A dozen teenagers heave on a skinny line of paracord stretched tight over the edge of a boardwalk in the center of Bethel. At the other end of the line, the rusted hulk of a Honda dirt bike dangles from a small grappling hook. Finally, the group’s efforts pay off and the dirt bike crashes […]
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Deep in the ocean, a community of creatures, including tube worms and mussels, relies on methane for energy. Too far from the sun to directly benefit from photosynthesis, these animals inhabit methane seeps, which are areas where methane bubbles from rocks into ocean water. “We’re comparing methane seeps on the continental margins of Southern California […]
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The Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program is celebrating its largest-ever graduating class of full-time Acceleration Academy students. Fifty-two students from the Anchorage, Bethel, Matanuska-Susitna and statewide campuses will earn their high school diplomas this week. They have also earned an impressive total of 3,336 college credits earned for free as ANSEP Acceleration Academy students. […]
Matt Calhoun, Ph.D. (Athabaskan) has been selected as the new full-time executive director of the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program (ANSEP). A graduate of ANSEP, former program assistant director, and associate professor of civil engineering at UAA, Calhoun has led ANSEP as interim executive director since spring 2023. “ANSEP plays a critical role in UAA’s […]
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Students in the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program, known as ANSEP, recently gathered in downtown Anchorage to listen to the first enrolled member of a Native American tribe to fly in space. But this time, John Herrington, a Chikasaw, had a different mission. The US Navy officer and former astronaut with the National Aeronautics […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Around 300 students gathered inside the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program (ANSEP) building on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus Friday afternoon, as part of the kick-off event for the 29th annual ANSEP Celebration. “We hold the celebrations each year to recognize the successes we’ve had over the past year, and also […]
ANCHORAGE (Feb. 5, 2023) – Today, Baird announced an exciting partnership with the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program at the University of Alaska Anchorage, focusing on supporting Indigenous students and bringing them into the world of financial services. Through support from Baird Foundation, the organization has been awarded $100,000 to grow its programming and continue […]
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Watch the full video here ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program (ANSEP), run through the University of Alaska, offers an Acceleration Academy that allows students to take full-time college classes while still in high school. The program, for students in grades 8 through 12, is free and can help families […]
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Kadin Dayton Kadin Dayton is Athabascan, his family is from the villages Koyukuk and Kaltag, and he was born and raised in Fairbanks, Alaska. This summer, Kadin interned with ConocoPhillips in the Exploration Department where he studied the geology of the North Slope and did planning on where to drill new wells. This project consisted […]
Three decades ago, Herb Schroeder was working as a professor and engineer for the University of Alaska, researching rural sanitation. But in that work, he never met a native Alaskan engineer. So in 1995, he decided to change that, by founding the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program within UAA to support Alaska natives from […]
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