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Alaska Sea Grant announces 2026 Community-Engaged Fellows

By Alaska Sea Grant | May 14, 2026

A young woman in a lab coat and goggles hovers her hand above a water pitcher in a laboratory.

Six undergraduate students will get a leg up in their careers this summer while helping Alaska’s coastal communities through Alaska Sea Grant’s Community-Engaged Fellowship program. The fellows will work on…

Old Harbor studies the old ways

By Kyle Kolda | April 21, 2026

A teenage girl in orange overalls and a black T-shirt leans over a hole in the dirt with a trowel. Beside her, another teenage girl in a maroon hoodie and blue pants crouches over the hole, also holding a trowel.

Old Harbor is turning to its past to plot out its future. With support from Alaska Sea Grant, a group of researchers are partnering with the Alutiiq Tribe of Old…

Alaska Sea Grant well-represented at symposium

By Kyle Kolda | March 3, 2026

A young woman in casual dress stands smiling next to a scientific poster.

Contributions by Alaska Sea Grant students and researchers at this year’s Alaska Marine Science Symposium were all over the food web. Their presentations focused on marine fauna ranging from humpback…

Hooking Nome students on HAB research

By Tom Moran | February 9, 2026

A high school student in a brown parka and black pants holds a small fish in his hand and smiles broadly. He sits on the ice with his other hand holding a stick with a line running into the hole. Beside him are a clipboard and a bucket.

Ice fishing is not the most common method of data collection. But for students at Nome-Beltz High School, a couple of afternoons in December spent jigging for tomcod was a…

Social science students experience East Greenland

By Alaska Sea Grant | November 12, 2025

A group photo of college-age students and older adults in two rows wearing matching black shirts. Behind them is a small village of colorful Nordic cabins perched on rocky tundra. Dramatic mountains rise in the background beneath a cloudy sky.

A dozen social science students from three nations learned firsthand about the people and places of East Greenland through a summer field school co-led by Alaska Sea Grant faculty Davin…

Combining local knowledge and new technology to study spotted seals

By Kyle Kolda | October 20, 2025

Distant nadir view of 11 spotted seals resting on a sand spit surrounded by crashing waves.

Spotted seals are a vital part of Alaska’s Arctic marine ecosystems and a crucial resource for many coastal Iñupiaq communities. Yet despite their cultural and ecological significance, these elusive marine…

Community-Engaged Fellowship spotlight: Alex Devon

By Alaska Sea Grant | October 3, 2025

woman with long hair and wearing glasses smiling at camera

For Alex Devon, food sovereignty in rural Alaska is more than a passing interest; it’s a focus of her career path and research. Through this summer’s Alaska Sea Grant Community-Engaged…

Community-Engaged Fellow spotlight: Hannah Bogdan

By Alaska Sea Grant | August 25, 2025

Hannah Bogdan smiling at the camera. She is pointing to a flier in a display case at the Kodiak Harbor. The flier says: "Do you buy or sell fishing bait in Alaska?" Other signs about rockfish are in the display case.

Hannah Bogdan, an undergraduate student at the University of Alaska Southeast, spent her summer working with Alaska Sea Grant as a Community-Engaged Fellow. Based in Juneau, she contributed to a…

Youth camp expands across coastal Alaska

By Alaska Sea Grant | August 22, 2025

Group of middle-school students posing and smiling for camera in a forest surrounded by large trees with moss, ferns and other bushes. They are all growling or have their hands up like a bear.

Now in its fourth summer, the Coastal Connection Camp program is serving more students and communities in the Gulf of Alaska region than ever before, offering hands-on activities involving science,…

Community-Engaged Fellows begin summer work

By Alaska Sea Grant | June 24, 2025

Group of six people stand outdoors wearing life jackets and outdoor gear. They are all smiling fro the camera. Trees and a canopy tent are visible in the background.

A group of undergraduate students is spending this summer working in coastal communities through the Alaska Sea Grant Community-Engaged Fellowship. Each fellow receives mentorship from a host organization or an…