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Call for research projects: BLaST mixer

Two people in a greenhouse
 

The BLaST program will host its annual research mixer Wednesday, Oct. 5, from 4-6 p.m in the Murie Auditorium.


Teaching Tip: Reinvigorate discussions with Hypothesis

Hypothesis merges the tasks of reading and discussion, allowing students to hold contextualized discussions and share their reading experience.


Sipping Streams in the M3 Cafe

tea, honey, biscuits
 

The M3 Cafe in the Murie Building is now open and serving items from local partner the Sipping Streams Tea Company.


Big space mystery gets big attention from UAF space physicist 

Two men in face masks work on a small satellite, called a cubesat, on a table in a workshop.
 

UAF Associate Professor Hyunju Connor is working on three satellite launches to better understand the interaction of the solar wind with Earth's magnetosphere.


Natural cycles in the Gulf of Alaska affect ocean acidification 

 

New research at UAF shows that the fluctuations of major wind and ocean circulation systems can temporarily accelerate or reverse the rate of ocean acidification in the Gulf of Alaska.

What's on today

Deadlines and reminders


Starvation Gulch 2021

fire fighters near bonfire
 

Starvation Gulch is this week, with activities from Thursday through Sunday. Be sure to head to the Nenana parking lot for the bonfires Saturday at 9 p.m.


IAB Life Sciences Seminar: Biogeography and Bering Land Bridge

man holding a steppe bison skull
 

Daniel Mann will be the speaker for the Institute of Arctic Biology Life Sciences Seminar on Friday, Sept. 17, at 3 p.m. by Zoom.


Enter the 2021 Alaska Top Crop Contest 

Several yellow sunflowers bloom on tall green leafy stalks.
 

How did your garden grow this year? Were the sunflowers extra tall? Enter photos in the Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center's second annual Alaska Top Crop Contest.


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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