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The University of Alaska Southeast Juneau campus on July 31, 2020. UAS and Willamette University College of Law recently announced a direct admissions partnership between the two schools to try and make it easier for Alaskan students to study law. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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UAS and Willamette partner for law program

$10,000 in yearly scholarship will be available.

This screenshot from a project by University of Alaska Southeast postdoctoral researcher John Harley shows Alaska’s cities and census-designated places. Darker-colored areas on the map are communities with higher social vulnerability indices. (Screenshot)

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Researcher hopes map project can aid pandemic response

Grant-funded effort offers a detailed look at where Alaska’s most at-risk populations live.

Cautiously optimistic, UAS will open its doors

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Cautiously optimistic, UAS will open its doors

Masks a must.

The University of Alaska Board of Regents will meet this and next week to select an interim president. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire File)

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University board to meet to select interim president

Meetings scheduled for this and next week.

University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen speaks in July 2019 at a meeting in Anchorage, Alaska. Johnsen, the embattled University of Alaska president, has resigned, the university announced Monday, June 22, 2020. The change in leadership was a mutual decision made after Johnsen consulted with the Board of Regents, according to a statement. His biography was immediately removed from the university’s web page. (AP Photo | Dan Joling)

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University of Alaska president resigns

An interim president will be named no later than July 15.

In this November 2019 photo, Jim Johnsen, president of the University of Alaska, is questioned by Kieran Poulson-Edwards, a writer for the Whalesong, the student newspaper at the University of Alaska Southeast, after Johnsen’s speech at the Juneau Chamber of Commerce at the Moose Lodge. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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University of Alaska union calls for president’s resignation

Petition says he has “failed in all areas that matter to the academic mission.”

Jim Johnsen, president of the University of Alaska, speaks to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce at the Moose Lodge in November 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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University president withdraws from consideration for Wisconsin job

Says calling remains in Alaska.

University of Alaska board votes for study on University of Alaska Southeast merger

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University of Alaska board votes for study on University of Alaska Southeast merger

Just a study, not a decision.

Regents have several options to consider for university restructuring

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Regents have several options to consider for university restructuring

Still no single-accreditation system.

University of Alaska Southeast could be absorbed by another university

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University of Alaska Southeast could be absorbed by another university

People called in to testify.

Jim Johnsen, president of the University of Alaska, speaks to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce at the Moose Lodge on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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University of Alaska announces furloughs for top leaders

Top University of Alaska administrators, including President Jim Johnsen, will be subject to mandatory furloughs to help address…

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks with his cabinet members at the Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Dunleavy announces board, commission appointments

A former lieutenant governor candidate is among them.

University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen, left, listens to Dr. Steve Atwater, Executive Dean of the Alaska College of Education, during an interview at the University of Alaska Southeast on Friday, August 3, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Loss of accreditation could put university’s school of education ‘years behind’

Regents frustrated with the setback.

University of Alaska Board of Regents to meet today in Anchorage

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University of Alaska Board of Regents to meet today in Anchorage

You can livestream the meeting.

University of Alaska Anchorage’s teaching programs lose accreditation

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University of Alaska Anchorage’s teaching programs lose accreditation

The university is not allowed to recommend students to the state for licensure without accreditation.

Alaska Chamber announces new vice president

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Alaska Chamber announces new vice president

His roles include advocacy and legislative issues.

Alaska’s teachers are leaving at much higher than the national average. Here’s what’s being done about it.

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Alaska’s teachers are leaving at much higher than the national average. Here’s what’s being done about it.

Alaska has a teacher problem.

(Courtesy Photo | UAS Photo Archives)

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Magazine lists UAS marine biology program among nation’s best

It came in at No. 8.

University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen makes a presentation to the university’s Board of Regents at the UAS Recreation Center on Sept. 15, 2016. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire file)

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University of Alaska bosses ask for more money from Alaska Legislature

Money could result in more competitive salaries.

The new invasive bryozoan, Bugula neritina. (Courtesy Photo | Melissa Frey, Royal B.C. Museum via University of Alaska)

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Invasive invertebrate discovered near Ketchikan

They’re called sea lace, moss animals and Bugula neritina to scientists — and they’re not supposed to be…