New tools help fight wildfire with satellite imagery
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New tools from satellite images are helping locate wildfires and forecast weather to protect firefighters. Read more
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Teaching Tip: Guide students through your course
A few well-placed visuals, like a course calendar or course map, may help students better navigate your course. Here's how to create your own.
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Here's how to shake off a hacking
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Face it: Hackers gonna hack. Here are some ways to know that you've been hacked and, if so, what to do about it, courtesy of the UA Office of Information Technology. Read more
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From fish waste to Fido snacks
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Chris Sannito’s dog Sammy is really happy that his owner has developed a tasty pet treat made out of pollock skins. Informal taste tests by Sammy and other Kodiak canines indicate the treats — although not fishy smelling to humans — have plenty of that deep-sea essence dogs love so much. Read more
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Students make satellite facility data accessible
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Three undergraduate student employees of the Alaska Satellite Facility, a unit of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, are collaborating to make satellite data more accessible. Read more
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Featured photo of the week
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This Francis Ortega peony, photographed July 5, is one of many blooming at the Georgeson Botanical Garden on the Fairbanks campus. Read more
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High summer along the pipeline’s path
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It's high summer, past the solstice. Everything is alive here on the path of the trans-Alaska pipeline. Read more
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Week's events: Art interviews, emergency medicine, Denali park, traditional bluegrass
University of Alaska Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting nearly 50 free lectures, concerts and other events this summer. Here is what’s happening during the week of July 9-15.
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Tom Kuhn is BLaST scientist of the month
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Thomas Kuhn, an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, is the Biomedical Learning and Student Training program's scientist of the month. Read more
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Food safety class offered Aug. 1
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July 18 is the deadline to register for a certified food protection manager training offered Aug. 1 by videoconference in six Alaska communities. The Cooperative Extension Service will host the workshop, which will meet 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. in Fairbanks, Delta Junction, Palmer, Valdez, Juneau and Sitka. Read more
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Book chronicles Russia-Alaska citizen diplomacy after Cold War
The University of Alaska Press has released "Melting the Ice Curtain: The Extraordinary Story of Citizen Diplomacy on the Russia-Alaska Frontier," by David Ramseur.
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About Cornerstone
The Cornerstone staff and faculty newsletter is produced by University Relations and emailed to employees each Wednesday.
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The deadline for submitting to Cornerstone is Tuesdays and noon.
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