Budget update: March 20

I thought in this week’s budget column I would expand on three of the actions I addressed in last week’s column. Read more

Forums scheduled for CNSM dean search

The candidates will each give a one-hour public presentation: Karsten Hueffer (March 26), Leah Berman (April 1) and Kinchel Doerner (April 3).

Three finalists selected for UAF chief information officer

Each finalist will hold a campus forum: Martha Mason (March 26), Chris Bernard (April 1) and Jerod Hall (April 9). Read more

Commencement on May 4

Graduates from UAF Community and Technical College gather on the Carlson Center’s main floor during the commencement ceremony May 5, 2018. UAF photo by JR Ancheta.

Get ready! Regalia must be ordered by March 24. RSVP for the ceremony by April 15. The Grad Bash is April 27, and be ready to line up by 12:20 on May 4!

What's on today

Podcaster Ryan Hawk: 'Excellence'

Talk: Arctic marine mammal diets

Deadlines and reminders

Food pantry bake-off (March 22)

Lecture to examine influence of big money on U.S. politics

Author and constitutional lawyer Jeff Clements will discuss the growing influence of concentrated wealth in U.S. elections and government at a free lecture March 25. Read more

UA Capitol Report

The newsletter spotlights legislative hearings, opportunities to engage policymakers, and happenings within our state's and nation’s capitals.

Lightbulb shape made of multi-colored lights

We tend to think of innovation as something new that revolutionizes the way we do something but it can also be thought of as putting ideas into practice.