a scientific paper published last month looking at this question.

Is mercury harming sea otters in Kachemak Bay? UAA grad student Natalie Hunter investigated to fill data gaps on otters and provide baselines for the future.

M. S. I. Masum, a master’s student in civil engineering, is exploring new ways to treat wastewater — research that may hold the potential to benefit rural communities across Alaska, which often lack water and sewer service.

Rare-earth elements are vital for modern electronics, but mining them can be expensive and pose environmental concerns. D'Lynn Gleason's research shows that microbes from Alaska's glaciers can be used to extract rare-earth elements from ore without these drawbacks.