Fall enrollment is down at most University of Alaska campuses. Early numbers show the university headcount off 4.5 percent, or over 1,000 students, from last fall. The highest declines are at Southeast and Fairbanks campuses.
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The melancholy Juneau summer of blue ice
This year’s Juneau Icefield Research Program included a focus on art and science communication, in addition to the usual studies of the ice, ecology, and weather and climate of the icefield.
UAS offers low cost Alaska Native language, arts courses
Regular students will study alongside community members taking advantage of the non-credit option.
Agreement reached over former Auke Bay Marine Station
The City and Borough of Juneau and the University of Alaska Southeast have inked a deal to share a former federal marine lab on Auke Bay. The former NOAA facility has been largely shuttered since federal scientists moved to the larger Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute on Lena Point.
STEM program guides Kodiak student from middle school to college
A science, technology, engineering, and math program geared towards Alaska Native students has guided one Kodiak local through both middle school and high school. And now, he’s off to college.
University of Alaska Fairbanks intern looks at nucleotides as health supplement
Interns this summer with the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute are looking at food science in Kodiak, and one is investigating a new health food fad. University of Alaska Fairbanks student Alina Fairbanks is doing market research focusing on nucleotides.