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Flower planting day June 6

The grounds crew is looking for volunteers for the 2018 campus flower planting day June 6. Read more

Soft closure July 6

UAF will observe a soft closure July 6. Departments have the option to close their offices or reduce their business hours. Employees may not be required to take leave and may work even if their office is closed. Read more

UAF, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ink agreement

Hydrokinetic generator
UAF and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have signed a five-year agreement to advance research on hydropower generation, marine renewable energy and underwater technology development. Read more

Albertson to receive national health award

Bethel Cooperative Extension agent Leif Albertson has been recognized by the National Environmental Health Association for his work educating people about the health risks associated with the use of lead rifle ammunition. Read more

Mount Hunter’s colder past

Erich Osterberg photoA view overlooking a scientific camp on a high plateau of Mount Hunter from which two ice cores were pulled.
For the past century, official thermometers scattered around Alaska have shown a warming trend. But what about the weather up high?
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Weiland named as swimming's associate head coach

Alaska Nanook swimming head coach Scott Lemley announced the addition of Rebecca Weiland as his associate head coach. Read more

Teaching Tip: Three ways to set up your online course more efficiently

A seasoned teacher shares three ideas you can use while setting up your online course to make efficient use of your time. Read more

On the calendar

Music in the Garden: Red Hackle Pipe Band (today)
Talk: Revised solar manual (today)
UA Press First Friday, barbecue (Friday)
Museum behind the scenes (Friday)
Talk: 'An Evening with Neal Brown' (Monday)

Deadlines and reminders

Deadline: Apply for fall admission (Friday)
Deadline: BLaST equipment funding (Friday)

Ice Cream Thursdays

Ice Cream Thursdays have begun! Every Thursday, SAO will be selling ice cream for just one dollar from noon-2 p.m. Read more

Talk: Revised solar manual

The Cooperative Extension Service has released a new edition of “A Solar Design Manual for Alaska.” Energy specialists will talk about the revised manual and how to use it from 6-8 p.m. May 31. Read more

BLaST equipment funding

BLaST-funded proposals for the purchase of biomedical equipment for the 2018-2019 fiscal year (minimum of $5,000) are due June 1. Read more

Museum offering summer behind-the-scenes tours

The UA Museum of the North is offering behind-the-scenes tours to visitors this summer. Participants will tour the museum's labs and work spaces, where collection managers and curators take care of 1.75 million specimens and artifacts. Read more

UAF announces winners of second microgrid competition

UAF has announced the winners of the second Alaska Center for Microgrid Technologies Commercialization competition. Read more

Finding fish in Alaska’s fossil record

Photo by Theresa BakkerAndrés López, left, curator of fishes, and Pat Druckenmiller, curator of earth sciences, talk about the fish fossil record in Alaska.
Scientists at the UA Museum of the North are describing an ancient polar ecosystem in what is now Alaska, with unique species found nowhere else in the world. Read more

Kotzebue Communities of Memory recordings now available

The Rasmuson Library recently published a new segment in the oral history project Communities of Memory. Read more

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