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Laura Conner named faculty fellow for dual enrollment

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Laura Conner will work with dual enrollment opportunities across UAF, including the North Star Middle College. Read more

Gender-affirming support group

Student Health and Counseling has a support group every Thursday for students who identify as nonbinary, genderqueer, genderfluid, gender nonconforming, trans-identifying or gender questioning. Read more

Film graduate wins international Russian film festival prize

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A film by Keziah Anderson '19 recently won “Best International Short” at the Stone Flower Film Festival in Russia. Read more

Alaska Sea Grant request for proposals

Alaska Sea Grant welcomes proposals in the natural, social and education sciences for research to be conducted between February 2022 and January 2024. Read more

Teaching Tip: Blackboard improvements within Grade Center

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This tip continues to explain new Blackboard features available to instructors, including more choices in how to mark up assignments. Read more

What's on today

CFOS Seminar: Climate science, food-web ecology and fisheries management
FairAir series

Deadlines and reminders

Early progress reports (through Jan. 25)
Food safety training (Jan. 26)

IAB seminars with Erik Schoen and Robert Mollenhauer

This week's IAB seminar series will feature two candidates for the Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit assistant unit leader for fisheries. Read more

New graduate traineeship for Indigenous fisheries, marine sciences

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An informational webinar about the Tamamta program will be offered on Friday, Jan. 22, from noon-1:30 p.m. via Zoom. Read more

TEK Talk: Jessica Black and Courtney Carothers

Jessica Black and Courtney Carothers will present "Decolonizing and Indigenizing Fisheries and Marine Sciences in Alaska" on Monday, Jan. 25, at noon. Read more

BLaST and One Health seminars

Ellen Chenoweth will discuss the Rural Alaska Students in One Health Research program Monday, Jan. 25, from 4-5 p.m. Read more

UAF eCampus open house

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UAF eCampus invites all spring students, staff and faculty to a virtual open house on Friday, Jan. 29, from 6-8 p.m. Read more

About Cornerstone

The Cornerstone employee newsletter is produced by University Relations and emailed to all UAF staff and faculty. You can submit news items here.
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