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Friday Focus: Letting go of what was for what can be
Portrait of Chancellor Dan White
By letting go of outdated machines, underperforming space, old habits or harmful stereotypes, we can move forward together. Read more

Backup fix for Windows, Mac
OIT recommends using Google Backup and Sync to back up your local documents to the cloud.
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Letters from Santa
Santa writing letters with a Christmas tree behind him.
The Center for Student Engagement will be sending letters from Santa this year! CSE staff will take requests until 5 p.m. Dec. 12. Read more

Bookstore holiday hours, employee coupon
The UAF Bookstore is offering staff and faculty a 30% off coupon for their entire apparel and gift purchase through Dec. 31. Read more

What killed the world’s giants?
What killed the world’s giants?
Most of the large animals that have walked the surface of Earth are no longer here. Why? Dan Mann thinks it’s because our recent climate has been too stable, at least when compared to the wacky ups and downs of the last ice age. Read more

What's on today

Jann Laiti retirement party
Variety trials workshop
Northrim Roast and Boast
Hockey v. Ferris State
Winter Shorts (thru Nov. 24)
LARS Holiday Bazaar
Charlie McNeill junior violin recital

What's on this weekend

Volleyball v. Saint Martin's (Sat.)
Hockey v. Ferris State (Sat.)
Family Museum Day: Stars (Sat.)
Winter Shorts (Sat.-Sun.)

Deadlines and reminders

OU Campus edit server outage (today)
Food Bank water donations (ends today)
Electric vehicle research survey (ends today)

Postponed: Today's IAB Life Science Seminar
The presentation by Khrys Duddleston will be rescheduled. Read more

Jann Laiti retirement party
The UAF community is invited to celebrate Jann Laiti's 30 years of service at a retirement party
Nov. 22 from 3-5 p.m. at The Pub. Read more

Opening ceremony for The Well
A ceremony for The Well, a space for activities promoting the wellbeing of students and employees, will be on Nov. 26 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in
334 Duckering. Read more

Human Resources open house
Get to know the UA Human Resources department and staff at an open house from 3-5 p.m. Dec. 6.
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'Pride and Prejudice' auditions
Open auditions for "Pride and Prejudice" will be held
Dec. 7 from noon-6 p.m. UAF students and Fairbanks community members are encouraged to participate.
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UAF leads project to map hydrocarbon seeps on Alaska seafloor
Map of the seafloor and bubble streams rising from seeps. Multibeam echo sounder data collected from a survey ship show the seafloor topography (gray). Seafloor colors are based on the intensity of the echo return, or backscatter, and show where the seafloor is hard/rough (warm colors) or soft/smooth (cool colors). Most of the seafloor is covered by soft sediment, but around seeps the seafloor is often hard due to chemosynthetic mussel beds and from carbonate rock that precipitates from methane reacting with seawater (bright red areas). Multibeam echo sounders can also see anomalies in the water above the seafloor, such as these gas bubble plumes (green) issuing from seafloor seeps. The red lines are artifacts in the backscatter data that follow the ship’s track.
Researchers from UAF are mapping oil and gas seeps off Alaska’s coast to better understand hydrocarbon resources and seafloor ecosystems. Read more

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