Snow covered mountain in fall.

Friday Focus: Our work is just beginning

Julie Queen sits talking with an unidentifiable person
I hope the brighter budget picture and the resilience we share as we commit to finding solutions will provide you some encouragement. Read more

Changes for video conferencing with Zoom

Zoom is changing the way UA faculty and staff schedule and book video conferencing rooms. You will need to reserve a room to host your Zoom conference. Read more

Peter Webley honored by the National Academy of Inventors

Peter Webley
The National Academy of Inventors has named Peter Webley to its spring 2019 class of senior members.
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Hydrant testing

The University Fire Department will perform hydrant testing on the Fairbanks campus beginning Saturday morning and finishing that evening. Read more

What's on today

Mushroom identification class (through Aug. 18)

Employee counseling sessions

A webinar on personal and fiscal resilience will be held Aug. 20 at noon. The Aug. 22 webinar, also at noon, will cover effective budgeting. Read more

Pub closed until Aug. 26

The Pub will be closed Aug. 12-25 and will reopen at the start of the fall semester on Aug. 26. Read more

Rural high school students complete four-year geology program

Rural high school students complete four-year geology program
Twenty-two classmates capped four years of geologic learning across Alaska and the nation in July by graduating from GeoForce Alaska, a UAF program for rural high school students. Read more

If you give a moose a salad

A cow moose and two calves munch on kale and lettuce in the raised garden beds outside the Lola Tilly Commons the morning of Aug. 14.
A cow moose and two calves help themselves to some leafy greens in the raised garden beds outside the Lola Tilly Commons. View online

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