Budget update: June 23, 2021

— by Dan White. Last week, the Alaska State Legislature submitted the FY22 budget to the governor. The operating budget restores $15.7 million in state funds from the $20 million reduction in the third year of the governor’s compact.
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Intern explores historic Pilgrim Hot Springs buildings for ecotourism

Engineering student Emma Beeler is developing a plan for a historic building at Pilgrim Hot Springs, a geothermal spring 60 miles north of Nome.
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UAF spin-out company wins prestigious EPA contest

A UAF spin-out company has claimed the top prize in a federal contest to develop innovative new ways to destroy potentially harmful synthetic chemicals. Read more

What's on

Training session on how to resolve conflict and restore relationships

UA HR will be offering an online training on conflict resolution and mending relationships on Friday,
June 25, from 11 a.m.-noon. Read more

Research shows Alaska infrastructure at risk of earlier failure

Roads, bridges, pipelines and other types of infrastructure in Alaska and elsewhere in the Arctic will deteriorate faster than expected due to a failure by planners to account for the structures’ impact on adjacent permafrost, according to research by a UAF Geophysical Institute permafrost expert and others. Read more

UAF in the headlines

UAF inks four commitments for hockey (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
Visit to an exotic tree plantation in Alaska (Alaska Business Monthly)
Dietary study at University of Alaska Fairbanks seeks participants (KTVF)