Reminder: Title IX training deadline Sept. 30 The deadline for the mandatory Title IX training for employees is Saturday, Sept. 30. Directions are at www.uaf.edu/titleix/training-news-events/. Read more

Grant funds study of the Arctic's Cretaceous creatures

A team of researchers, including the curator of earth sciences at the UA Museum of the North, has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study dinosaur and other fossil remains from Alaska’s North Slope. The $454,801 award will further research on the Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation, origin of most of the dinosaur bones in Alaska. Read more

Julie and Miki Collins talk Oct. 5 Delve into the roadless world of identical twins Julie and Miki Collins as they present a slideshow and answer questions about their books. Read more

Hurricanes and far north sea ice

Speaking at a conference in coastal Texas last fall, a researcher from Florida mentioned with relief that her home was 13 feet above sea level. That seemed curious to me, a middle Alaskan living at 500 feet, but then she mentioned the millions of other Floridians whose homes sit less than 10 feet above sea level and were more vulnerable to storm surge. Read more