Elysian sculpture on a fall day on the UAF campus
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Friday Focus: Changing season, changing campus

Julie Queen head shot, wearing a COVID mask.
I have been doing some campus facility walk-throughs in the last few weeks to see what is new, what is changing and how people are doing.
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Monthly community seminars for instructors

Hosted by UAF eCampus but led by students and instructors, these seminars offer you an opportunity to learn from each other in a conversational format. Read more

Cold tolerance not the same for everyone

Cold tolerance not the same for everyone
This message once came from the grandfather of 5-year-old Ben, who lived near Inverness, Scotland: “Even in winter he will rapidly strip off and often plays in a sleeveless vest while others still have a shirt and woolly jumper on. He appears to be always warm.” Read more

What's on today

IAB seminar: ‘”Not” Ready for the Next Pandemic’
Museum Early Explorers: Light
CFOS Juneau Seminar: Fisheries management

What's on this weekend

‘RBG’ screening and discussion (Oct. 10)

Deadlines and reminders

Indigenous Peoples' Day events (Oct. 12)
Online course improvement workshop (Oct. 16)

Join Fridays at 4 social hour

Join Fridays at 4 social hour
Join your colleagues for a casual conversation every Friday at 4 p.m. Bring a beverage of your choice and your family if you choose! Read more

Indigenous Peoples' Day content creation panel Oct. 13

Digital content creators Alice Qannik Glenn, Tak Marrero and Jacqui Lambert will discuss cultural identities and stories on the new and emerging digital platforms on Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 6 p.m.
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Land acknowledgment workshop Oct. 13

A workshop on Tuesday, Oct. 13, from 10 a.m.-noon will focus on the communal and personal understanding of land acknowledgment. Read more

UA Press Book Club: New selections for fall 2020

Collage of three book covers: Disgraced, Count Luna, and The Companion Species Manifesto
On Oct. 13, the UA Press Book Club will start reading a Pulitzer Prize-winning play, a literary historical thriller and an exercise in interspecies critical theory. Read more

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