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Usibelli Coal Mine announces $75,000 gift to support Nanook athletes

Usibelli Coal Mine announced a gift of $75,000 to create the UCM Nanook Athlete Support Fund for the Athletics Department. Read more

Massive impact crater discovered in Greenland

Massive impact crater discovered in Greenland
An international team including a researcher from the Geophysical Institute has discovered a 31-kilometer-wide meteorite impact crater buried beneath northern Greenland's ice sheet. Read more

After 30 years of building RAHI legacy, Wartes eyes retirement

UAF photo by JR AnchetaDenise Wartes welcomes students at their parents to the 2017 Rural Alaska Honors Institute graduation.
When 19-year-old Denise Wartes moved to the edge of the Arctic Ocean in northern Alaska, she realized she had joined her husband, Mark Itqiliuraq Wartes, for the adventure of a lifetime. Read more

What's on today

CLA open house
Museum Early Explorers: Gold!
Hockey v. Alabama-Huntsville
Swimming v. Biola
Noche de Ciecias (Science Night)
SOM Roast and Boast
'Avenue Q'
Reading: LaTanya McQueen
Bookstore closed today

What's on this weekend

Museum Family Day: Gold! (Sat.)
Hockey v. Alabama-Huntsville (Sat.)
Swimming v. Biola (Sat.)
'Avenue Q' (Sat.-Sun.)

McQueen featured in Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series

Author LaTanya McQueen will be featured in the Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series at 7 p.m. Nov. 16 at Schaible Auditorium. The reading is free and open to the public. Read more

Common course blocks survey

Faculty are invited to share their ideas about how to align course periods across UA campuses. The survey closes Dec. 31. Read more

Featured photo of the week

Happy Blue and Gold Friday! Wear your Nanook colors to see the Nanooks swim at 6 p.m. Nov. 16 and noon Nov. 17, and to cheer on hockey at 7 p.m. Nov. 16 and 17.
Happy Blue and Gold Friday! Wear your Nanook colors to see the Nanooks swim at 6 p.m. Nov. 16 and noon Nov. 17, and to cheer on hockey at 7 p.m.
Nov. 16 and 17. View online

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