May 15, 2015–Alaska Quarterly Review Spring/Summer Launch Party
AQR – an Alaska institution for 33 years – is set to launch its most provocative issue ever. Fiction, non-fiction and poetry by writers from Alaska and beyond, plus the extraordinary special feature: “Gaza: The Land Behind the Fence” – an essay and photographs by Eman Mohammed, the first female photojournalist in Gaza. Ms. Mohammed’s […]
May 7, 2015–MtViewPost.com, the hyperlocal news website about Mountain View–Kirsten Swann
Kirsten Swann is a freelance journalist who loves finding new ways to tell old stories; especially the ones here in Alaska. An Anchorage resident since grade school, she studied journalism at Michigan’s Hillsdale College and contributed to various local newspapers before returning home and covering municipal matters for the Anchorage Daily Planet, an online news […]
April 2, 2015–Finding Bethany–Glen Klinkhart
In my long list of accomplishments, the first and foremost role in my life is to be the best father I can possibly be to my son. He is a wonderful gift in my life and he has helped me to understand what it truly means to be a dad. He has been an inspiration […]
March 5, 2015–Atwood Journalism Chair
Mark Trahant is an independent journalist. He serves as the 20th Atwood Chair of Journalism at the University of Alaska Anchorage. The position brings nationally known journalists to teach courses and speak to students, journalists and the public in Alaska. He is also writing a book on austerity, a project he started after winning a […]
UAA Campus Bookstore events for February 2015
Complete February Calendar January 28, 2015 5:00pm-7:00pm Dr. Lyn Freeman and Dr. Rebecca White present “Pain & Neuroplasticity.” Monday, February 2 7:30pm-9:30pm at UAA Recital Hall ARTS 150 Classical Pianist Edvinas Minkstimas: Lithuanian Legacies Edvinas Minkstimas performs “Songs of the Vilnius Ghetto” and compositions by Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911), Anatolijus Senderovas (b. 1945, Lithuanian Jewish […]