UAA is the premier university in the heart of Alaska's largest city with campuses throughout Southcentral Alaska. Where culture, innovation and adventure converge, the unique locations provide unparalleled access to industry connections, Arctic research, outdoor recreation and more, facilitating once-in-a-lifetime experiences, groundbreaking education and impactful careers.
The University of Alaska Anchorage transforms lives with over 150 academic certificate and degree programs, student-focused support services, and a dedicated and talented faculty.
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UAA is located in the ancestral homelands of the Dena'ina, Ahtna, Alutiiq/Sugpiak, and Eyak/dAXunhyuu Peoples. Alaska Native academic programs at UAA provide an in-depth perspective on contemporary languages, cultures, history, politics, art, governments and corporations. Alaska Native student support programs provide centers for belonging across UAA.
November 28, 2017
The UAA Faculty Senate is conducting a survey to compile all research and creative activity produced at UAA during the last academic year (2016-17). Please respond by Nov. 29, 2017.
We welcome creative and innovative proposals on environmental subjects for the 2018 Earth Matters on Stage Symposium. Submit by Nov. 30, 2017.
Don't miss the next Surplus Sale at the UAA Warehouse (4111 Ingra Street). The sale will be open to the public Friday, Dec. 1, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
November 27, 2017
UAA alumna and graduate student Samantha M. Mack is the first student from the University of Alaska to receive a prestigious U.S. Rhodes Scholarship. An Aleut woman from King Cove, Samantha studies political theory from an indigenous and feminist perspective. She plans to pursue an M.Phil. in Politics at Oxford.
Join us for Dec. 1, 2017 for the next UAA Biological Sciences seminar, "Enhancing Cancer Immunotherapy with Complement Targeted Nanoparticles" presented by Max Kullberg.
It wasn’t long ago that UAA students TJ Wagoner and Tyler Fenton were young boys making snowboard videos in their backyard. But the two entrepreneurs have carved a name for themselves and their videography business, 2 Core Films, in Alaska’s wedding industry.
Learn about graduate research in transportation engineering. Posters will be on display Nov. 27–Dec. 1; students will discuss projects at noon each day.