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Friday Focus: Really coming together

Provost Anupma Prakash speaks at the new-faculty orientation during the fall 2018 semester.
— by Anupma Prakash Spring 2020 has given the word "change" a whole different meaning. The world has changed dramatically, and it has left no one untouched. Read more

Clarity around campus access

Last Saturday, March 28, the chancellor sent out a campuswide message around the new health mandates from Governor Dunleavy. Read more

ASUAF Academic Affairs Committee COVID-19 fast facts

ASUAF is creating a fact sheet for students of UAF and Fairbanks resources related in some way to COVID-19. Read more

eCampus offering virtual drop-in hours for all students

Brighton Brooks, UAF eCampus academic advisor, on the phone.
UAF eCampus will begin offering virtual drop-in hours for all students Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to noon (Alaska time) starting April 6. Read more

Lessons from bones, dusty and stinky

Lessons from bones, dusty and stinky
Nicole Misarti has gagged in the name of science. The UAF scientist uses new and old bones of animals to determine what their lives were like. Those bones are not always clean and odor-free. Read more

What's on this weekend

BOR audit committee: Expedited academic review

Deadlines and reminders

Alaska INBRE curriculum proposals (April 10)
Virtual lavender graduation (April 25)
Fall 2020 orientation leader nominations (May 8)

Teaching and working resources

UAF eCampus instructional continuity
UA virtual campus
UA coronavirus information center
Student Health and Counseling Center
Employee Assistance Program

Friday's social hour will feature talent show

This week, we'll feature the many talents of the UAF community and their families. Bring your ukulele, juggling balls, favorite sea shanty, etc. Read more

Explore the Museum of the North from home

The UA Museum of the North is closed to the public in April, but will host virtual exhibits, videos and activities throughout the month.Read more

One Health One Future video receives Emmy nomination

Graphic image of Emmy statue and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Northwest Chapter
The National Academy for Television Arts and Sciences announced that UAF's One Health One Future video received a Northwest regional Emmy Award nomination. Read more

Spirit of KUAC awarded to the late Bob Fischer

Bob Fischer with headphones and holding a baton in a radio sound studio
Fischer had been selected as the public broadcasting station’s volunteer of the year prior to his death in January, and the selection team decided to honor him posthumously. Read more

About Cornerstone

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