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— By Dan White. As I look back on the fall 2021 semester I see many events and actions
that brought people together, but also many that pushed people apart.
One-hundred and 11 experts on the land, ocean and ice north of the Arctic Circle pitched
in to write the 2021 Arctic Report Card, which was presented in New Orleans this week.
Fire season begins while snow is still on the ground in Alaska, starting with an annual
March meeting when fire managers look at how the months ahead may unfold. For each
of the past two springs, University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers have added their
own insight into the process.
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What's on this weekend
Deadlines and reminders
The UAF United Way workplace campaign ended Thursday, Dec. 16, raising $16,572 for
United Way.
Another session has been added for a Canvas course provided by UAF eCampus instructional
designers. The course will be on Jan. 5-7 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. daily, with breaks.
A new University of Alaska Fairbanks-led effort is working to predict how the changing
hydrology of the Chena, Salcha and Chatanika rivers could alter the potential for
flooding events during the next half-century in the Tanana Valley.
The Chukchi Campus in Kotzebue held two skin sewing workshops taught by local experts
this fall. Students gathered to learn how to make rabbit mittens and fox fur hats,
a practice in Iñupiaq skin-sewing.
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