Winter trees on a mountain on a snowy day.

Friday Focus: Enrollment is key to a vibrant campus

Portrait of Chancellor Dan White
I know that I am in the enrollment business and just like me, you and everyone you work with can make a difference in our efforts to attract more students to UAF and support them through graduation.
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UAF to host 30th annual Sparktacular fireworks display

Fireworks explode near the Alaska Satellite Facility's new 11-meter antenna on UAF's West Ridge during the annual New Year's Eve Sparktacular event sponsored by local businesses.
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will host the Fairbanks Curling Lions’ 30th annual Sparktacular celebration on Tuesday, Dec. 31. Read more

Kodiak Area Marine Science Symposium call for abstracts

Kodiak Area Marine Science Symposium call for abstracts
The Kodiak Area Marine Science Symposium (KAMSS) will be held in Kodiak, April 21–24, 2020. KAMSS 2020 will be the fourth regional symposium that connects the Kodiak community to the marine science research around it. Read more

What's on today

Museum Early Explorers: Weaving
Coventry Carolers at museum

Deadlines and reminders

Apply for seaweed farm training (today)
Blackboard Learn upgrade, outage (today)
Winter break closure info
Cornerstone will be on hiatus until Jan. 8, 2020

UAF announces 2020 Usibelli award winners

The 2020 Usibelli Award winners, from left: Diane McEachern, Katrin Iken, Jaunelle Celaire
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced the winners of the 2020 Emil Usibelli Distinguished Teaching, Service and Research Awards. Read more

Reminder: Snow removal

Facilities Services will be working throughout the winter break to remove snow from parking lots on the Fairbanks campus. Lot-specific dates and times are on the FS snow removal schedules. Read more

Gwich’in elder Vera Englishoe of Fort Yukon remembered

Gwich’in elder Vera Louise (Erick) Englishoe of Fort Yukon passed away on Dec. 13, 2019, in Fairbanks. Vera was a member of the UAF community as a student, staff member and elder. Read more

Researchers use stream chemistry to predict change

Researchers use stream chemistry to predict change
University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists are developing a new method to predict ecosystem change in Interior Alaska, and their techniques could prove useful elsewhere in the world. The study uses real-time water data, rather than simulations, to predict ecosystem “tipping points." Read more

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