Northern Lights

12 days of quick Google trainings

Certified Trainers will be hosting 12 Days of Google. Join them for 30-minute trainings to learn more about Gmail, Drive, your calendar and more.
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URSA travel awards for spring semester

Students compete in the design, build, fly competition.
Undergraduate groups can apply for travel awards of up to $4,000 to present their project findings or products at a conference. Apply by Jan. 20, 2019.
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Fairbanks air earns unwanted ranking

Fairbanks air earns unwanted ranking
Back in 1901, Fairbanks founder E.T. Barnette did not know this river valley has one of the strongest temperature inversions on the planet and some of the calmest winds in Alaska. He did not imagine tiny particles would some day make the city, on its worst days, have air as thick as Beijing’s. Read more

What's on today

Weather station celebration
Hockey v. Ferris State
Skiing v. UAA
LARS holiday bazaar
Student-led ANWR talk

What's on this weekend

Hockey v. Ferris State (Sat.)
Skiing v. UAA (Sat.)
Design Alaska holiday concert dress rehearsal (Sat.)
Design Alaska holiday concert (Sun.)

Deadlines and reminders

UNAC fall travel award applications due (Sat.)
Grad student space grant applications due (Sun.)

Featured photo of the week

Happy Blue and Gold Friday! Kati Roivas, Catherine Meyer-Reed and Anja Maijala will be among the skiers taking on UAA at the Nordic Cup on Birch Hill this weekend.
Happy Blue and Gold Friday! Kati Roivas, Catherine Reed-Metayer and Anja Maijala will be among the skiers taking on UAA at the Nordic Cup on Birch Hill this weekend. Read more

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