Gift will provide business students with real-world learning experiences ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) announced Thursday it received a $1 million gift from accounting alumnus and entrepreneur Gary Klopfer, ’81, and his wife Jane Cuddy Klopfer, a celebrated Alaska investment leader. The gift will establish the UAA Student Investment Fund in […]
Amidst a nationwide teacher shortage, the University of Alaska is focused on increasing its teacher pipeline to provide the state with the workforce it needs and help shape the future of Alaska. We know that when incoming students weigh their career options, they’re looking at choices from an economic perspective,” said Steve Atwater, executive dean […]
Report reveals disproportionate impacts on Alaska Native and African American populations, among other significant findings ANCHORAGE, AK – The University of Alaska Anchorage Justice Center has released Homicide in Alaska: 1976 – 2016, a new report that compiles 41 years of data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Supplementary Homicide Report. While the […]
A team of public health researchers at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) delivered a report to state and municipal leaders that predicts the number of COVID-19-related hospitalizations in the Anchorage/Mat-Su area and Alaska will rise exponentially between March and September 2020. However, current and additional mitigation measures put in place March 28 are likely to […]