ITHACA, New York, Oct. 21 (TNSawa)(TNSbook) -- Cornell University issued the following news: Juliana Hu Pegues, associate professor of Literatures in English has received the 2022 Lora Romero First Book Prize from the American Studies Association for "Space-Time Colonialism: Alaska's Indigenous and Asian Entanglements." The prize recognizes the best first book in American Studies released during 2021. Hu Pegues' book is rooted in her own experience growing up Asian American in Alaska, where sh  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Oct. 18 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2022: Governor Mike Dunleavy today announced that he will present the Legislature with a crime bill next session to target the fentanyl crisis in Alaska. Earlier this year, Governor Dunleavy tasked his Administration with developing strategies to protect Alaskans from the scourge of fentanyl and fentanyl-laced illegal opioids. This announcement is the first part of a holistic approach to comba  more

EUGENE, Oregon, Oct. 20 (TNSawa) -- Lane Community College issued the following news release: Lane Community College won seven Medallion Awards at the annual National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR) District 7 Awards competition, including six golds and a bronze. The awards competition occurred during the annual district conference, October 16-18 in Vancouver, WA. The National Council for Marketing & Public Relations is the only organization of its kind that exclusively repr  more

MOSCOW, Idaho, Oct. 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: Addressing the underrepresentation of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) students in STEM disciplines and the workforce is the focus of a recently launched University of Idaho research project through a six-state collaborative alliance. U of I will help develop AI/AN-based STEM education activities for all public school levels through undergraduate studies, expand the network to tribes and comm  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Oct. 22 (TNSsel) -- The University of Alaska-Southeast issued the following news release: University of Alaska Southeast Education faculty Angela Lunda has recently been awarded her Doctor of Philosophy in Indigenous Studies by the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). Lunda's dissertation, titled, "I'm a killer whale: The process of cultural identity development from the perspectives of young Indigenous children," was presented September 14. The dissertation co-chairs were UAF   more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 21 -- GCI, a telecommunications company, issued the following news release: Almost exactly one year ago, ground crews in Unalaska began digging miles upon miles of trenches to install hundreds of thousands of feet of fiber conduit - 529,000 feet to be exact. But do you know what's not in the fiber conduit when we deploy it? Fiber! That part comes later once the conduit is buried and the trenches are filled. There are a couple different ways to install the fiber optic ca  more