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Three UAF undergrads win Alaska Space Grant research fellowships

The Alaska Space Grant Program has awarded research fellowships to Jacob Butler, James Campbell and Elijah Simmons. Read more

Rosemary Madnick receives NCURA recognition

Rosemary Madnick
The award recognizes significant contributions to the field of research administration through leadership, presentations, teaching and mentoring. Read more

Summer Sessions travel: Italy

The Colosseum in Rome.
Travel next fall to a country that boasts delicious food and wine, amazing vistas and history everywhere. Space is limited and will sell out quickly. Read more

The humidification of the Arctic

The humidification of the Arctic
Uma Bhatt remembers summers in Fairbanks when she could open a package of crackers, leave it unsealed, and find them in a near-identical state a few weeks later. Those crackers now seem to lose their snap in just a few days. Read more

What's on today

Women's basketball meet and greet
Museum Early Explorers: Gold!

What's on this weekend

Museum Junior Curators: Gold! (Sat.)
University Women's Assoc. holiday bazaar (Sat.-Sun.)
Symphony: Beethoven concert (Sun.)

Women's basketball meet and greet Nov. 2

The Alaska Nanooks women’s basketball team and coaches will host a meet and greet from 4-6 p.m. at the downtown Mt. McKinley Bank. Read more

All-Beethoven concert features Russian-American guest soloist

Pianist Feltsman
World-renowned concert pianist Vladimir Feltsman will give a performance with the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra Nov. 4 at 4 p.m. Read more

Workshop: The effects of burnout

Learn about the neurological, psychological and physiological effects of burnout, what causes it and how to overcome it, on Nov. 5. Read more

Food Pantry Pub Trivia Nov. 6

Tuesday Night Pub Trivia will feature a food-raiser for the Wood Center food pantry. The entry fee per team is five cans of nonperishable food. Read more

Thompson Memorial Lecture: 'Well-being in a Changing World'

Alicia Hall, from Mississippi State University, will deliver a lecture, "Well-being in a Changing World," Nov. 6 at 6 p.m. in Schaible Auditorium. Read more

Featured photo of the week

Members of Nanook Nation celebrate this year's Halloween with creative costumes.
Members of Nanook Nation celebrate this year's Halloween with creative costumes. View online

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