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This is a feature series we are calling ��ྱ��&�Բ��;�۴ǳ�&�Բ��;��ԴǷ�.” The project is designed to highlight university excellence and points of pride through storytelling and data. Our goal is to keep university stakeholders informed about the university's key role in changing lives and shaping the state's economy. These vignettes and personal stories illustrate the university's many successes and the vital and profound impact it has on graduates and all Alaskans.

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Did you know that since 2011, the number of female students entering the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Engineering and Mines has increased by 10 percent?

March 30, 2021

Dylan Baffrey (�Ӱ�ԭ��F '18) is one of the proud alumna of the University of Alaska Fairbanks civil engineering program and is now employed by the multinational engineering firm Tetra Tech as a civil engineer.
Did you know a University of Alaska Anchorage alumna now leads the only statewide cultural organization dedicated to advancing all Alaska Native cultures and traditions?

March 30, 2021

Emily Edenshaw [�Ӱ�ԭ��A '12], is President and CEO of the Alaska Native Heritage Center (ANHC), which was recently named one of "America's Cultural Treasures," a national initiative from the Ford Foundation.
Did you know about a �Ӱ�ԭ��S partnership with the Southeast Alaska Tribal Ocean Research Network that educates high school students about the interconnection between environmental and human health?

March 16, 2021

The Rural Alaska Students in One-Health Research [RASOR] program connects students with community mentors who assist them with research projects.
Did you know that the �Ӱ�ԭ��A Seawolf Debate team has ranked second-highest in the country within the last four years?

March 15, 2021

The ranking is based on its cumulative success at the last five World Championships.
Did you know Desiré Shepler (�Ӱ�ԭ��A '10) used her public health skills learned at �Ӱ�ԭ��A's College of Health to lead multiple behavioral health organizations in Alaska?

March 10, 2021

Learn more about her amazing career as part of a deep dive into �Ӱ�ԭ��A's College of Health in this video featured during the February 2021 Board of Regents meeting.
Did you know a thriving local patisserie in Anchorage is run by two University of Alaska alums?

January 30, 2021

Sweet Caribou is owned by James Strong, an undergraduate and graduate alum of �Ӱ�ԭ��A and �Ӱ�ԭ��F.
Did you know that the New York Times recognized a podcast created by a University of Alaska Fairbanks journalism professor as one of the best winter podcasts of the year?

January 30, 2021

�Ӱ�ԭ��F Communications & Journalism Professor Rob Prince created Dark Winter Nights in 2014 with the goal of creating a platform for sharing unique tales of life in Alaska.
Did you know that every semester University of Alaska Southeast accounting program students intern with companies and firms across the region to gain valuable career experience?

January 30, 2021

These internships allow students to understand the daily operations that are part of working in accounting and provide a resumé boost that results in fast hire after graduation.
Did you know the University of Alaska Southeast has a Center for Mine Training that partners with local mines to provide students experience in the field as they complete their program?

January 30, 2021

For the last nine years, the �Ӱ�ԭ��S Center for Mine Training has partnered with Hecla Greens Creek and Coeur Alaska to provide entry level training in Diesel Mechanics.
Did you know that �Ӱ�ԭ��F's nonprofit Nanook Innovation Corporation has helped to commercialize 40 faculty or student inventions since its founding in 2012?

January 30, 2021

One success is a technology developed by �Ӱ�ԭ��F to solve problems with sewage management but later pivoted to help mitigate growing problems presented by a family of contaminants called PFAS affecting groundwater and soil across the state and other areas of the country.