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Taking the lead

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When the university community was shaken by a potential $136 million cut to higher education in the state, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ political science senior Alex Jorgensen knew he needed to take action.

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ leads the way in technology for blind and low-vision students

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Disability Support Services recently debuted a wayfinding app to make campus more accessible for blind and low-vision students. Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ is the first university worldwide to map an entire campus with state-of-the-art beacon-based technology.

To NASA and back

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Brett Keene landed the ultimate summer internship when an unexpected opportunity arose for him to spend 10 weeks at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland.

Photos: 2019 Campus Kickoff

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Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ welcomed students, staff, faculty, alumni and families back to campus last Saturday for Campus Kickoff. Held annually, the event brings together some of the best Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ experiences to celebrate the start of a new academic year. View a slideshow of photos from this year's festivities!

Resilience during uncertainty

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Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, author and nursing science alumna Dr. Kathleen Sutcliffe returns to give the keynote address at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's annual Homecoming Breakfast.

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's Kurgat honored by Alaska Legislature

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Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ student-athlete Caroline Kurgat was honored last week with a legislative citation from the state of Alaska. The members of the Thirty-First Alaska State Legislature congratulate Kurgat for her outstanding athletic ability and dedication to excellence.

Two schools of thought

Economics and History Major Joseph Longuevan, photographed in Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's Cuddy Hall.

When Joe Longuevan’s family moved from Colorado to Alaska his senior year of high school, he was less than thrilled. But now, nearly five years later, the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ double major in economics and history is entering his senior year and he wouldn’t change a thing.

‘This is our patrimony’: Dance professor archives two decades of Afro-Cuban history

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For the past 27 years, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ dance professor Jill Flanders Crosby has been working on a project spanning generations, mediums and even the Atlantic Ocean.

The big picture: Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s Archives and Special Collections provides a broader view of Alaska’s history

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The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ APU Consortium Library Archives and Special Collections provides professors and students access to Alaska’s rich history through photos and text documents to not only provide a greater understanding of the state’s distant past but to also connect future generations.

The big picture: Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's Archives and Special Collections provides a broader view of Alaska's history

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's Consortium Library.

The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ APU Consortium Library Archives and Special Collections provides professors and students access to Alaska's rich history through photos and text documents to not only provide a greater understanding of the state’s distant past but to also connect future generations.

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