MADISON, Wisconsin, May 19 (TNSper) -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news on May 18, 2022: Grace Bulltail, a professor in the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, is among those appointed to serve on a commission focusing on addressing violent crime within Indian lands and against American Indians and Alaska Natives. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, named members of the Not Invisible Act Commission during a live  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, May 20 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy issued the following statement shortly after the Alaska Senate, by a super-majority vote of 15 out of 20 senators, passed a budget with one of the largest Permanent Fund Dividend in Alaska's history through bipartisan effort: "The budget process is messy, and no budget is perfect," said Governor Mike Dunleavy. "However, the Senate's focus on the people of Alaska should be co  more

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 19 (TNSpol) -- The University of Alaska issued the following news release: As the Legislature enters its final official day of session, the outlook is positive for the University of Alaska system. The operating and capital budgets moved from conference committee to the House and Senate for approval before midnight tonight. Yesterday, the conference committee completed its work on the FY23 budget. UA's operating budget, as passed by the committee, includes an Unrestricted  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, May 20 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on May 19, 2022: The 32nd Session of the Alaska Legislature ended yesterday with the completion of a wide range of Governor Mike Dunleavy's legislative and policy priorities that will move Alaska towards a more secure and stable future. "This year's session was the culmination of a four-year effort to bring a greater degree of accountability to public education, continual improvements to the public safety  more

BERKELEY, California, May 17 (TNSpro) -- The University of California Law School issued the following news: By Gwyneth K. Shaw When Berkeley Law Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Kristin Theis-Alvarez heard about the University of California system's plan to cover tuition and student service fees (opens in a new tab) for in-state students enrolled in federally recognized Native American, American Indian, and Alaska Native tribes, she was elated: Creating a pathway to law school for Native A  more

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 17 (TNSpol) -- The University of Alaska issued the following news release: In a unanimous vote this morning, the University of Alaska Board of Regents took the unprecedented action of authorizing President Pat Pitney to implement the administration's 'best and final offer' with United Academics [UNAC], the faculty union. The action follows deadlocked negotiations and an unsuccessful effort to reach agreement in federal mediation, resulting in impasse. The board action cam  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Alaska issued the following news release: Annie Maliguine, a master's student in marine biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, is the recipient of the 2022 Angus Gavin Memorial Migratory Bird Research Grant. Her proposal, titled "Steller's Eider Foraging Habitat in Izembek Lagoon, AK," is focused on understanding how forage habitat conditions for Steller's eiders may have changed in the last two decades at Izembek Lagoon. This sp  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, May 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Alaska-Southeast issued the following news release: * * * The group saw multiple large terrestrial animals like brown and black bears, moose, mountain goats, and wolves, as well as a variety of birds. * * * Nine students and two faculty in the Outdoor Studies program at the University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) paddled from Bartlett Cove to Muir Point and back in Glacier Bay's East Arm over nine days, May 2-11. Over the 80-mile trip, the gr  more