Budget update: March 6

Advocating for the university, building contingency plans and understanding the budget are all aspects of how we are responding to the current climate.

West Ridge spring break work

Heavy machinery will be around Irving 1, O'Neill and Koyukuk Drive from March 9-16. Use caution, and please try to avoid the area. Read more

Signers', south Eielson two-hour parking limit

The two-hour limit offers increased parking to short-term visitors. Longer-term parking is still available in many lots. Read more

Alaska Nanooks weekly: March 5

Postseason play for skiing, swimming, hockey and rifle. Plus get your tickets now for the student-athlete awards banquet March 22! Read more

Teaching Tip: Make your videos interactive

Peter Westley in an interactive video with questions on the left.

Adding interactivity has the potential to allow students to better understand video content. PlayPosit lets you add quizzes, polls, discussions and more. Read more

What's on today

Grad Fair

Diverse Abilities Day

Talk: Arctic Ocean carbon cycle

Training: myUA performance management tool

Training: Effective communication

Student rally for education

Talk: Building the photo ark

Deadlines and reminders

Parking lot snow removal (ongoing)

Outstanding graduation student awards (March 11)

Franklin Covey registration

Building the photo ark

A two-month old jaguar cub (Panthera onca) named Teiku at Parque Zoological Nacional (the Santo Domingo Zoo), Dominican Republic.

A free public lecture by Cole Sartore, "Building the National Geographic Photo Ark," will be given on March 6 from 7-9 p.m. in the Murie Auditorium.

Yuri Bult-Ito photoUAF glaciologist Regine Hock helps a student investigate the effects of salt on the temperature of snow during a school visit, which was part of K-12 Outreach's place-based education approach.

Juneau will host more than 100 high school students, teachers, administrators, legislators and community members from throughout Alaska on March 9 to celebrate and elevate the education profession.