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Anupma Prakash wearing a gold dress and mask

Friday Focus: I've declared it spring!

— By Anupma Prakash. I find myself smiling more when I see light outside my office window, and it warms my heart to see the UAF community engaged in planning activities across all our campuses building up momentum to Spring Break festivities.


2022 Commencement will include 2 ceremonies

UAF will celebrate commencement on Saturday, April 30, 2022, at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks. To safely celebrate, we're planning to hold two short, student-centered ceremonies.


LinkedIn Learning licenses available

UAF Staff Council is offering LinkedIn Learning licenses for professional development needs to all campuses. LinkedIn Learning, formerly Lynda.com, has thousands of professional online courses.


A small tower with a solar panel and weather instruments sits on a yellow tundra hilltop broken with black rock outcrops. In the background is a wide tundra valley with lakes, and blue mountains rise beyond the valley.

Ninety below zero and the unfrozen beer

It is early February, about the date Glenn Shaw once noted as the first day at Fairbanks' latitude you could feel the tickle of the sun on your cheek.

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Gwenn Hennon

Science for Alaska Lecture: Glacial retreat at Alaska's coastal margins

The UAF Geophysical Institute presents the virtual 2022 Science for Alaska Lecture Series. On Tuesday, Feb. 15, at 7 p.m., assistant professor Gwenn Hennon will present "Life on Thin Ice: Glacial Retreat at Alaska's Coastal Margins."


Sean Dowgray, UAF percussion instructor, plays in the UAF Davis Concert Hall. Photo Credit: Scott Hansen

Sean Dowgray performs with Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra

Sean Dowgray, instructor of percussion in the UAF Music Department, will perform John Corgiliano's percussion concerto, "Conjurer," with the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra this Sunday, Feb. 13.


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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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