News and Press Releases 2024

Statewide Symposium on Effectiveness in First-Year Writing

First Quinquennial Statewide Symposium on Effectiveness in First-Year Writing: 30 University of Alaska Writing Faculty from across the State, including Community Campuses, are working to maintain best practices for student persistence and retention as they address challenges of the future.

University of Alaska Southeast Launches Virtual Career Center

University of Alaska Southeast's Virtual Career Center is available with new tools and content to connect students and alumni with employers, internship opportunities, and career pathways. The site also includes resources to support UAS faculty and staff advising students on their professional journeys.

Dr. Ernestine Hayes presenting “Pleistocene Raven: Old Stories, New Writing”

Dr. Hayes, the Alaska State Writer Laureate from 2017 to 2019, will present her new work with the Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship project, which centers on three ancient Raven stories of fire, water, and daylight. Sharing her work with First Nations Development Institute, Hayes proposes that oral history and Western science tell stories of the same events, each complementing the other and both filling essential human needs.

UAS Students Selected for Prestigious NOAA Scholarships and Internships

University of Alaska Southeast proudly recognizes four students selected for the prestigious National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ernest F. Hollings (Hollings) scholarship. The Hollings Scholarship Program provides successful undergraduate applicants with awards that include academic assistance (up to $9,500 per year).

University of Alaska Southeast Professor to Receive Governor’s Arts and Humanities Award

Dr. X̱'unei Lance Twitchell, Professor of Alaska Native Languages in the Department of Humanities at University of Alaska Southeast, is among nine recipients of the 2024 Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities.

Celebrating Áakʼw Tá Hít

The new hub for environmental science at University of Alaska Southeast. Doors are open, and classes are in session at Áakʼw Tá Hít, University of Alaska Southeast’s new 11,200-square-foot facility dedicated to environmental science research and student learning.

UAS Students and Áakʼw Tá Hít Shine Bright

The University of Alaska Southeast welcomed the University of Alaska Board of Regents to the Juneau Campus for their September. meeting

UA Awarded $20 Million

The University of Alaska was awarded $20 million by the National Science Foundation to investigate the effects of climate change on culturally and commercially important marine species in the Gulf of Alaska.

UAS Celebrates Opening of New Science Building

In late March, the University of Alaska Southeast celebrated the near-completion of its state-of-the-art science building, Áakʼw Tá Hít.

University of Alaska Southeast Earns Military School Gold Distinction

Military Friendly is an organization that helps identify schools that will best enable veterans to build satisfying careers during their transition into the civilian world.

UAS Students Contemplate issues of Culture, Heritage, and Tourism

The University of Alaska Southeast Tourism Studies class recently returned from a 15-day tourism immersion trip in Japan.

Care and Custody: Past Responses to Mental Health

The traveling banner exhibition and companion website explore the treatment of people with mental health conditions throughout history, especially in the United States, bringing to light the tension that has existed between care and custody.

UAS Poet Emily Wall Wins Alaska Literary Award

Emily Wall has been writing and publishing her own works for more than thirty years, and teaching creative writing to others for twenty-five.