NASA Awards APU $5M for a Microplastics Research and Education Center
Alaska Pacific University gets nearly $5 million from NASA to build a Microplastics Research and Education Center.
Education
Project GRAD Kenai Peninsula Hires New Executive Director
The board of directors for Project GRAD Kenai Peninsula hired former teacher and school district superintendent Rayna Bird as the organization’s new Executive Director.
Labor Contract on the Horizon for UA System Grad Student Employee Union
About 450 grad students employed by the UA System are days away from working under their first ever labor contract, after their new union voted to ratify it in May.
Institute of Arctic Biology Director Drops ‘Interim’ from Title
Diane O’Brien, a professor of biology and wildlife, has been named Director of the UAF Institute of Arctic Biology after serving for three years in an interim capacity.
New Efforts to Train Technicians for Telecom and Industrial Machining
MTA and Alaska Communications are collaborating to train technicians for a surge of telecom projects, while a new Industrial Machine and Maintenance course launches in Seward.
Anchorage School District Graduates First Business Academy Cohort
Ahead of the wider deployment of Career Academies in Anchorage high schools, the first cohort is graduating from its forerunner, the Business Academy, where career-minded students earn college credit.