Winter trees on a mountain on a snowy day.

Friday Focus: Learning means welcoming

The family sits at a table with Provost Prakash.
Last weekend, my family and I had the pleasure of attending a Diwali celebration on the Fairbanks campus. Read more

Chancellor and ASUAF to host tuition forum

Chancellor Dan White and ASUAF student government will host a tuition forum Dec. 3 in the Wood Center ballroom. Read more

Dirty glaciers all over the world

Dirty glaciers all over the world
When my boss, Sue Mitchell, was in Tibet recently, she asked a local guide if the glaciers there were shrinking. The guide told her no, the glaciers were fine. When she returned to Alaska, Mitchell asked the same question of glaciologist Martin Truffer, who also works at UAF’s Geophysical Institute. He said no, Himalaya glaciers are not fine. They are melting quickly, like other large bodies of ice all over the world. Read more

What's on today

Astropalooza
Swimming v. Seattle
Museum Early Explorers: Stars
Winter Shorts (through Nov. 24)
Talk: Megafauna extinction and last ice age
Teton Gravity Research film festival

What's on this weekend

Madeline Andriesen junior voice recital (Sat.)
Jenna Dreydoppel junior voice recital (Sun.)
Swimming v. Seattle (Sat.-Sun.)
Winter Shorts (Sat.-Sun.)

Deadlines and reminders

INBRE One Health proposals due (today)
Budget forum (Nov. 21)

Save the date: Chancellor's Holiday Gathering

Join Chancellor White and the campus community for this annual gathering on Dec. 3 from 4-5:30 p.m. in the Wood Center multilevel lounge. Read more

IAB Life Science Seminar: Net carbon balance of high-Arctic watersheds

Neal Scott
Neal Scott will give a presentation on the Cape Bounty Arctic Watershed Observatory, Melville Island, Nunavut on Nov. 18 at 3 p.m. in the Murie auditorium. Read more

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