Online faculty development workshop starts Oct. 16 iTeach Online, a virtual six-week UA faculty development opportunity, is accepting applications for the session running Oct. 16-Nov. 22. Read more

Focus on physics defines Zhang's career journey

Deep inside the GI is Hui Zhang’s office. Three desks line the mostly bare, white walls. Behind the door is a large bookshelf filled with scientific papers, textbooks and journal publications. The barren appearance of her office would not lead someone to conclude that the professor of physics had been there for five years. “I just don’t have time to decorate,” Zhang said. Read more

Prehistoric reptile 1 mile above McCarthy

In 1963, 23-year-old geologist David Whistler sat down for lunch on a rocky hilltop one mile above Kennicott Glacier. With one hand on his sandwich and the other on his miner’s pick, he flipped over rocks. One of them made him pause. Embedded in the stone was a row of sharp teeth. Read more

Festival of Native Arts fall fundraiser Oct. 13 The University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Festival of Native Arts will host a fundraiser from 6-9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13, in the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center at 101 Dunkel St., Suite 210. Read more

Registration open for invasive species workshop Registration is open for the Alaska Invasive Species Workshop Oct. 24-26 in Anchorage. The annual workshop will highlight invasive species policy, research and management, including a focus on eradicating elodea, the aquatic invasive plant. Read more

Career-exploration volunteers needed UAF volunteers from a variety of fields are needed to help second-graders explore careers in November. Read more

Featured photo of the week

UAF College of Liberal Arts Dean Todd Sherman takes his own picture in front of the "selfie station" in the University of Alaska Museum of the North before signing the artwork on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. Sherman painted the piece while members of the public looked on as part of the museum's "Polar Passion" special exhibit. View online