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Budget column

Chancellor White's weekly budget update will be distributed tomorrow.

Campus town hall July 19

Faculty, staff and students are invited to an “all hands on deck” meeting this Friday from 4-5 p.m. in the Wood Center ballroom. Read more

Open houses during alumni reunion

Nigel Sharp and Kernell Snow met potential interns at the UAF Spring Internship Fair, February 20, 2019
For Nanook Rendezvous, the Alumni Association is organizing two open houses July 19. Read more

New videoconferencing platform

OIT Video Conferencing Services has selected Zoom as its new conferencing platform. Zoom will be available to students, faculty and staff later this month. Read more

Teaching Tip: Creating your own course videos

Instructor-created videos can greatly enhance the quality of your course. Read more

Volcanoes, permafrost, earthquakes shape Alaska

Volcanoes, permafrost, earthquakes shape Alaska
Forty-one volcanoes have erupted since the 1700s. Eleven percent of the world’s earthquakes. Alaska has its share of superlatives, and here’s another one — Alaska has the largest maar on Earth. Read more

What's on today

UA Press summer book club
Discover Alaska: 'Science Education in Denali'
Hockey Night at the Goldpanners

What's on tomorrow

Music in the Garden: FSAF American roots ensemble
Nanook Rendezvous

Deadlines and reminders

Nanook Night at the Goldpanners (Fri.)
Center ICE seed fund
Food trucks on campus

Hockey Night at the Goldpanners

Hockey Night at the Alaska Goldpanners starts at
5 p.m. July 17 with a pregame tail party. Appearances from Colton Parayko and Pheonix Copley at Growden Memorial Park are at 6 p.m.
Read more

Lecture on glacier mass July 26

Lauren Vargo photo
IARC is hosting a lecture by Lauren Vargo from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, on Friday, July 26. Read more

KUAC FM off the air for upgrades July 22-28

KUAC FM will be off the air for about a week, beginning the afternoon of July 22, to install a new transmitter and antenna on Ester Dome. Read more

Mushroom ID class offered in Palmer

Mushroom expert Gary Laursen will lecture and lead a workshop on the wild mushrooms of the Mat-Su Valley Aug. 2-4 in Palmer. Read more

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