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Friday Focus: A tradition of collaboration

Larry Hinzman
I’ve never experienced a more collaborative place where the all employees, faculty, staff and students genuinely want to see each other thrive and succeed.
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Developing an online course?

iTeach Online is six-week workshop is a series of activities designed to help faculty start to build a solid online course founded in current research and relevant learning experiences. Read more

Fuzzy memories of great Alaska cold snap

Fuzzy memories of great Alaska cold snap
This week marks 30 years since I turned my pickup left onto a North Pole road and noticed the clutch pedal did not return to my foot. In a panic, I reached down with my mittened hand and pulled. The frozen plunger oozed back into position. Read more

OU Campus transition

If you manage a Roxen website but haven’t yet heard about migrating your site, don’t worry, you’ll be contacted soon! Read more

Club funding opportunity

The Partnership Program is a way for clubs to partner together when hosting events or socials at a lower cost for each group. Read more

What's on today

Grants and Contracts open house
Museum Early Explorers: Earthquakes!
Astropalooza
Talk: 'Microbes and Molecules"

What's on this weekend

Museum Junior Curators: Earthquakes! (Sat.)
Careers in science, engineering, math (Sat.)
Rifle conference championships (Sat.-Sun.)
Fairbanks Snowshoe Classic (Sat.)

Deadlines and reminders

INBRE graduate research assistantships (today)
Kawagley Indigenous Scholar Award (today)

Astropalooza 2 stargazing event

UAF graduate student Geneva Mottet stands by her personal telescope during the UAF Physics Club's Astropalooza astronomy event outside the Reichardt Building Friday, Dec. 1, 2017.
UAF physics students will host Astropalooza 2, a free stargazing open house. Read more

Mario Muscarella: 'Microbes and Molecules'

Mario Muscarella
Mario Muscarella, a candidate for assistant professor in microbiology, will give a talk Feb. 1 as part of the IAB Life Science Seminar series. Read more

Creating Hope

Creating Hope is a confidential group for students who have experienced sexual assault, dating or domestic violence, or childhood sexual abuse.
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Featured photo of the week

Happy Blue and Gold Day, Nanook nation! Here is an image of Venus and the crescent moon as seen from the Fairbanks campus Wednesday morning.
Happy Blue and Gold Day, Nanook nation! Here is an image of Venus and the crescent moon as seen from the Fairbanks campus Thursday morning. View online

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