Victoria Smith hired as director of Student Support Services

Victoria Smith, who was just named director of Student Support Services, began working at UAF as a student employee in fall 2011. Read more

Featured photo of the week

The time and temperature sign at the Fairbanks campus reached 95 degrees Fahrenheit Sunday, July 22, 2018 as Daiki Yamamura, Gabriel Thorai Ravindran and Juancruz Montalvo Rivas pause for a photo on their way home from ice cream.

The temperature near the Fairbanks campus reached 95 degrees Fahrenheit as students Daiki Yamamura, Gabriel Thorai Ravindran and Juancruz Montalvo Rivas paused for a photo on their way home from ice cream Sunday, July 22. View online

Teaching Tip: Journaling for critical thinking

Research shows that journal writing can support students across disciplines in connecting with and finding meaning in their learning. Read more

On the calendar

Music in the Garden: FSAF vocal jazz (today)

Museum behind the scenes (Friday)

Mushroom workshop (Friday-Sunday)

Talk: Down Memory Lane, Peggy Shumaker (Monday)

Door lock inventory

Facilities Services is currently performing an inventory of doors and locks in nonresidential facilities on the Fairbanks campus. Read more

Alaska scientists awarded $1.8 million to promote healthy eating and active play

A team led by a UAF researcher will work with community members there to test ways to promote healthy eating and active play, focusing on 3– to 5-year-old Alaska Native children. Read more

New research on belugas in Kenai River

Whales have been appearing in the Kenai River earlier in the season and in greater numbers than previously thought. Read more