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Friday Focus: Slowing down

-- by Anupma Prakash. Alaska's long, cold, dark winter nights have the power and tranquility to slow everyone down. It is my time for reflective thinking and making more meaningful connections.


A hole in a glacier, a few hundred yards across and lined with gravel and ice, is surrounded by a plain of small trees in fall colors.

Elephant Point and trees growing on ice

For all the descriptive Alaska place names out there -- like the Grand Canyon, the Wall of China and the trio of Death Valleys -- there are some that really make you scratch your head.

What's on today

What's on this weekend

Deadlines and reminders


Artist talk with Teresa Shannon

Teresa Shannon, an adjunct lecturer in the Art Department, will give an artist talk Wednesday, Dec. 15, at 6 p.m. in the Bear Gallery in the Centennial Center for the Arts.


Inspiring Girls program seeking instructors for 2022 expeditions

Inspiring Girls Expeditions empowers young women to succeed through science, art and outdoor exploration, and is looking for field scientists, artists and outdoor guides for summer expeditions.


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