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Oct. 31 deadline for student Title IX and AlcoholEdu training

The deadline for students to take their mandatory Title IX and AlcoholEdu training is Tuesday, Oct. 31. Read more

CTC building parking garage, heat affected by repair work

Due to an emergency steam line repair on Barnette, the CTC parking garage will be closed and the CTC building will not have heat, hot water Oct. 27-29. Read more

Winter weather reminder

Winter is here, which means you should be prepared for the elements. When needed, UAF posts campuswide alerts online, on the hotline and via social media. Read more

Aurora magazine: The care and feeding of a territory

Lydia-Fohn Hansen, right, prepares to board a single-engine aircraft as she heads to rural Alaska to teach.
From UAF's earliest days, the people of the Cooperative Extension Service have shared ways to make life in the Far North easier and healthier.
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Featured photo of the week

A dusting of snow blankets the Fairbanks campus Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017 .
A dusting of snow blankets the Fairbanks campus Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. UAF photo by JR Ancheta. Read more

What's on today

Major Mania
Campus preview day (Inside Out)
Women's and men's basketball v. Blue and Gold

What's on this weekend

Diwali celebration
Annual Halloween family run
Halloween carnival
Volleyball v. Central Washington
Music educators recital
Halloween dance
Rocky Horror Picture Show
"She's Got Issues" one-woman performance
St. Mark University Catholic Parish Mass

Harvest Wrap-up set for Nov. 1

Harvest Wrap-up set for Nov. 1
The annual Harvest Wrap-up meeting will take place Nov. 1 in Delta Junction. The gathering provides an opportunity for agricultural producers to hear about current research, share observations about the past season and help identify research needs. Read more

Biographer profiles scientist-explorer of northeast Alaska

Biographer profiles scientist-explorer of northeast Alaska
In the early 1990s, Janet Collins was hiking in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge when she saw “Camp 163” labeled on her map. Intrigued, she later looked up Camp 163 in Donald Orth’s Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. Her curiosity led her to Ernest Leffingwell, the subject of a biography she has written and Washington State University Press just published. Read more

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