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Friday Focus: Reasons to celebrate

Portrait of Chancellor Dan White
What a wonderful week filled with students, athletes, parents, faculty, staff, and administrators. Read more

Weekly budget update: Aug. 30

At this time, the next step is approval of the budget distribution plan by the Board of Regents on September 12. Read more

UAF announces 2019 Usibelli Award recipients

UAF announces 2019 Usibelli Award recipients
UAF has announced the winners of the 2019 Emil Usibelli Distinguished Teaching, Service and Research Awards. Read more

Alaska EPSCoR research and education/outreach seed funding opportunities

Faculty and students who have not previously received EPSCoR funding are encouraged to apply. The submission deadline is midnight Oct. 14.
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What's on today

Retirement celebration for Deb Moore
IAB seminar: 'Predator-Prey Dynamics'

What's on this weekend

Cross country Blue and Gold meet and 5k (Sat.)
Volleyball alumni game (Sat.)

Deadlines and reminders

UA planning survey (due today)
Deadline to apply for spring semester (international students) (Sun.)

Colloquium: 'Central Asian Women Making Music in Turbulent Times'

The Sept. 3 talk will cover how women’s musical practices in Uzbekistan have changed along with the country's various regimes. Read more

Employee counseling sessions: Sept. 3, 5

"Remaining Balanced" will be offered Sept. 3, "Self-Care" on Sept. 5. Both events are free and part of the Employee Assistance Program. Read more

Film auditions for 'Pink Violet'

Cartoon-like picture of a woman's heavily made-up head with a violet placed over one eye.
Auditions for this short film about a theater-obsessed college student, will be held Sept. 7 from
2-5 p.m. Read more

Atmospheric rivers sometimes soak Alaska

Atmospheric rivers sometimes soak Alaska
Several Alaska weather events in the past decade were the result of a great firehose in the sky that sometimes reaches from near the tropics to the far North. Meteorologists call it an atmospheric river.
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