University of Alaska

Feb 16 2019
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University of Alaska campuses like UAS Sitka could face major cuts under Governor Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget. (Photo by Emily Kwong/KCAW)

Proposed budget cuts a ‘disaster’ for Sitka schools, education leaders say

By | 2 Alaska, Education, Southeast, State Government, University of Alaska

Gov. Dunleavy’s proposed budget does away with about 25% of K-12 funding and cuts the University of Alaska system’s funding by 41%. Sitka School District’s superintendent says, “If implemented, it will decimate public education in Alaska.”

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Feb 11 2019
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Tarah Hargrove poses in front of the mural depicting her story created by students at University of Alaska Anchorage.

Transforming perspectives on trauma through paintings of hope

By | Alcohol & Substance Abuse, Arts & Culture, Community, Education, Mental Health, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Solutions Desk, Southcentral, University of Alaska

Stories that start with trauma can end with hope. A new set of murals illustrates the transformation of seven Alaskans, and the process of creating them transformed the artists themselves.

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Jan 07 2019
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A view from the interior of Trail Creek Cave 2, the site where the ancient Beringian tooth was originally found by Danish archaeologists in 1949.

Found in a cave in Northwest Alaska, an ancient tooth offers insights into the first inhabitants of the Americas

By | Arctic, History, Northwest, Science & Tech, University of Alaska

A 9,000-year-old child’s tooth found in a cave near Deering, Alaska, belonged to a “relative of all other Native Americans,” says archaeologist Jeff Rasic. The tooth is the oldest human remains found in the Arctic.

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Nov 21 2018
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An unexpected agency weighs in on offshore Arctic oil drilling: NASA

By | Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Energy & Mining, Federal Government, University of Alaska

In April, the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center sent a letter to BOEM estimating that 70 rocket parts have landed in the Beaufort Sea since the 1960s. The agency’s concern, it wrote, “is that future oil and gas development in the Beaufort Sea could result in the need to protect additional persons and property when conducting launch operations.”

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