Tiny circuit board: John Lund holds the tiny circuit board that can fit inside an ultra long life, solar-powered sensor used to monitor remote property.The University of Alaska Board of Regents announced Friday that the University of Alaska Anchorage launched its first ever startup company, Zensor™. The company was established in February 2013 by UAA Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies Dr. Helena Wisniewski, and faculty inventor Dr. John Lund, a UAA electrical engineering professor.

Fed Ex: Donates a Boeing 727 to UAA's aviation technology program. Nothing like having your own 727 to learn on!On Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 at 2 p.m., a Boeing 727 donated by FedEx, will land at Merrill Field Airport in Anchorage after its short flight from the Ted Stevens International Airport.* The pilots of the 727 will do up to two flyovers before landing at Anchorage’s in-town runway.

Public viewing of the landing will be available from the Northway Mall parking lot, just off of Penland Parkway.

Swearing in: Left to right, Rachel Morse, Patty Hickock, Heather Cavanaugh and Ben Anderson. UAA Chancellor Tom Case is at the podium. New directors not present were Leverette Hoover, Andrew Romerdahl and Eric Wohlforth. Special advisors to the board include Cathleen Hahn,Gloria O'Neill and Dave Rand.On Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, UAA appointed eight members to the interim Board of Directors for the UAA Alumni Association.

Dawnell Smith as 'WickedSpeedia"The story Dawnell Smith tells about playing in her first scrimmage as a Rage City Rollergirl is one of determination. After doing time as "fresh meat"—the term for a new derby recruit—she got her chance to play jammer, the skater who threads her way through walls of wheeling flesh and elbows for a chance to break out in front of the pack and earn points for her team. It's physical. Concussions-and-lost-teeth physical. "I don't think I made it through once," she says.

Alaska's state government can afford to spend about $5.5 billion in fiscal year 2014 (July 2013 to June 2014). That's the most recent estimate of the level of General Fund spending the state can sustain over the long run, from a ISER Research Matters: An effort to quickly let Alaskans know about research findings from the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), at the University of Alaska Anchorage.new paper by Scott Goldsmith, professor emeritus of economics at ISER.

UAA will be closed from Dec. 24-Jan 1. Regular business hours will resume Jan. 2. Classes and parking enforcement will resume Jan. 14. Please enjoy the Chancellor's Holiday Greeting to the community!

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AT&T Hoops Classic: The veteran trio of Sasha King (13), Kylie Burns (43) and Alysa Horn (23) are trying to remain unbeaten in their AT&T Hoops Classic careers.

Starting at 7 p.m. tonight in the Wells Fargo Sports Complex, see some great women's basketball as UAA hosts the fourth annual AT&T Hoops Classic. Get all the tournament details at www.goseawolves.com.

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Few in the Anchorage community may realize that the UAA Career Services Center is available not just to students and alumni looking for work, but also any member of the community, FREE OF CHARGE!

Did you know there are 43,000+ UAA alumni who live and work in all 50 states and around the globe? And, almost 80 percent of UAA alumni live and work in Alaska.
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The annual economic impact of the university includes $714 million in direct effects and $402 million in indirect and induced effects according to a McDowell Group study, titled "The Economic Impact of the University of Alaska 2012."

UAA's students are about to enter the intensity of finals week beginning Dec. 10-15. So this week is the last burst of activity before the great hunkering down.

DON'T MISS:

>>> UAA's student pottery sale. Friday, Dec. 7 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. in Gordon Hartlieb Hall, Room 108.

A couple of tips:
Arrive early (you may stand in line), and bring cash or your checkbook; no credit cards accepted. This is truly a place to find unique work that makes awesome gifts for the holidays, or even for yourself!

Hibernating arctic ground squirrelProfessor Loren Buck, Department of Biological Sciences, is leading a team of researchers in a four-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant-funded study of the effects of light and dark on arctic ground squirrels' circadian rhythms.

UAA student and veteran: While she and her husband were both on active duty, military medic Amanda Marr received word that her husband had been killed in action. She completed her own military commitment, then decided to go back to school and become a nurse practitioner in the Native/rural communities in Alaska. She is also a Native Studies minor.Amanda Marr is as funny as she is fierce. She looks like she could probably beat you arm wrestling or smoke you in a foot race.

Mike Mueller just got to Alaska, but he has big plans. With his rich background in ecojustice research, he’s ready to apply that knowledge to place-based science education in Alaska.
Mike Mueller: explains that ecojustice looks at the sustainability of both people and animals in their natural systems. He teaches at UAA.
What is ecojustice, you ask?

Rescued otterIt just figures that the day you dress up for work is the day you're going to get called to rescue a bewildered sea otter pup making its way toward the Homer Airport.

Alaska wild fish: Alaska fishermen must deal with weather, uncertain supply and delivery challenges. Photo by Gunnar Knapp, ISER.The Institute for Social and Economic Research hosted a lunchtime talk by fisheries economist Frank Asche on Oct 26, 2012. The title of his talk was, "Global Seafood Markets in 2030: Dominated by Aquaculture with Wild Fish as Niche Market Products?"

'No Big Heads' juror: Visual artist David Kassan came from Brooklyn, NY to jury the show, give a public lecture, and share drawing and painting demos with UAA art students.This year's NBH's was the 27th birthday for the exhibition of small-size self-portraits that arrive from around the country. Student Union Gallery Manager Tess Forstner told a crowd gathered to hear Brooklyn-based juror David Jon Kassan speak Oct.

'Beasts of Burden' by Adriana Bustos of Argentina: Her work focuses on Argentinian class issues and drug trafficking on a global scale. Her show is open at the Kimura Gallery in UAA Fine Arts Building through Nov. 9. Gallery Hours, M-F, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.This exhibition of the internationally acclaimed Argentinian artist Adriana Bustos's artwork is an extraordinary body of work. She is a socially engaged artist who bridges the world of art and politics.

UAA may not have a football team, but it has a hockey team, and in preparation for the Kendall Hockey Classic this weekend, the campus is hosting Homecoming 2012, daily activities to capture student enthusiasm and focus it on the hockey match-up Friday and Saturday nights with Canisius College, the Air Force and UAF.

Chris Abani at The DEN, Oct. 5: Nigerian born writer, now a professor at UC Riverside, talks about art and literature in defense of human rights