Budget update: July 29, 2020

In all that is going on, with the start of the semester, changing COVID-19 conditions and transitions in system leadership, there remains a focus on the budget. Read more

Zoom security changes July 31

Starting July 31, all newly created meetings will include passcode details in the scheduling process and provide the URL with the passcode embedded
in it. Read more

Teaching Tip: Setting up your course in Blackboard

Student Preview button with a red circle around it

Step-by-step instructions for setting up your course in Blackboard, including copying course content, setting due dates and seeing a student preview.
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UAF names fall 2019 and spring 2020 honors students

UAF has announced the students named to the deans' and chancellor's lists for the fall 2019 and spring 2020 semesters. The lists recognize students’ outstanding academic achievements. Read more

Scientists record aurora using earth-monitoring tools in Alaska

New research from Alaska shows that seismometers, the primary instruments used to measure motion from the Earth, can be used to monitor an aurora. Read more

What's on

Board of Regents meeting on Title IX, governance (July 30)

Food preservation: Fish (July 30)

Deadlines and reminders

Chancellor's forum on fall planning (July 31)

Celebrating 30 years of the Americans with Disabilities Act

This month, UAF recognizes and celebrates the 30-year anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA. Read more

HR monthly Topic Series

August’s article is “How To See Into Your Biggest Blind Spot,” by Christine Comaford. The meeting will be Aug. 21 from noon-1 p.m. Read more

Sound waves help in hydrokinetic deployment

Photo of the back of a boat with a sonar device that looks like a small submarine. It is about to be placed in the river.

A team from the Alaska Hydrokinetic Energy Research Center has been mapping the riverbed at a site on the Tanana River near Nenana. Read more

Online student instruction on information literacy

Students can learn about library resources, how to formulate search strategies and search library databases, and how to critically evaluate information. Read more