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Friday Focus: Back to the dialogue agreements!

Head shot of Dan White, taken outside in summer
— by Dan White More than a year ago, on June 28, 2019, I wrote a Friday Focus titled “Guiding principles in uncertain times.” Read more

Christie Haupert joins ACEP as Anchorage project manager

A woman and a man stand on a glacier with the sun directly behind them. They are in winter gear. The mean is holding a black and tan dog.
Christie Haupert will help coordinate data, create products and develop stakeholder relationships with several ACEP programs. Read more

Message from a lonely Alaska island

Message from a lonely Alaska island
In 2012, an 85-year-old scientist and his son-in-law pulled a cylinder of muck from a faraway island. They carried it home like a newborn baby, froze it, and mailed it to a researcher across the country. The scientist used it to determine that there is less sea ice in the Bering Sea now than any time in the last 5,500 years. Read more

What's on today

HR Topic Series: 'DIY Potting Soil'
IAB seminar on wildlife management
CFOS Juneau seminar on trout, climate change

Deadlines and reminders

Accreditation forums (Sept. 30-Oct. 1)

Convocation 2020 on Sept. 29

Chancellor Dan White invites you to Convocation 2020 on Tuesday, Sept. 29. You can watch Convocation 2020 from 1-2 p.m. online. Read more

Without otter predation, sea urchins decimate Aleutian reefs

Without otter predation, sea urchins decimate Aleutian reefs
Uncontrolled by sea otters, their natural predators, sea urchins are devouring the massive limestone reefs surrounding the Aleutian Islands — a process exacerbated by climate-driven changes in the marine environment, according to a new study published in Science. Read more

Stampede Trail bus arrives in Fairbanks for conservation work

Bus 142 in front of the museum
The 1940s-era bus made famous by the book and film “Into the Wild” arrived in Fairbanks this week so that staff at the University of Alaska Museum of the North can begin conservation work. Read more

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