Regents to hold special meeting to discuss potential budget cuts

The University of Alaska Board of Regents will hold a special meeting on April 13 to discuss potential budget cuts by the Alaska Legislature. The board meeting will be held in Room 204 of the Butrovich Building on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus from 1-3 p.m. and will also be available via live stream here

Promotion and tenure workshop will be April 21

The UAF Faculty Senate Committee on the Status of Women invites all interested faculty to participate in the 12th annual promotion and tenure workshop on April 21. Read more

Teaching Tip: Collect student viewing data in Kaltura Mediaspace

by Sean Holland M.A.

Kaltura Mediaspace, UAF’s video and media delivery platform, gives users greater control over their videos than similar platforms. Instructors can view analytics of videos they deploy from their media gallery inside of Blackboard. Read the full tip and watch the corresponding screencast for more information. Read more

Animation of students watching course videos.

Artwork examines 1867 transfer of Alaska to the U.S.

As an Alaska Native artist who grew up in Southeast Alaska, the idea that the land of her ancestors could be bought and sold out from beneath them still baffles Mary Goddard. “I find it hard to accept that people could purchase land without regard to who it really belonged to and use the natural resources without proper precautions and respect," she said. So she did something about it. She created a work of art to express her feelings. Read more

Are ravens responsible for wolf packs?

People who study animal behavior think they may have found out why wolves hunt in packs — because ravens are such good scavengers. Scientists who watched wolves on Isle Royale in Lake Superior came up with the raven-wolf pack theory after puzzling over a question: Why do wolves hunt in large groups when a single wolf can take down a moose? Read more

Museum lecture focuses on visual history preservation

Leonard Kamerling, University of Alaska Museum of the North's film curator, will present “Worth a Thousand Words: Preserving Alaska’s Visual History” at noon April 20 in the museum auditorium. Read more

UAF to honor Steve Lundgren as business leader of the year

The School of Management will honor Steve Lundgren as its 41st business leader of the year during a sold-out dinner and award ceremony April 15 at the Westmark Fairbanks Hotel Gold Room.

Lundgren is president and CEO of Denali State Bank. Read more

Food safety course offered for Alaska producers

Alaska Sea Grant is offering a new class aimed at helping Alaskans understand and comply with new federal regulations on food safety. Taught by Alaska Sea Grant seafood specialists Chris Sannito and Brian Himelbloom, the Preventive Controls for Human Food class will be held in Kodiak on April 12-14. Commercial food producers are the main audience for the course, including small, medium and large processors. Read more

Summer Sessions offers golf lessons for adults, camps for kids

Is golf your game? Would you like to learn or perfect your game? UAF Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning has teamed up with the Fairbanks Golf Club to offer lessons for adults and three one-week camps for kids. Read more

Facilities Services reorganized

UAF Facilities Services has redistributed the work handled by its Division of Auxiliary and Contract Services in advance of the retirement of Martin Klein, the division's longtime business manager. Klein will retire April 26. His position will not be filled.

Register for 2017 Research and Creative Activity Day

The Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity will host UAF Research and Creative Activity Day on Tuesday, April 25.

Undergraduate students in all disciplines are invited to participate with posters, displays or performances. The works will be exhibited in the Wood Center multilevel lounge from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. An awards ceremony will follow. Read more

Botanical garden fundraiser scheduled April 15

The Georgeson Botanical Garden Society will host a Spring Green Up fundraiser from 5-8 p.m. Saturday, April 15, at The Hub. The community is invited to meet members of the society and fellow gardeners and to discover what’s new at the Georgeson Botanical Garden in 2017. Read more

UAF Community Garden to hold spring kickoff meeting

A kickoff meeting for the UAF Community Garden's 2017 season will be held from 6-8 p.m. Monday, April 17, in Schaible Auditorium. Read more

Save spring cleaning items for Really Free Market

While spring cleaning, set aside your clean, safe and usable items for the 2017 Really Free Market on Saturday, May 20, in the Lola Tilly Commons parking lot. Read more

Prahlad, Sanders featured at Permafrost Book Prize Reading

The annual Permafrost Book Prize Reading will feature authors Anand Prahlad and Scott Russell Sanders at 7 p.m. Friday, April 14, in the University of Alaska Museum of the North auditorium. Prahlad won the 2016 Permafrost Book Prize offered by Permafrost, the University of Alaska Fairbanks' literary journal. Sanders judged the entries. Read more

Study: Warm Atlantic waters contribute to sea ice decline

A University of Alaska Fairbanks study has determined that warmer water migrating from the Atlantic Ocean is a surprisingly powerful contributor to Arctic sea ice decline. Read more

Life returning to island destroyed by eruption

Nine years after it erupted, Kasatochi Island is just beginning to resemble its neighbors. Kasatochi is a speck in the middle of the Aleutian chain between Dutch Harbor and Adak, about 75 miles east of the latter. The volcanic island had no modern history of erupting until August 2008. In a few days that summer, the island changed from the lush green home of a quarter million seabirds to a gray pile of ash. Read more

When doing everything right isn't good enough

It’s a bummer of a trip when you travel thousands of miles to meet Vikings and find neither them nor any of their good beer to wash down the disappointment. Such was the case for an enterprising Lutheran who arrived in Greenland in 1721 to convert a few thousand Vikings to his faith. Read more

Georgeson garden is perfect for summer events

Are you looking for an ideal venue for your special summer event? Consider the Georgeson Botanical Garden for a wedding, children's birthday party or other special event. Read more

Featured photo of the week

Nanook swimmer Katherine Stark pulls herself out of the Patty pool during an after practice photo shoot on Saturday, April 1st. Stark is a Journalism student with a minor in Psychology.

Nanook swimmer Katherine Stark pulls herself out of the Patty Center pool at a photo shoot after practice on Saturday, April 1. Stark is a journalism student with a minor in psychology. Read more

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