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It's not too late to get a flu shot!

If you are a student in Fairbanks, go to the Student Health and Counseling Clinic during walk-in lab hours for a free shot. Students outside Fairbanks and all employees and eligible family members can get their shots at local pharmacies, which offer them for free under the university's health insurance plan.
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Declining glaciers may affect water availability this century

Declining glaciers may affect water availability this century
The annual volume of water from melting glaciers has begun to drop in almost half the 56 large river basins investigated in a recent study, a trend that the authors say will expand to other basins and affect water supplies across the globe. Read more

What's on today

Emeriti nominations due
Usibelli Award nominations due
Bartlett Speaker: Marika Anthony-Shaw
CNSM interim dean candidate presentation: Hueffer
Yukon Chinook spawning presentation

Teaching Tip: Five plugins to make your WordPress course site rock

If your course materials are offered on the WordPress community server, there are a few plugins that can help make your and your students experience better. Read more

Former Rural Student Services administrative assistant passes away

Kris Ann Mountain, who worked as an administration assistant for Rural Student Services, passed away Dec. 15, 2017. Mountain grew up in Nulato. Her parents were Simeon and Josephine Mountain. In 1982, she moved to Fairbanks, where she dedicated her career to helping Alaska Native and rural students. Read more

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