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Yukon Drive construction, temporary shuttle stop changes

Due to construction on Yukon Drive, campus shuttle buses will be required to use North Tanana Drive to service campus. This requires temporary bus stops for three locations. Read more

Alaskan receives Digital Coast Fellowship

Alaskan receives Digital Coast Fellowship
Richard Buzard, a UAF graduate student, has won a prestigious fellowship with NOAA. Read more

New tool offers local climate change information

A new web-based tool will allow communities in Alaska and western Canada to see how global climate change could affect their regions. Read more

Teaching Tip: Manage WordPress contributions

If you use WordPress as a space for student work, you’ve likely wondered if there is an optimal way to see what is being published and who is making contributions. This information is vital in an online course where asynchronous activity often occurs. Read more

On the calendar

Music in the Garden: Cold Steel Drums (Today)
Museum behind the scenes (Friday)
Collaborative art exhibit (Friday)
Stream cleanup day (Saturday)
Talk: Down Memory Lane, Dan Swift (Monday)

Deadlines and reminders:

Nanook Rendezvous (July 19-21)
Occupational endorsement discount

Featured photo of the week

KaJeng Wong of Singapore wins the the first prize and the chamber music prize of the 2018 Alaska International Piano-e-Competition.
KaJeng Wong of Singapore wins the first prize and the chamber music prize of the 2018 Alaska International Piano-e-Competition. UAF photo by JR Ancheta. Read more

Pseudo-Sun Instrument tops Invent Alaska Competition

Recent UAF graduate Brandt Lomen has taken the top prize in the university’s 2018 Invent Alaska Competition for a device that can test solar cells on Earth, in space and on other planets by mimicking the light of the sun. Read more

Collaborative art-science exhibit

The "In a Time of Change: Microbial Worlds" art collection will spend the summer at UAF. The public can meet the artists and view a selection of their work June 8 from 4-6 p.m. in WRRB 212. Read more

About Cornerstone

The Cornerstone staff and faculty newsletter is produced by University Relations and emailed to employees Tuesdays and Thursdays during the summer. You can submit news items here.
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