National Data Shows Two-Thirds of 16- and 17-Year-Olds Plan to Work This Summer
The 2021 survey of 1,002 13- to 17-year-olds was conducted for Junior Achievement by ENGINE Insights from May 6 through 13, 2021.
Education
UAA Plans for Fully Operational Fall 2021 Semester
Administrators say the Anchorage campus will be open to all faculty, staff, and students beginning August 2 in advance of August 23 classes.
Anundson Named UAF’s Athletic Director
University of Alaska Fairbanks Chancellor Dan White has named Brock Anundson to serve as the next director of athletics for the Alaska Nanooks.
Former Governor Sean Parnell Selected as Next UAA Chancellor
Parnell succeeds UAA Interim Chancellor Bruce Schultz and will assume his new position on June 12, 2021.
UAF Geophysical Institute’s HyLab Is ready for the Minerals Hunt
HyLab’s airborne cameras and ground spectrometers can provide an exceptionally detailed map of an area’s geologic makeup; mining exploration experts can then look at the mineral composition of a surface and deduce what might lie beneath.
Fauske Earns Advanced Design Thinking Certificate
Gretchen Fauske recently earned an Advanced Design Thinking certificate from IDEO U, the educational arm of global design firm IDEO.