Georgeson Botanical Garden to host summer music series

People gather at the Georgeson Botanical Garden for a musical performance in June 2017. UAF Summer Sessions arranges the Music in the Garden series of concerts on Thursday evenings in summer.

A dozen Fairbanks-area bands and musical ensembles will perform Thursday evenings throughout the summer at the Georgeson Botanical Garden at 7 p.m. each Thursday from May 24 to Aug. 9. Read more

Food trucks add options for summer

The food trucks are back on the Fairbanks campus for the summer. The first food truck at UAF will be Mein Diner on Thursdays in the Arctic Health Building's west parking lot. Read more

Sandra Boatwright wins Cornerstone Award

Sandra Boatwright won the 2018 Chancellor's Cornerstone Award. The award is given to staff members who exhibit exceptional professional and interpersonal skills. Read more

Carie Green receives NSF CAREER award

Carie Green and a student participated in the July 21, 2015, final presentation of an

Carie Green has received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation. The $591,600, five-year grant will support a project to study environmental identity development among rural and non-rural Alaska children. Read more

Teaching Tip: Creating a communication plan for engaging students

The summer semester is short. Keeping students engaged and thinking about your course can be helped by creating a regular plan for communication at the beginning of the semester. Read more

On the calendar

Music in the Garden: Headbolt Heaters (May 24)

Memorial Day closure (May 29)

Deadlines and reminders

Summer Sessions late payment fees begin (May 24)

Deadline: Undergradresearch applications (May 27)

Deadline: EPIC workshop application (May 28)

Dining Services daily menu

Arctic research open house, TED-style talks

UAF will share its Arctic expertise May 29 during two public activities as part of Alaska National Lab Day. A research lab open house begins at 3 p.m., and a TED-style presentation is at 6 p.m. Read more

Healthy Living lecture series to begin May 29

Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning will offer its Healthy Living lecture series starting on May 29.
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Plots available in UAF community garden

About 25 plots in the UAF community garden are still available to the public as well as UAF students and employees. 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

Making a new map of Denali

A Fairbanks scientist recently made an intricate new map of Denali while crisscrossing its summit a few times in a single-engine airplane. His top-of-the-continent measurement was within a few feet of a GPS reading done a few years ago, using a system he calls fodar. Read more

Featured photo of the week

A baby muskox stands near its mother on a sunny afternoon at the Robert G. White Large Animal Research Station in Fairbanks. UAF photo by JR Ancheta. View online