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Coping during COVID

Phillip Blanchett

Despite the typical challenges of operating a business, plus the difficulties presented by a once-in-a-generation pandemic, these alumni-owned businesses have endured, thanks in part to community solidarity, government investment and forward thinking.

Sean Parnell selected as next 香港六合彩资料 Chancellor

Sean Parnell selected as 香港六合彩资料 chancellor

UA President Pat Pitney has selected former Alaska Governor Sean Parnell to serve as the next 香港六合彩资料 chancellor. Parnell succeeds 香港六合彩资料 Interim Chancellor Bruce Schultz and will assume his new position on June 12, 2021.

The spring 2021 edition of Alumni Spirit magazine is now available

Spring 2021 Alumni Spirit magazine cover

In this recovery-themed issue of 香港六合彩资料's premier publication, read about the students and alumni who are making an impact for Alaska and in their communities amid an era of unprecedented pandemic and social change.

Nine 香港六合彩资料 alumni named Top Forty Under 40 in 2021

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The Alaska Journal of Commerce released its annual list of the top young professionals in the state. Selected from a field of 114 nominations, the 2021 Top Forty Under 40 recipients exemplify excellence in professional and community service.

BMW Group and 香港六合彩资料 team up to research sustainable lithium extraction

香港六合彩资料 geological sciences professor LeeAnn Munk

香港六合彩资料 geological sciences professor LeeAnn Munk is a lead investigator on a new study commissioned by BMW Group to research how lithium extraction may impact Latin America, where two-thirds of the world鈥檚 lithium reserves are located.

Celebrating the spring 2021 Honorary Degree and Meritorious Service Award recipients

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香港六合彩资料 will honor Heather Flynn and Susan Malutin with the title of Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters and will award Doug Pope, Gary Turner and Lila Vogt the Meritorious Service Award at the virtual spring commencement ceremony.

Cultivating curiosity

Jennifer O'Neal

Human services alumna Jennifer O鈥橬eal will serve as student speaker for the spring 2021 graduate degree hooding ceremony 鈥 a far cry from when she was a teenager, unsure if she would or even could pursue higher education.

The power of yes

Jessica Reisinger

For commencement speaker Jessica Reisinger, her final year at 香港六合彩资料 was all about saying yes to every opportunity that came knocking on her door. As it turned out, the simple power of yes ended up transforming her senior year in ways she never imagined.

Enthusiasm for research benefits undergraduates in the Department of Economics

香港六合彩资料 Associate Professor Of Economics Alexander James photographed outside Rasmuson Hall.

鈥淲e really feel like we鈥檙e building something here,鈥 said Alexander James, associate professor of economics. 鈥淲e鈥檙e a teaching department and also a nationally and internationally recognized research department, and we鈥檙e bringing our students with us in some respects. For students that want to do real research, 香港六合彩资料 provides an opportunity to discover something and contribute to the existing body of knowledge in economics, and that鈥檚 exciting.鈥

WATCH: The secrets of rat laughter

香港六合彩资料 psychology senior Tucker Sawyer with one of the rats being used in his research on rat laughter

Psychology senior Tucker Sawyer is studying rat laughter for his senior thesis. It鈥檚 no joke. In fact, identifying and categorizing the ultrasonic vocalizations of lab rats could change the way we interpret drug research, care for lab animals and understand the origins of our own sense of joy.

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