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News and Press Releases 2025

June 4, 2025

University of Alaska Southeast School of Education Among 34 Programs Recognized for National Excellence
UAS joins 549 educator preparation providers meeting rigorous CAEP Accreditation Standards to better prepare the teachers of tomorrow

March 18, 2025

UAS Professor X̱’unei Lance Twitchell Wins Emmy Award
Dr. X̱’unei Lance Twitchell, Professor of Alaska Native Languages at the University of Alaska Southeast, won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Preschool Animated Series at the 2025 Children’s & Family Emmy® Awards on March 15 in Los Angeles.

January 23, 2025

Coeur Alaska Donates $30,000 to UAS Kensington Mine Environmental Science Endowment Fund
The scholarship fund provides a minimum award of $3,000 per student. “For me, our Environmental Science Endowment Fund is personal,” said Pete Strow, Coeur Alaska’s Environmental Manager.

January 21, 2025

UAS, Partners Receive NSF Grant to Confront Glacier Outbursts
A team of interdisciplinary researchers from the University of Alaska Southeast, the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Carnegie Mellon University has been awarded a $990,437 federal grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation.

January 16, 2025

UAS Professor X̱’unei Lance Twitchell Nominated for Emmy Award
Dr. Twitchell is a writer and advisor for the animated PBS Kids program Molly of Denali, nominated by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) for the third annual Children’s & Family Emmy® Awards.