Friday Focus: In service to society
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Our graduates have the future of our communities and state in mind as they move into the workforce or on to further educational pursuits. Read more
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Rasmuson offers new research methods database
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SAGE Research Methods is designed to support the teaching and learning of research methodology at all levels for multiple disciplines. Read more
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Alaska Satellite Facility’s Albright focuses on lifelong learning
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Wade Albright said his job was like “drinking water out of a fire hose” at one point. He was working as a technician at the Alaska Satellite Facility, part of the Geophysical Institute, and was challenged every day. Almost two decades later, this March, he was named deputy director. Read more
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The man who broke through the Northwest Passage
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Fifty years ago, a ship sailed toward obstacles that captains usually avoid. The icebreaking tanker Manhattan was an oil company’s attempt to see if it might be profitable to move Alaska oil to the East Coast through the Northwest Passage. Begging his way aboard was Merritt Helfferich, then 34 and a do-all guy at the Geophysical Institute. Read more
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