More than 800 students in grades 1–6 from across Alaska will gather this weekend in the spirit of sportsmanship to compete in traditional Alaska Native contests during the 2017 Junior NYO Games (JNYO) Feb. 24–26 at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex on the UAA campus in Anchorage. NYO is a year-round program having a quantifiably […]
Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay says the total economic contribution and number of fisheries jobs in the bay continue to outnumber offerings at the Pebble mine project in Southwest Alaska. The harvesters’ organization issued its statement on Jan. 31 in response to a study released by the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Institute of Social and […]
Anchorage, Alaska– Today, University of Alaska students sent a clear message to the Alaskan Congressional Delegation that repealing the Affordable Care Act without a replacement proposal would be disastrous to Alaskans. A student group called What’s The Plan? has launched, including Republicans and Democrats, students whose families bought health insurance for the first time through […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – U.S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development Alaska State Director Jim Nordlund today announced that USDA-Rural Development (USDA-RD) has awarded $200K in funding to the University through its Rural Cooperative Development Grant (RCDG) program, to improve economic conditions in Alaska by working to establish new cooperatives and providing technical assistance to strengthen existing ones. […]