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Friday Focus: Making sense of dollars

— by Nettie La Belle-Hamer. Most Americans think of money as coming in one color: green. But money from different types of funding can be thought of as different colors in that one color of money cannot be used to pay for things of a different color.

The closest people to an 8.2 earthquake

What if the country’s largest earthquake in the last half century happened as you were getting ready for bed in the only cabin on a tiny island in the North Pacific? What if the epicenter was just 50 miles away?

Deadlines and reminders


August Canvas trainings include iPad Pro drawings

Graphic that says "Tools for teaching with Canvas"

Join UAF eCampus instructional designers for upcoming Canvas trainings and be entered to win one of three iPad Pros + Apple Pencils.


UAF launches 12-week geographic information systems certificate

Filling a growing need for a workforce that can understand and interpret spatial data to reveal patterns and relationships, University of Alaska Fairbanks has created an online, 12-week professional certificate in geographic information systems as part of its edX partnership.

 

 

 

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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