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Friday Focus:
Working together and confronting a changing world

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On July 18, 2019, I wrote a Friday focus entitled “Heroic Leadership. At that time, I called for university leaders to become heroic leaders and to confidently innovate, adapt to and embrace a changing landscape. Read more

Earthquake adds missing piece to puzzle

Earthquake adds missing piece to puzzle
Late in the evening of July 21, 2020, State Seismologist Michael West heard a text alarm. His phone informed him of a large earthquake beneath the ocean, just south of the Alaska Peninsula, about 60 miles southeast of the village of Sand Point. His first thought was that this — the biggest earthquake on the planet so far in 2020 — would cause a devastating tsunami. His second thought was that a longstanding earthquake mystery may have just been solved. Read more

What's on

Ice Box release party (July 24)
UAF Yoga Club (July 25)

Extension food preservation series begins July 30

Extension agent prepares to smoke fish.
A series of distance-delivered food preservation classes begins July 30. Julie Cascio, of the UAF Cooperative Extension Service, will demonstrate how to can, pickle, flavor vinegars, dehydrate, and make sausage, jams and sauerkraut. Read more

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