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Graduate student Kyle Kolda departed Dutch Harbor with the NOAA Fisheries team aboard the R/V Norseman II in April 2024, aiming to gather data on the health and ecology of ribbon and spotted seals in the Bering Sea.

A new state-of-the-art, real-world-simulated lab opened by UAA and LG in Anchorage will be used to test all new cold climate products for the North American market. An additional lab in Fairbanks will be used to test below negative 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

This August, Raymond Anthony, Ph.D., professor of philosophy, was awarded an Inter-Disciplinary Engagement in Animal Systems (IDEAS) program grant through the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).

The McLaughlin Lab launched this semester at UAA, with principal investigator Jess McLaughlin, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, placing ethics at the forefront. McLaughlin is recruiting graduate students for the 2025-26 academic year and is actively thinking about how to prioritize students and local communities.

This summer, Memphis Hill, Ph.D., led a team to collect sediment and water samples from sites near Grewingk Glacier in the hopes of identifying ‘extreme microbes’ — microbes that can survive in extreme environments, like underneath glaciers.

Scholarly Chronicles: Faculty Voices in Print recognizes the achievements of UAA’s faculty, highlighting their dedication to advancing knowledge in their distinct fields. Through their published research in academic journals, papers and books, they continue to make impactful contributions in the classroom and beyond.

Through a collaboration between UAA, UAF, and the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island Tribal Government, the Building Research Aligned with Indigenous Determination, Equity and Decision-Making project is creating a scientific workforce and community trust through the establishment of a tribal research program located in the heart of St. Paul.

For Diane Hanson, Ph.D., professor emerita of anthropology, retirement is not the end of a career discovering Alaska’s prehistory, but rather the opening of a new chapter. Hanson is currently working on a proposal to return to Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands to investigate an archaeological site she visited decades earlier.

Alaska may not come to mind when you think of places to grow apples, but local apple production — and the pollinating insects that make it possible — is something John McCormack is studying closely.

For Prince William Sound College (PWSC) outdoor leadership graduate Frank Schweers, a passion to explore the outdoors led to new opportunities to help others visualize the outdoors through the use of geographic information system (GIS) technology.