Budget update: Dec. 11

While shared services won’t solve all of our budget gap, it can provide depth and breadth of coverage in areas where we have been getting thinner and thinner. Read more

Winter break snow removal

road scraper churns up hardpack on a road beside the fire department

Facilities Services will be working throughout the winter break to remove snow from parking lots on the Fairbanks campus. Most work will be done at night. Lot-specific dates and times are on the Facilities Services snow removal schedules.
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3D mapping expands understanding of coastal erosion

Three pieces of equipment on a treeless coast.

ACEP research engineer Paul Duvoy has created a 3D digital elevation model of a 1.62-hectare area in Foggy Island Bay where a solar- and wind-powered meteorological station is maintained. Read more

Record low level of Bering Sea ice causes profound, widespread impacts

Photo by Gay Sheffield Sea ice floats in the Bering Strait off Cape Prince of Wales.

Sea ice in the Bering Sea shrank to its lowest levels in recorded history in 2018, profoundly affecting northwest Alaska residents who depend on marine resources for food, cash and culture, according to a new peer-reviewed study. Read more

What's on today

Chartwells gingerbread truffles, hot chocolate

Deadlines and reminders

Bookstore holiday hours, coupon

Finals (thru Dec. 14)

Volunteer for 'I Know I Can' (Dec. 16)

Reminder: UAF STEMcon brings AGU to everyone

People looking at scientific posters in an exhibit hall.

Students and members of the public throughout Alaska will be able to virtually join UAF scientists at the American Geophysical Union’s 2019 fall meeting this week. Read more

Finals week at the Pub

The Pub opens at noon all week for finals. Come in for some studying, or celebrate the end of the semester! Read more

Alaska Young Fishermen’s Summit unites early career fishermen

Even if your course is not part of an integrated STEAM program, enhancing it with interdisciplinary components can build engagement and meaning.

Charts and equations flowing out of one half of a brain and vibrant colors flowing out of the other half.

The Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program presents the eighth Alaska Young Fishermen’s Summit in Juneau, Alaska, Jan. 21-23, 2020.

More seafloor data could help predict risks to Arctic coast

Along Alaska’s Arctic coast, no one can predict exactly where floods from storm surges might occur, partly because no one has a good picture of the seafloor. At the annual American Geophysical Union meeting Dec. 9-13 in San Francisco, Alec Bennett will present research that may help. Read more