Research, workforce development and economic growth news stories and other feature
articles from the University of Alaska Anchorage, University of Alaska Fairbanks,
University of Alaska Southeast, University of Alaska System Office and the UA Foundation. Compiled by the University of Alaska System Office of Public Affairs.
The three distinguished graduates were honored for their contributions in their fields
and to their communities at the Alumni of Distinction Celebration on Thursday, March
26, which saw more than 120 attendees pack the Fine Arts Building Recital Hall on
the Anchorage campus to reconnect with their hometown university.
Cheryl Siemers was announced as UAA's chancellor by University of Alaska President
Pitney in March. After serving as interim chancellor for the last 10 months, UAA's
Green and Gold News sat down with Chancellor Siemers to talk about fully stepping
into the role of chancellor, what's next for UAA and a few of her favorite things.
Urban Hearts is an outreach initiative that engages people experiencing homelessness
in Anchorage through consistent, personal interaction. Volunteer missionaries meet
individuals where they are, bringing practical items such as food, drinks, hygiene
products and bus passes
Two University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers are crossing more than 1,500 miles
of Alaska’s western and Arctic coast by snowmachine this spring, not just to study
climate change, but to hear directly from the people living it.
The University of Alaska Foundation Board of Directors is pleased to share that the
2026 Edith R. Bullock Prize for Excellence goes to Ned Rozell, a science writer at
the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute.
A new ventilation system component developed by engineers at the University of Alaska
Fairbanks and the Cold Climate Housing Research Center is helping indoor air quality
in cold climates while saving energy.
Tlingit clan leaders L’eiwtú Éesh Herman Davis and Aanyáanáx Ray Wilson will receive
honorary doctorates of laws from the University of Alaska Southeast during the May
3 spring commencement ceremony at UAS in Juneau.
Aanyáanáx Ray Wilson, left, clan leader of the Kiks.ádi, from Gagaan Hít (the Sun
House), and L’eiwtú Éesh Herman Davis of Sitka, clan leader of the L’uknax.adí, from
Kayaashka Hít (Platform House)
The University of Alaska Southeast and the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida
Indian Tribes of Alaska have entered into a memorandum of understanding, laying the
groundwork for long-term partnership and innovation, at the center of which is the
co-creation of a vision for a School of Indigenous Studies at UAS.
Eran Hood, a glacial outburst flood expert at the University of Alaska Southeast,
said the snowpack isn’t deeper because there was a long warm-up in the middle of winter
when a lot of it melted.
But more importantly, Hood said snowpack is completely unrelated to the conditions
that control the size of glacial outburst floods, unlike spring floods in parts of
the western U.S.
UA Giving Day 2026 resulted in a record-breaking show of support for the University
of Alaska. More than 3,000 donors made it the largest fundraising event by number
of donors in UA's history, a remarkable milestone.
The UA Presidential Search Committee concluded its scheduled Zoom interviews on Thursday,
April 2. Following these confidential discussions, the committee has identified select
candidates to advance to the next stage of the search process.
The University of Alaska Foundation's first Executive Director, Dixie Welch Brown
(now Dixie Coggins), helped lay the groundwork for philanthropy at the University
of Alaska. Her leadership, vision and ability to build relationships transformed the
young UA Foundation, and set the stage for decades of impact across the university.
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From left to right: Alumni Humanitarian Maile Johnston, Emerging Leader Vladislav
Finko, Alumni of Achievement Deborah Morton
Aanyáanáx Ray Wilson, left, clan leader of the Kiks.ádi, from Gagaan Hít (the Sun
House), and L’eiwtú Éesh Herman Davis of Sitka, clan leader of the L’uknax.adí, from
Kayaashka Hít (Platform House)
