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About Us
The University of Alaska is committed to working closely with all federal and state agencies and private enterprise to further develop collaboration and new exposures for future growth in all areas of science and technology.
The duties of the Vice President for Academics, Students & Research, directs a division of services including Academic Affairs, Research, Corporate Programs, Student Success, Health Programs, and Distance Education. The Vice President works with the UA campuses on academic and research initiatives and collaborations to promote research in Alaska.
Contact Us
Academics, Students & Research
Office phone: 907-450-8019
Fax: 907-450-8002
Physical Address
Butrovich Building, Suite 202
2025 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks, AK 99775-5000
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 755000
Fairbanks, AK 99775-5000
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Students in Tanana Valley Campus' paramedics training program take huddle up during a break in their cold-water rescue class
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Research Associate Professor Katey Walter Anthony and a research assistant set fire to escaping methane gas trapped beneath the ice on a pond near the UAF campus.
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Shalane Frost, a research assistant with UAF's Institute of Arctic Biology, uses an iPad to enter data regarding permafrost core samples.
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Paul Layer, dean of UAF's College of Natural Science and Mathematics, gets ready for a day of hiking and collecting rock samples during a June 2015 research field trip
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University of Alaska Anchorage students host a debate against University of Yale students.
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Instructor Maureen O'Malley, left, talks to students April Smith, center, and Marisa Ayala Cardenas in one of the simulation labs at the School of Nursing on campus
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Professor and student use a Bunsen Burner on the campus of the University of Alaska Anchorage KPC.
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Idaho State and UAA's new Pharmacy partnership creates a home in Anchorage.
News and Updates
FY19 Faculty Initiative Fund
In accordance with Article 15.10 of the 2017-2019 Collective Bargaining Agreement between the University of Alaska and United Academics, the University will allocate $500,000 toward the Faculty Initiative Fund for FY20 (beginning on July 1, 2019). All UNAC represented faculty (including those that moved into UNAC from UAFT) are eligible to apply for an award.Attached is the Request for Proposals. The deadline for submission is February 1, 2019, and awards will be announced in April 2019. The RFP has been modified from the FY19 RFP. Most notable is the creation of three tiers of funding. Please circulate this RFP to faculty at your university. The RFP will also be posted on the Academics, Students and Research website. FY19 Faculty Initiative Fund Submissions are now being accepted. Please use your UA email when submitting. For any questions please contact Kelly James at 450-8019 or via email at kajames6@alaska.edu
Click HERE for the Faculty Initiative Fund RFP
Click HERE to submit your proposal
Click HERE to view abstracts of FY18 Faculty Awardees
FY18 Faculty Initiative Fund Awards
- Dr. Brandon Briggs,et al:"Advancing Microbial Resources for Mining Alaskan Critical Elements"
- Dr. Jaunelle Celaire, et al: "An Evening of Mozart"
- Dr. Scott Christian, et al: "Culturally Responsive Professional Schools for Alaska"
- Dr. Jason Fellman, et al: "Quantifying hydrologically-driven lateral carbon fluxes in Alaska’s coastal temperate rainforest "
- Dr. Micah Hahn, et al: "Development of the Municipality of Anchorage Climate Action Plan through a Campus-Community Partnership"
- Dr. Anayansi Lombardero: "Addressing Insomnia in an Effort to Prevent and Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Alaska Natives"
- Dr. Sarah Stanley, et al: "Learning Across, Inside, and Out: Mobilizing State and Community Learning Networks From the Prison to the University"
- Dr. Charlene Stern, et al: "Strengthening Inter-university Indigenous Scholarship and Alaska Native Student Success at the University of Alaska"
UA Common Calendar 2018-2022
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Bridging the Gap Between Classroom and Real Life 
It’s early December and the last day of capstone class for Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Shannon Donovan and her group of about 25 students. She leads the group in one final lecture before exams and students scatter for the holiday break the following week. It’s been a busy fall semester for these juniors and seniors, who on top of their required capstone coursework, had a unique project to add to their university experience and resume. These students, mostly environment and society majors, have been working on the Municipality of Anchorage’s (MOA) Climate Action Plan (CAP), and may potentially see the fruits of their hard work turn into actual city policy that will help Anchorage residents.
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Five-year Alaska Satellite Facility contract worth $48.6 million
NASA has awarded a $48.6 million contract to the University of Alaska Fairbanks to continue operating the Alaska Satellite Facility’s synthetic aperture radar data center at the UAF Geophysical Institute.This is a competitive renewal of a previous contract. The new contract will be in place through Sept. 30, 2023. The Alaska Satellite Facility has archived about six petabytes of SAR satellite data, and the volume is growing at a rate of about two petabytes a year. The facility gathers much of the data using antennas on the Fairbanks campus and at a site on the Richardson Highway south of Fairbanks.
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A Generation's Debt Inspires UAA's Public Service Scholars to Open a Dialogue for Collaborative Solutions
university students nationwide are determined to search for viable, nonpartisan solutions to address the country’s debt crisis through the Up to Us Campaign, a nationwide, campus-based program that allows students a platform to engage in collaborative dialogue over this contentious issue.UAA’s Center for Community Engagement and Learning (CCEL) Public Service Scholars (PSS) are hoping through education and creating an open conversation with their peers and community members, that Alaskans will understand the consequences of the growing national debt, and what it means for the 49th state.
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Special UAS Scholarship Focuses On Southeast Students Who've Overcome Challenges
For the third year in a row, the University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) is offering the UAS Verna Carrigan Promise Scholarship for talented Southeast Alaska high school seniors planning to attend UAS’ Juneau Campus full-time in the fall. The special focus of this scholarship is on students who may not have the highest grade point average but who’ve overcome significant challenges in life and who are motivated to succeed. UAS is reaching out to Southeast Alaskan high school principals and guidance counselors, superintendents, and other adults to share this opportunity with prospective recipients and encouraging them to apply by the February 15 deadline.
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