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Counseling and guidance alumna and 2025-26 Alumni of Achievement Deborah Morton is the recruiting, placement and mentor section supervisor at the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Military Youth Academy, where she guides families with teenagers who have struggled in traditional school environments.

Biological sciences alumna and 2025-26 Alumni Humanitarian Maile Johnston is a law clerk at the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Supreme Court and former Miss Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ whose advocacy work focuses on children in the foster care system and survivors of domestic violence.

Finance and marketing alumnus and 2025-26 Alumni Emerging Leader Vladislav Finko is a marketing strategist at Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Wealth Advisors, whose strategic initiatives have generated roughly $150 million in new assets in a single year, helping the firm surpass $1 billion in managed assets.

High school students from across Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ gathered at UAA on Saturday, Feb. 21, to compete for prizes and test their knowledge of the human brain at the annual Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Regional Brain Bee.

In January 2026, and after six years away pursuing graduate studies at Dartmouth and Harvard, journalism and public communications alumnus Corey Hester was named COO of the Iditarod Trail Committee.

UAA students studying criminology, criminal justice and legal studies no longer have to wait until graduation to step into a courtroom. With the recent opening of the John E. Havelock Trial Simulation Courtroom, students now have access to a premier, experiential learning environment to master their craft.

The Anchorage ATHENA Society has announced its Class of 2026 inductees, which include UAA alumni Katherine Jernstrom, M.P.A. ’15; Michele Parkhurst, B.A. ’07; Dana Fabe, LL.D. ’10; and Dr. Anne Zink, D.H.L. ’22; and UAA staff member Gretchen Fauske.

In this episode of Seawolf Voices, physical education alumnus and dog mushing instructor Robert Forto talks about why everyone should try dog mushing at least once, what training sled dogs can teach us about managing people and businesses, and shares his own aspirations for racing in the Iditarod.

UAA Disability Support Services (DSS) recently announced the introduction of “talking signage" along a section of UAA’s Anchorage campus, allowing users to access audio directions with their smartphone.

The Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Journal of Commerce released its annual list of the top young professionals in the state. Representing Anchorage, UtqiaÄ¡vik, Fairbanks, Juneau, Kodiak and Palmer, the 2026 Top Forty Under 40 recipients exemplify excellence in professional and community service.