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Liam Lindsay is a two-time All-American sprinter and a physical education major. Much like a clean hand-off in a relay race, his academic and athletic ambitions are seamlessly synced.

The University of Alaska Foundation announced that long-time academic leaders Michelle Bartlett and Gunnar Knapp will receive the 2017 Edith R. Bullock Prize for Excellence. Bartlett, director of Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Gunnar Knapp, professor emeritus of economics at the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼, will each receive $10,000 for their significant contributions to the University of Alaska.

Approximately 20 multilingual Anchorage School District students, grades 7 through 12, will read original poetry and prose they have written during this year's ASD/ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Summer Academy.

Before she moved from her native China to the U.S., Dr. Qiujie "Angie" Zheng was "OK with salmon." Then she tried wild Alaska salmon, loved it, and launched research focused on helping companies effectively market wild Alaska salmon to the Chinese.

As Alaska’s largest planetarium, the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Planetarium & Visualization Theater is an immersive place to explore the world around us—from the smallest microbes to the most distant galaxies. See what’s playing this summer at the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Planetarium.

Alaska PEAK — a simple yet mighty mentorship program — turns on-campus employment into a high-impact area of student success for the more than 850 student-workers employed at ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼.