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I am surrounded by smart people throughout the university — faculty, staff and students.
What a privilege that is. And they are not just smart. They care, they are passionate,
and they are diverse. That's why I love working here.
Nominations are open for the Brina Kessel Medal for Excellence in Science. Kessel
was a professor for more than 40 years and devoted a lifetime to the study of ornithology,
emphasizing the birds of Arctic and subarctic Alaska.
Lt. Henry Allen and a few tattered comrades traveled from near present-day Cordova
up to what is now Bettles. They then turned around and beat winter to St. Michael,
where they jumped the last boat for San Francisco.
Yelena Mazour-Matusevich will lead a teaching presentation and Q&A at noon Friday,
March 25, via Zoom. The presentation, which was initially planned for March 18, was
rescheduled.
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What's on today
What's on this weekend
Deadlines and reminders
Scott Walter will present "Student Engagement Through Research and Field-Based Learning"
at the IAB Life Sciences Seminar on Friday, March 25 at 3 p.m. via Zoom.
The Alaska NSF EPSCoR program will host an online presentation by Lt. Dustin Picard,
a recruiting officer for the NOAA Corps. Picard will talk about careers with the Corps,
which is the uniformed component of NOAA.
The registration deadline for the upcoming symposium on the Alaska Native Claims Settlement
Act on April 12-13, 2022, has been extended. People are encouraged to register online
until Friday, April 8, 2022.
The Learning Inside Out Network is hosting an event on Saturday, March 26 from 9 a.m.-2
p.m., "Writing Resilience: Making Meaning of the Bounce Back from Trauma." The free
event will be led by local creative writer and teacher Tiumaluali'i Jody Hassel, a
licensed trainer and supervisor of the Trauma Center Trauma-Senstive Yoga at the Center
for Trauma and Embodiment, Justice Resource Institute.
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