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October 6, 2026

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.
University of Alaska Anchorage

New brain activity monitoring system to support interdisciplinary research at UAA

A new EEG headset in UAA's AI and Robotics Lab lets researchers collect their own brain activity data and use AI to interpret it.

Contact: Katie Bender

a man wears an EEG black headset AI, data science and engineering graduate student Vadim Egorov is fitted with a wearable electroencephalogram (EEG) system and observes his own brain’s electrical signals in the UAA College of Engineering’s AI and Robotics Lab
Conversations on aging and care | Line One

As September marks National Suicide Prevention Month, this Line One focuses on a critical but often overlooked public health issue: the mental health of our aging population, featuring Dr. Steffi Kim, Assistant Professor in the UAA Department of Psychology.

Contact: Katie Bender
Did you know a Faculty Initiative Fund grant helped create a new international learning opportunity for rural Alaska health students?

A two-week immersion in Peru gave future healthcare providers opportunities to explore rural healthcare challenges through a different cultural lens, while simultaneously supporting workforce development in Alaska.

Contact: Rebecca Lawhorne

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Adventures in Antarctica – A Q&A with Alison Murray 

The team hopes to learn more about the sea squirts’ relationship with a microbe that produces a compound called palmerolide – a molecule which naturally binds to an enzyme that is overexpressed in melanoma cells.

Contact: Jeff Richardson

view from the deck of the Sikuliaq looking out at AntarcticaThe R/V Sikuliaq crossing the Antarctic in spring 2026.
New interactive map shows Alaskans where to go in a tsunami

The Alaska Earthquake Center created the tool to show people the danger in their community and where to go when an alert is issued. 

Contact: Marmian Grimes
4 million lakes in ‘Lost Lakes’ map offer clues to Arctic permafrost

Researchers have now created an interactive map called Lost Lakes that allows people to monitor changes in around 4 million Arctic lakes in near real time. 

Contact: Marmian Grimes

University of Alaska Southeast
UAS-Sitka waterfront gets mariculture barge

The mariculture barge will house hands-on seaweed and shellfish hatchery studies within the UAS Applied Fisheries program.

Contact: Sal Hertz

the mariculture marine bargeWorkshop participant Logan Reveil examines oyster gametes under a microscope on the floating mariculture lab during the 2026 Oyster Hatchery Workshop in Ketchikan, Alaska. 
Juneau Can’t Stop the Floods, but It’s Learning to See Them Coming

An online forecasting tool translates complex glacier data into information that gives residents and officials more time to prepare and respond.

Contact: Sal Hertz
UAS student composes music from Juneau stream data

What if, instead of using graphs and words to share environmental data, scientists used music? A student at the University of Alaska Southeast spent her summer doing just that. 

Contact: Sal Hertz

UA System Office
Proposed tuition structure at University of Alaska aims to simplify student bills

Students at the University of Alaska might see some changes to their tuition bills next year. The university’s Board of Regents is considering altering how tuition is structured.

Contact: Jonathon Taylor

a raven statue on the UAS campusThe University of Alaska Southeast campus. (UAS photo)

Report finds University of Alaska generates $1.2 billion for Alaska’s economy

The University of Alaska contributed $1.2 billion to Alaska’s economy and supported more than 10,000 jobs in fiscal year 2025, according to a new economic analysis released today.

Contact: Jonathon Taylor
UA Systemwide AI in Communications Guidelines now available

The University of Alaska System Office of Public Affairs has published the UA Systemwide AI in Communications Guidelines, developed over five months by a cross-functional working group of communications professionals from across the UA system. 

Contact: Jonathon Taylor
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