Winter trees on a mountain on a snowy day.

Friday Focus: Developing the whole person and facilitating student success

Keith Champagne high-fives several students. Little Nook is beside him, and a giant balloon polar bear is behind them.
When we focus on developing the whole person, we are going beyond knowledge and skills acquisition to incorporate other aspects of being a person in today’s society. Read more

'Forget the Fine' success

Five people stand behind or beside two large containers filled with food. A stuffed Nanook toy with a Santa hat sits on top of the containers.
UAF donated more than 1,200 nonperishable food items, or approximately 1,000 pounds of food to local nonprofit organizations. Read more

UAF spinout company presents at 1 Million Cups

Two men stand in a bookstore. One man holds a multipronged green object in each hand. A screen is set up beside them. Three people sit at desks looking at them.
A spinout of a UAF technology invented by Jonathan Kamler and assisted by co-founder Nigel Sharp presented at 1 Million Cups in October. Read more

From Unalakleet to San Francisco

From Unalakleet to San Francisco
“This picture is what we’re dreaming of today,” Mellisa Johnson said to reporters Tuesday at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco. She pointed to a slide of western Alaska from late winter 2012, when white sea ice coated the Bering Sea. “Now, in 2019, we don’t have any ice. It’s weird.” Read more

What's on today

UA Press holiday open house, book sale
Museum Early Explorers: Weaving
Holidays at the Farm (Palmer)

What's on this weekend

Museum Junior Curators: Weaving

Deadlines and reminders

AGU flash talks (thru Dec. 13)
Finals (thru Dec. 14)
Limited dining hours (thru Dec. 15)
Residence halls close, noon (Dec. 15)

New Columbia, Nike gear at UAF Bookstore

Man wearing Nike shirt with A-bear logo
The Bookstore has new and exclusive in-store Columbia and Nike gear just in time for gift-giving. You can use the 30% faculty and staff appreciation coupon. Read more

The Arctic’s grand reveal

The Arctic’s grand reveal
Louise Farquharson's reserved tone in a dimly lit room at the 2019 American Geophysical Union fall meeting in San Francisco hid a bombshell message — by 2035 permafrost thaw will continue on its own, disregarding the processes that historically kept it frozen. Read more

UAF students first to do DNA sequencing at home

Diana Wolf, who is teaching an online version of Principles of Genetics course in spring 2020, holds a home DNA testing kit that will be used in the class. UAF photo by JR Ancheta
This spring UAF will offer the country’s first online class that enables students to prepare samples for DNA sequencing in their home. Read more

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