Nanook ice bear on the Fairbanks campus.
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Friday Focus: Putting togetherness to work

Head shot of Dan White, taken outside in summer
— by Dan White. Last week the UAA and UAS chancellors and I sent out a message to our respective university communities asking for togetherness in supporting President Pitney as she advocates in Juneau for UAF, UAA and UAS.
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Summer fellowships for undergraduates in STEM fields

The Alaska Space Grant Program is offering stipends for summer 2021 for undergraduate students to participate in science research or engineering design projects with faculty mentors. Applications are due Monday, March 1. Read more

What's on today

UAF eCampus open house
IAB seminar: ‘Microbial Responses to Climate Change’

What's on this weekend

Visit with Martha Barnette of ‘A Way with Words’

Deadlines and reminders

2021 emeriti nomination deadline (today)
Bookstore sale on Jansport backpacks (today)
Environmental health concerns survey (Jan. 31)

Apply for BLaST summer Undergraduate Research Experience

Applications are being accepted through Feb. 28 for the 2021 BLaST summer Undergraduate Research Experience. Read more

Bowhead whales: A recent success story

Bowhead whales: A recent success story
Bowhead whales are a rare wildlife rebound story, with the population north and west of Alaska now numbering more than 16,000. That’s up from the 1,000 or so animals Yankee whalers left behind in bloody waters at the turn of the last century.
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