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Friday Focus: Staying connected

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— by Julie Queen. Our financial health as an institution improves when we know what plans are in motion, we can anticipate major changes, and our accuracy is high because we are all more connected to the work. Read more

Setting improves Zoom security

A new setting will enhance security for Zoom meetings by making it optional to authenticate University of Alaska participants. Read more

The northern shrike: songbird like no other

The northern shrike: songbird like no other
Not long ago, John Wright of Fairbanks heard a thump against a window above his deck. He pulled on his coat and walked out to investigate. He was surprised to see a lovely pine grosbeak down on the deck. Standing above it was a northern shrike — a predatory songbird with a black eye-mask that sometimes hangs around Interior Alaska in the winter. Read more

Cluster of Alaska islands could be single giant volcano

Steaming volcano in Alaska
A cluster of Alaska islands could be a single, interconnected giant caldera. Caldera-forming eruptions are the most explosive volcanic eruptions on Earth and they often have had global effects.
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What's on today

Extension Blackout Summit
‘She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms’
IAB seminar: High-latitude climate, changing cycles
CFOS Juneau Seminar: Restoring underwater forests
UAF United Way: Center for Non-Violent Living

Deadlines and reminders

Chancellor’s forum on shared services (Dec. 8)
UA Blackboard Learn winter 2020 upgrade

Chancellor’s holiday gathering and United Way prize drawing

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Join Chancellor White online at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 10, for a virtual holiday gathering. Read more

UA Press Book Club: New selections for December

Three book covers of Long Way Down, What are you going through, and A Christmas Carol
The UA Press Book Club will begin discussion of three new book picks on Tuesday, December 8, at 7 p.m. Read more

KUAC FM hosts New Year's Eve tune-in

To celebrate the new year, KUAC FM is hosting a community tune-in Dec. 31 from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Read more

Accreditation terminology change

UAF's accrediting body and its peer organizations are now referred to as institutional accreditors, not regional accreditors. Read more

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