Boreal forest mountain ridge and river valley somewhere north of Fairbanks in early September.

Budget update: Oct. 9

We are now actively working on strategies to find one-time savings that will be essential to addressing the budget cut so late in the year. Read more

Teaching Tip: Quick communication with students

A few ideas on how to easily increase your communication with students while possibly reducing your time performing course management.
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NASA EPSCoR Rapid Response Research opportunity

Proposals are two to three pages and should be proposed before the winter break. Each proposal is $100,000 for one year. Read more

Rural Alaska Honors Institute awarded $150,000 grant

The Rural Alaska Honors Institute has received a $150,000 grant from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation to support student and program costs. Read more

UAF awarded grant to commercialize prototype heat exchanger

Researcher David Denkenberger has been awarded a grant to help commercialize a new patented heat exchanger design. Denkenberger was awarded a $60,000 grant in September from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. Read more

What's on today

Flu shot clinic (IARC lobby)
Talk: Challenges to ocean health

IAB Life Science Seminar on strontium isotopes

Head shot of Mat Wooller.
Matthew Wooller will discuss strontium isotopes in ecological and paleoecological research Oct. 11 at 4 p.m. in the Murie Building auditorium. Read more

Hackathon 2019

This cross-discipline, team-based event, Oct. 11-13, lets you learn and work together to build something entirely new! Read more

Let's Talk!

Let's Talk is an opportunity to seek consultation from a counselor. The next session will be Oct. 15 from
1-3 p.m. in the Murie Building lobby. Read more

About Cornerstone

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