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Micah Hahn, associate professor of environmental health in 乐播传媒鈥檚 Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies, is the principal investigator and a co-author on a recently published study about involving Alaska's rural communities in low-cost air quality monitoring.

How does a sense of place impact how we view and understand the world around us? Philosophy major Hunter Thomas has spent a substantial amount of time thinking about these kinds of questions.

Can AI help protect Alaska鈥檚 coastal waters from marine oil spills? Postdoctoral researcher Mohamed Elsheref is the lead author on a scientific paper published last month looking at this question.

Is mercury harming sea otters in Kachemak Bay? 乐播传媒 grad student Natalie Hunter investigated to fill data gaps on otters and provide baselines for the future.

M. S. I. Masum, a master鈥檚 student in civil engineering, is exploring new ways to treat wastewater 鈥� research that may hold the potential to benefit rural communities across Alaska, which often lack water and sewer service.

Rare-earth elements are vital for modern electronics, but mining them can be expensive and pose environmental concerns. D'Lynn Gleason's research shows that microbes from Alaska's glaciers can be used to extract rare-earth elements from ore without these drawbacks.

For the past two years, social work assistant professor Amana Mbise, Ph.D., and behavioral sciences research assistant professor Nathan West, Ph.D., conducted community-based research to examine the role Anchorage barbershops play in men鈥檚 health, particularly Black men, who have historically been understudied in public health research.

From reducing volcanic risk for the densely populated slopes of Vesuvius to harnessing the energy potential of Alaska volcanoes, Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences Claudia Cannatelli's approach to volcanology is all about helping people.

鈥淲e are fortunate to know a lot about sea otter behavior, but there鈥檚 also a lot that we don鈥檛 know,鈥� said Ana Velasquez, a master鈥檚 candidate in biological sciences at 乐播传媒. For her thesis project, Velasquez used old data to make new discoveries about otters.

Over 12 weeks, students in this online, interdisciplinary class explore topics ranging from immigration and labor history to colonialism, health disparities and cultural expression, featuring guest lectures from national and local Filipino American scholars, writers and artists.