JUNEAU – The University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) is celebrating Earth Day with a series of events this week leading up to Earth Day on Saturday, April 22. Led by the UAS Sustainability Committee, the activities include: Tuesday, April 18, 6:30-8 pm Lecture: Indigeneity and the ‘Domestic Posthuman’: Reevaluating the Scale, Pace, Texture, and Place […]
The Alaska Department of Health Weekly COVID-19 and Influenza Update has been updated with data from the week of April 2 – April 9, 2023 and can be viewed here. COVID: COVID-19 transmission continues to occur in many communities across Alaska. There is not a clear overall statewide trend. Most COVID-19 in Alaska at this […]
Alaska is home to about seventy-five percent of the world’s sea otters. Sea otters are a keystone species, as they have a substantial impact on the ecosystems they inhabit. The growing interest to increase mariculture activity in Alaska is prompting questions about interactions between sea otters and industry. Alaska Sea Grant is funding research in […]
“So doctor, why did you decide to go into health care?” “Oh, I don’t care for the health part. I just love all the paperwork.” That’s a conversation that has likely never happened in the history of medicine—because for doctors, providers, patients, and caregivers alike, the “non-health” parts are the very worst parts of health […]