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Portrait of Chancellor Dan White
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URSA funds for fall projects

URSA students Bethany Paju, Reina Takeuchi and Eileen Ward in front of their Japanese language studies poster.
Undergraduates conducting research or pursuing creative projects during the fall 2019 semester can apply for funding through June 16. Read more

Fall 2018 honor students named

UAF has announced the students named to the deans' and chancellor's lists for the fall 2018 semester. The lists recognize students’ outstanding academic achievements. Read more

UAF honors 2019 outstanding graduating students

From left, Jessica Kot, Raymundo Lopez and Michael Bilan.
UAF honored many of its outstanding students at its annual student awards breakfast. Among those honored were the winners of the Marion Frances Boswell Memorial Award, the Joel Wiegert Award and the Gray S. Tilly Memorial Award. Read more

Steel Bridge Team earns spot in national competition

UAF Steel Bridge Team members Larry Hiles, left, and Juliana Rivera help construct the team's winning entry at the regional competition in Lacey, Washington. Photo courtesy of Taylor Tharp
A team of UAF students will compete in a national engineering contest after earning the top in the Pacific Northwest Regional AISC Student Steel Bridge Competition in April. Read more

Be an orientation leader

Students are invited to join the New Student Orientation team to welcome the newest members of #NanookNation to UAF! Read more

Warm spring may result in gentle breakup

Warm spring may result in gentle breakup
Following the warmest March Alaskans have ever felt, forecasters are predicting a mellow transition from ice to water for most big rivers in the state. Things don’t always go that way during spring breakup. Read more

What's on today

Radiocarbon-dating facility discussion
Nanooks Care Week
World Intellectual Property Day
Student spring pottery sale
Improving student projects, startups
Thesis: Northern White River ash eruption
IAB seminar: Lily Yan
OIPC innovation celebration

What's on this weekend

Grad Bash (Sat.)
Museum Family Day: Soil (Sat.)
First-generation cord ceremony (Sat.)
Fire Department Heart Walk car wash (Sat.)
Rally for Ramen (Sat.)
Choir of the North spring concert (Sat.)
GI Tract 5k (Sun.)
Pub: Fly Fishing Film Festival (Sun.)

Deadlines and reminders

Food preservation classes in May, June

OIPC innovation celebration

Wear blue and gold and celebrate UAF's innovators on World Intellectual Property Day on April 26 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the BP Design Theater. Read more

IAB seminar: Lily Yan

Lily Yan
Lily Yan will discuss how light modulates mood and cognition on April 26 from 4-5 p.m. in the Murie Building auditorium. Read more

Rally for Ramen

The inaugural Swipe Out Hunger event at UAF starts this Saturday with the Rally for Ramen mini-carnival from 1-4 p.m. in Constitution Park. Read more

All-faculty forum

All faculty are invited to a faculty-led discussion to brainstorm ideas for UAF's collective future from 3-5 p.m. May 2 in Gruening 301. Read more

iTeach workshop in May

iTeach logo
UAF eCampus is hosting an in-person iTeach workshop, open to all UAF faculty, May 13-15. Participants will receive a $250 grant. Read more

Featured photo of the week

Students play a game of foam volleyball during this year’s SpringFest activities in the Student Recreation Center at the Fairbanks campus.
Students play a game of foam volleyball during this year’s SpringFest activities in the Student Recreation Center at the Fairbanks campus. UAF photo by JR Ancheta. View online

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