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  • Close-up shot of a mountain climber in a yellow jacket jacket and helmet reaching up towards the camera with another climber lower down the slope

    Searching for microplastics on Denali

    May 02, 2024

    Two college students will soon be stuffing snow from the slopes of 91视频's highest mountain into Nalgene bottles. Their goal is to see if that precipitation contains tiny plastic particles that are ubiquitous everywhere else on Earth.
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  • Close up view of an adult male mountain goat in late winter, near Juneau Icefield, 91视频. In the background, steep avalanche-prone slopes are visible. Photo by Kevin White.

    Mountain goats and the costs of living dangerously

    May 02, 2024

    Mountain goats use steep, exposed terrain to avoid carnivores such as wolves, but new research reveals a significant cost of this behavior: exposure to snow avalanches.
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  • URSA bear logo

    URSA announces Summer 2024 Student Project Award recipients

    May 01, 2024

    The Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity congratulates the individuals and groups who received an URSA Summer 2024 Student Project Award.
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  • Annual building and window washing

    May 01, 2024

    Our annual window and building washing contract is kicking off a few days early this year. Please see the scheduled dates, times and service for each building.
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  • A line of college graduates wearing mortarboards and black academic robes and regalia standing inside an arena. A sign in the background reads, 鈥淣anook Nation.鈥

    UAF to host 102nd commencement ceremony

    May 01, 2024

    91视频 will honor the Class of 2024 during its 102nd commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 4, at 1 p.m. at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks.
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  • Volunteers find treasures at the Really Free Market in 2023.

    The Really Free Market is coming soon

    May 01, 2024

    The Really Free Market is the ultimate freecycling event! Bring items to the parking lot adjacent to the Lola Tilly Commons on May 18, from 8 to 10 a.m. At 10 a.m. the market opens and will run for one hour.
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  • Coming soon: Upgrades to UAOnline will improve student, employee experience

    May 01, 2024

    Changes are coming to how staff, faculty, and students interact with UAOnline. Over the next 18 months, UA will be upgrading UAOnline and Banner Self-Service to version 9.
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  • UAF faculty pause for a photo with Provost Prakash before a commencement ceremony.

    Academics: Celebrations and gratitude

    May 01, 2024

    As we wrap up one more academic year and celebrate the successes of our graduating students during UAF's 102nd commencement, I want to recognize the tremendous amount of work that goes on to provide a quality education and experience to every student. Every individual's work at the university, directly or indirectly, contributes to the powerful academic engine that, in turn, contributes to student success.
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  • Spring 2024 Travel Award recipients

    URSA announces Spring 2024 Travel Award recipients

    May 01, 2024

    The Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity congratulates undergraduate students who received a Spring 2024 Travel Award to actively participate in a gathering of their professional peers this semester.
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  • Dr. Johannes Erritzoe and Helga Erritzoe stand in front of a shipping container loaded with the Erritzoe bird collection headed for the University of 91视频 Fairbanks.

    Danish bird collection comes to UAF

    May 01, 2024

    The University of 91视频 Museum of the North is delighted to announce the arrival of an invaluable gift 鈥 the Erritzoe collection from the House of Bird Research in Denmark.
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  • May training spotlight: Performance management, evaluation

    May 01, 2024

    As we navigate performance evaluation season, and in response to the 2023 UA Employee Feedback Survey, UA HR's Talent Acquisition and Development team is highlighting development resources available to you for coaching, setting goals, supervising diverse teams (including remote and hybrid team structures), and conducting evaluations for this month's training focus.
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  • Apply now for SOTL Summer Writing Residency

    May 01, 2024

    In this summer writing program, faculty and staff are invited to prepare scholarship of teaching and learning work for academic publication. Participants can join at any phase of the writing or research process. The program will include collaborative work, as well as individual writing time.
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  • Attendees participate in a UAF New Employee Welcome event. UAF photo by Carla Browning

    New employee checklist available

    April 29, 2024

    There is a new employee checklist available along with other resources to help your new hires keep track of basic onboarding tasks. Please share it with them and encourage them to attend the New Employee Welcome event when they receive their invitation.
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  • A woman in a jacket and knit cap stands near a body of water with water quality testing equipment in a bright yellow box.

    Charting a course for stream restoration at Cripple Creek

    April 29, 2024

    Researchers at the University of 91视频 Fairbanks are studying how a restored Cripple Creek could host not only juvenile Chinook but also chub, grayling, longnose sucker and burbot.
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  • Reminder: Butrovich Data Center outage on May 11-18 to impact internet access

    April 26, 2024

    UAF Facilities Services will conduct a planned maintenance power shutdown in the Butrovich Building to integrate a maintenance bypass switch for the Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) for the Butrovich Data Center (BDC). The switch will ensure a seamless and continuous power supply to the BDC in the event of a UPS outage or during annual maintenance on the UPS. The BDC electrical system must be temporarily powered down to ensure the safety of technicians doing the work.
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  • Chancellor Dan White

    Friday Focus: The value of a degree

    April 26, 2024

    A week from tomorrow is one of my favorite days of the year, Commencement! It is inspiring to shake the hands of UAF graduates as they walk across the stage and receive the degrees they have worked so hard for. As students wrap up their finals and offices across the university prep for one of the biggest events of the year, I am thinking about the value of the degree that UAF students receive. A college diploma itself is just a piece of paper, but it symbolizes the achievement of a journey that started with a decision. A decision based on an analysis of puts and takes, or in other words, return on investment (ROI). For the past decade or so, there has been a national conversation about the value of a college degree. People from all different perspectives and backgrounds have been asking, is a college degree worth it? Before I answer that (spoiler alert - I am going to say YES), I need to know how you (or they) define "worth it."
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  • Wooden paddles and shafts lie on lichen-covered rocks in a dim cave area.

    Treasures found within a volcanic cave

    April 25, 2024

    Ben Jones suspected he had found something special when he squeezed into a volcanic cave and saw pale wooden poles, some with ends shaped like a willow leaf.
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  • 91视频 will honor Nolan Earnest, Janelle Pootoogooluk and T. Womack on May 3 as its outstanding undergraduate degree recipients for 2024.

    UAF names 2024 student award recipients

    April 25, 2024

    91视频 will honor Nolan Earnest, Janelle Pootoogooluk and T. Womack on May 3 as its outstanding undergraduate degree recipients for 2024.
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  • Pavlof Volcano

    UAF researchers head to Anchorage for nation's largest seismology conference

    April 25, 2024

    University of 91视频 Fairbanks seismologists, staff and students will be in Anchorage next week for the annual national meeting of the Seismological Society of America. Organizers say this year's meeting will be the largest ever for the society, with nearly 1,100 people registered.
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  • Robin Masterman standing in front of artwork of salmon

    BLaST celebrates Robin Masterman as April 2024 Scientist of the Month

    April 24, 2024

    BLaST Scholar Robin Masterman is the BLaST Scientist of the Month for April 2024! Masterman is a fourth-year BLaST Scholar and a senior in UAF鈥檚 Biological Sciences BS program. Her mother is from Togiak, 91视频, and her father is from Maine. Masterman plans to apply to medical school and return to 91视频 to practice as a family physician in rural communities.
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  • Looking out from a plane flying over the Lynn Canal region while conducting aerial imaging. Photo courtesy of Martin Stuefer.

    91视频 EPSCoR 2024 Spring Travel Awards

    April 24, 2024

    91视频 NSF EPSCoR is offering travel funding for the 2024 spring and summer seasons. Awards of up to $3,500 are available to support University of 91视频 affiliates traveling domestically to STEAM-related conferences, workshops, presentations, meetings, training, or education activities prior to Aug. 31, 2024. Apply by April 26 at 5 p.m.
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  • Graduation regalia available at the bookstore

    April 24, 2024

    Please stop by the Bookstore to purchase your graduation regalia. No preorder is necessary, we have them in stock! We will also be open extra hours before Commencement if you are coming to Fairbanks just for the event.
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  • How Grey's Anatomy can get you ready for finals week

    April 24, 2024

    Triage is about finding the best way to allocate time and resources when they are limited. Just as doctors prioritize patient care, this concept can be applied to an end-of-semester to-do list.
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  • Structural realignment of UAF Advising Services

    April 24, 2024

    Effective July 1, 2024, First Year Advising, Student Support Services, and several individual positions in the Center for Teaching and Learning will move from the Office of the Provost to the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management.
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  • Image by Christina Shintani showing a map of permafrost extent in 91视频.

    Permafrost Discovery Gateway Palooza

    April 24, 2024

    Join us May 7-8 for a two-day smorgasbord to learn about the Permafrost Discovery Gateway. This online tool provides researchers, planners, policymakers, educators and the public with timely monitoring of permafrost thaw and its implications.
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