News & events

Graduate School Events


Grad Student Spotlight

Elizabeth Parry

Ph.D. Biological Sciences 

My Ph.D. is focused on developing a new tool to measure food security using a One Health lens, with a particular focus on ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Native populations.

Elizabeth Parry is a ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ graduate student.


Communications

We send out communications regularly with important and time-sensitive information. You can sign up to receive future emails by joining our email lists below.

Join our email lists

*ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ emails official announcements and correspondence to your @alaska.edu email address, so please check your email often. For more information, please visit the Office of Information Technology.

placeholder

Social Media

Follow us social media to keep up on the latest news and events from the ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Graduate School.


Awards

The ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Graduate School awards students with degree-completion fellowships and scholarships, and more.

Spring and Summer 2024 Awardees

  • Degree Completion Fellowship
    • Cody Deane, PhD in Biological Sciences
    • Jared Weems, PhD in Fisheries
    • Susan Andrews, MFA in Painting
    • Robin Carbaugh, MS in Geosciences
    • Taylor Caslin, MA in Communications
    • Anastasia Maliguine, MS in Marine Biology
    • Rebecca Olson, MS in Biology
    • Raquel Ream, MA in Applied Linguistics
    • Emily Maxwell, PhD in Epidemiology
    • Stephanie O'Daly, PhD in Oceanography
    • Marina Alcantar, PhD in Marine Biology
    • Kimi Yatsushiro, PhD in Clinical-Community Psychology
    • Omar Gomez Salgado, PhD in Clinical-Community Psychology
    • Emily Reynolds, MS in Marine Biology
    • Dana Bloch, MS in Oceanography
    • Delcenia Cosman, MA/MFA in English/Creative Writing
    • Addie Norgaard, MS in Oceanography
    • Jasmine Nyce, MS in Fisheries
    • Kapil Hari Sachdev, MS in Petroleum Engineering
    • James Crimp, MS in Marine Biology
    • Jacquelyn Cordova, MA in Indigenous Studies
  • Degree Completion Scholarship
    • Clayton Botkin, OHM in One Health
    • Emmanuelle Furst, OHM in One Health
    • Concepcion Melovidov, MS in Fisheries
    • Pablo Saunders-Shultz, MS in Geosciences
    • Janelle Sharp, MS in Geosciences
    • Emily Stidham, MS in Oceanography
    • Susan Woods, PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies
    • Mack Hughes, MS in Marine Biology
    • Sean Marble, MS in Geosciences

Spring 2023 Awardees

  • Degree Completion Fellowship
    • Anushree Badola, Ph.D. in Geophysics
    • Richard Buzard, Ph.D. in Geoscience
    • Alex Cornwell, M.S. in Biological Sciences
    • Sarah Elmore, Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies 
    • Courtney Hart, Ph.D. in Fisheries 
    • Hannah Ney, M.A. in Arctic and Northern Studies 
  • Degree Completion Scholarship
    • Sarah Burge, MBA in Business Administration
    • Zachary Jackson, M.Ed. in Special Education
    • Ambyr Miller, MDSM. in Homeland Security and Emergency Management 
    • Kirsten Morland, M.Ed. in Special Edcuation
    • Dorothy Sherwood, OHM in One Health
    • Lindsay Stadler, M.S. in Marine Biology 

Fall 2022 Awardees

  • Degree Completion Fellowship
    • Amenah Arabi, PhD in Biochemistry
    • Stefan Awender, PhD in Physics
    • Federico Covi, PhD in Geophysics
    • Lois Law, PhD in Indigenous Studies
    • Brian Ulaski, PhD in Marine Biology
    • Dakota Dragomir, MS in Statistics
    • Jake Cavaiani, MS in Biological Sciences
    • Jessica Christian, MS in Geosciences
    • Akashia Martinez, MS in Biological Sciences 
  • Degree Completion Scholarship
    • Martha Hood, MEd in School Counseling
    • Tommy Nelson, MBA in Business Administration
    • Ruth Parrott, OHM in One Health
    • Gwendolyn Roseberry, MEd in School Counseling
    • Robert Wiltzen, MS in Wildlife Biology
    • Luke Henslee, MS in Fisheries
    • Lenette Leles, MFA in Creative Writing
    • Mary Szatkowski, MS in Water and Environmental Science
    • Michelle Trifari, MS in Marine Biology
    • Emilie Morrell, PhD in Biochemistry

Fall 2021

  • Degree Completion Scholarship
    • Rebecca Cates, M.S. in Fisheries
    • Heather Ezell, MFA in Creative Writing
    • Marlee Haralson, M.S. in Geosciences
    • Matthew Smukall, Ph.D. in Fisheries
    • Theresa Soley, One Health Masters
  • Degree Completion Fellowship
    • Aline Collin, Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    • Amy Dowling,  M.S. in Marine Biology
    • Brittany Jones, Ph.D. in Marine Biology

Spring 2022

  • Degree Completion Scholarship
    • Jennifer Kirksey, Master of Business Administration
    • Keely O'Connell, MFA in Creative Writing
    • Laramie Maxwell, OHM in One Health
    • Charlotte Wheeler, M.A. in Arctic and Northern Studies
  • Degree Completion Fellowship
    • Gazi Alam, Ph.D. in Mathematics
    • Hongli Chang, Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering
    • Yaoze Cheng, Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering
    • Dakota Dragomir, M.S. in Mathematics
    • Roberta Glenn, M.S. in Geoscience
    • Cody Keith, M.S. in Petroleum Engineering
    • Joshua Knicely, Ph.D. in Geophysics
    • Lindsey Smith, M.S. in Geoscience
    • Tyler Smith, M.S. in Chemistry
    • Alexis Walker, Ph.D. in Marine Biology

Summer 2022 Awardees

  • Degree Completion Fellowship
    • Joshua Barna, M.S. in Geoscience
    • Kara Kornhauser, M.S. in Biological Sciences
    • Luke Metherell, M.S. in Wildlife Biology and Conservation
    • Isabella Muller, M.S. in Geoscience
    • Anna Rix, Ph.D. in Biological Sciences
    • Emily Watson-Cook, M.S. in Biological Sciences
    • Mackenzie Young, MS. in Geoscience
  • Degree Completion Scholarship
    • Madison Bartholomew,  M.Ed. in Secondary Education
    • Bryan Bosserman, M.S. in Geoscience
    • Jeremy Buttler, M.S. in Biological Sciences

 

Graduate School Student Advisory Board

The mission of the Graduate School Student Advisory Board is to work with the Graduate School to maintain and improve the quality of graduate education at ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ and to enrich the academic, professional and social experience of graduate students. Composed of graduate students from programs across the university,  the GSSAB brings a student voice to the Graduate School. 

Students, staff, faculty and community members gather at the Great Hall for the International Student Mixer


Grad Student Groups

Join your peers in exploring your interests. ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ has over 100 active student organizations — many just for grad students. Joining an organization is a great opportunity and fun way to meet new people, share your interests, develop leadership skills and impact student life at ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ.

UA Statewide Office of Public Affairs maintains a comprehensive list of UA-related Facebook pages and groups.

 

Members of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ's Indian community celebrate the Diwali Festival in the Wood Center ballroom