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Friday Focus: The history of the future

— By Owen Guthrie. I love this old aerial image of Troth Yeddha'. It was taken by Bradford Washburn on a late September afternoon in 1938. The Main Building of UAF, now gone, looks to have been designed with such aspiration! I am guessing it was the largest and most future-focused building in Fairbanks at the time.


UAF research funding successes

A variety of UAF researchers have recently been awarded funding for their work. Please join Vice Chancellor for Research Nettie La Belle-Hamer in congratulating them for their successful proposals.


Kuskokwim Consortium Library named finalist for national medal

The Institute of Museum and Library Services announced today that the Kuskokwim Consortium Library is among 30 finalists for the 2022 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. The Kuskokwim Consortium Library is the only institution in Alaska to be selected as a 2022 finalist.


Rocket launch

Two rockets launch from Poker Flat in aurora experiment

Two sounding rockets soared northward from Poker Flat Research Range early Thursday morning in an experiment to study how energy behaves during an aurora.

 

 

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Arctic Innovation Competition awards creative thinking

The University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Business and Security Management will award over $40,000 in cash prizes and scholarships Saturday, April 16, after the final round of presentations in the 2022 UAF Arctic Innovation Competition.


IAB seminar: Military suicide prevention

Military suicide prevention is the focus of the upcoming IAB Life Sciences Seminar on Friday, April 8 at 3 p.m. via Zoom.


April teaching spotlight: Tyler Kirk

Tyler Kirk is an assistant professor of history and the assistant director of Arctic and Northern Studies at UAF. He will give a presentation and Q&A at noon on Friday, April 8, via Zoom.


A lynx paw, sporting white guard hairs and light tan underfur, covers most of a person's hand and fingers.

Live-trapping lynx in the far north

The lynx looks out from inside a chicken-wire cage. Despite its loss of freedom and the nearby squeaking of boots on cold snow, the wild cat looks calm, as if it might be resting while digesting a snowshoe hare.


About Cornerstone

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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