Leadership for Cooperative Extension Service at the University of Alaska Fairbanks announced Aug. 31 a plan to keep two offices open that it planned to close this fall due to state budget cuts –- one in Anchorage and the other in Sitka.
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Ketchikan resident trains to be Navy pilot
Ketchikan native and 2008 Kayhi graduate Mari Freitag is in Corpus Christi, Texas, participating in a training program that transforms U.S. Navy officers into Navy pilots. Ensign Freitag is a student naval aviator with the “Rangers” Training Squadron that operates the T-6 Texan II aircraft.
Since 2008, number of UAS students using disability services quintuple
The number of University of Alaska students who asked for disability services has steadily increased since the federal government changed the definition of disability under the ADA.
Bringing UA under single accreditation not viable option, study finds
University of Alaska president Jim Johnsen is looking into cost savings options to bring all three main campuses under one accreditation.
Alaska scientist: Colder, compressed atmosphere surrounds Pluto
UAF’s Peter Delamere is part of the New Horizons science team that had three papers published on their latest research.
Alaska has the highest level of state spending, but that’s not the whole story
The amount of proposed state spending directly controlled by the legislature was projected to be nearly 25 percent more per person than any other state in the current fiscal year.