Live painting work highlights special exhibit

UAF's College of Liberal Arts Dean Todd Sherman has begun a weeks-long public art demonstration at the UA Museum of the North to accompany the "Polar Passion” special exhibit. Read more

UA Board of Regents approves FY18 operating budget

The University of Alaska Board of Regents unanimously adopted the university’s FY18 operating budget plan Tuesday at an emergency meeting, emphasizing the budget’s $6 million investment in strategic priorities even though the budget was cut by the Legislature. “Four years in a row of cuts is tough, but we must invest in high priority areas,” said UA President Jim Johnsen. Read more

KUAC adds new Saturday morning radio program

KUAC FM will begin airing a new program, "A Way With Words," in July. It will replace National Public Radio's "The Best of Car Talk." Read more

Save the date for the 2017 Golden Days Grande Parade

Join us at the 2017 Golden Days Grande Parade! Read more

A restock and recharge along the pipeline’s path

<i>Photo by Ned Rozell</i><br>Tamaracks have recovered from a larch sawfly invasion of the 1990s.

FAIRBANKS — I left my home here to begin a hike along the trans-Alaska pipeline in late April. Returning in June, I am stunned by the green of it all. It’s like winter to summer in one day.

I’ve been in Alaska’s second-largest city for a few days now, resupplying for the trip north as I hike with my dog on the path of the trans-Alaska pipeline. Three hundred fifty miles down, 450 to go.

Walking with my friend Bob Gillis, we left the gravel road that parallels the pipeline in the hamlet of Moose Creek, just north of Eielson Air Force Base. In a driving rain that didn’t let up all day, Bob and I reached his car after seven miles of hiking. We happily got in and cranked up the heater. After lunch in North Pole, he drove me home. Read more

Internet services restored after unplanned outage

Most internet services have been restored after an unexpected outage. Read more

Human Resources hours, staff limited for Fourth of July week

The university will be closed Monday and Tuesday, July 3-4, for the Fourth of July holiday. In addition, the UAF Office of Human Resources will be on a soft closure during the remainder of the week. Read more

Madnick receives award from research administrators society

Rosemary Madnick, executive director of UAF's Office of Grants and Contracts Administration, has received a Julia Jacobsen Distinguished Service Award from the National Council of University Research Administrators. Read more

Extension provides help processing fish

Need help preserving the catch? UCooperative Extension Service has online canning lessons, DVDs and free publications about canning, freezing, smoking and pickling fish at www.uaf.edu/ces. Read more

Paint like Sydney Lawrence exhibit

Challenge yourself to see if you might be able to tell the difference between the student and master. This Friday, June 30, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., student works from the Summer Session course "Paint Like Sydney Laurence" will present their work at the university art gallery at the UAF Fine Arts Complex. Some original Laurence paintings will be displayed, as well. Read more

Teaching Tip: Find open-licensed stock media

There is a plethora of great media online, but often it is protected by copyright. Here is an up-to-date collection of open media resources. Read more

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