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Holiday gathering today

Please join Chancellor Dan White at  today's holiday gathering from 2:30-5:30 p.m. in Wood Center.


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Forrest Kuiper named chief of University Fire Department

A product of UAF's fire science program, Forrest Kuiper has been working in the fire service since 1997, when he started working at UAF as a student firefighter.


Vice chancellor for research candidate presentations, feedback

The public presentations by the finalists for vice chancellor for research are now available. Feedback is due by 5 p.m. Dec. 17.


CalWave's wave energy converter deployed offshore near Scripps Institute of Oceanography in Sand Diego. Photo courtesy of CalWave.

ACEP researchers help energy startups

Michelle Wilber, Chris Pike and Eloise Brown, with UAF's Alaska Center for Energy and Power, recently served as panelists for the second session of Launch Alaska's 2021 Tech Deployment Track.


Gamers sit at consoles in the Alaska Esports Center at UAF.

UAF esports teams building on first semester of competition

UAF entered the world of intercollegiate esports competition this semester, fielding four teams that compete against gamers across the country.

What's on today


New time for United Way agency spotlights

The United Way Zoom spotlight meetings will be held from 12:30 p.m. today and tomorrow. Join to learn about these community organizations and be entered to win prizes!


The Choir of the North performs their annual winter concert on Dec. 9, 2017, in the Davis Concert Hall. UAF Photo by Zayn Roohi.

Choir of the North to perform holiday concert

The Choir of the North will present its holiday concert Saturday, Dec. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the Davis Concert Hall.


Photo courtesy of UAMN. Cabin in the Woods by Helen Linck Atkinson is on display at the UA Museum of the North.

December museum programs explore winter

The University of Alaska Museum of the North is focusing on the theme of winter during family programs in December.


KUAC FM's New Year's Eve Community Tune-In

KUAC 89.9 FM will again offer a special, locally produced New Year's Eve program with songs and dedications requested by the public by Dec. 22.


Teaching Tip: Updating your syllabus with current requirements

In addition to the information we want to include in our syllabi, there is information that is required by the UAF Faculty Senate.


Photo by Jason Ahrns Clouds of vapor traces caused by chemical releases from the rocket form a grid pattern to show the movement of the wind in the upper atmosphere. The photograph was made from a NASA aircraft off the northeast coast of Greenland.

Rocket flies high over Norway in UAF scientist's atmosphere experiment

The C-REX-2 experiment is looking for answers to a dense patch in the Earth's upper atmosphere.


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