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From Alaska to Ukraine, gene-sequencing professor chases viruses

From Alaska to Ukraine, gene-sequencing professor chases viruses

Devin Drown and his lab team aid the effort to identify Alaska’s coronavirus variants and keep health authorities updated on their spread. Find out more in the spring 2022 Aurora.


Healthy Living lecture series begins June 7

The University of Alaska Fairbanks will host the free Healthy Living lecture series presented by UAF Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning starting June 7, offering a variety of presentations by Alaskan medical specialists and experts.


Photo by Ken Klima/iStockWild-caught, home-canned salmon, such as this batch, is some of the best eating fish to be found on any dinner table. Workshops in Homer and Soldotna in early June will teach participants a safe, tested method to can fish.

Food preservation workshops set for Kenai Peninsula communities

The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will host a series of food preservation classes, including one about canning fish, and offer other services in Homer and Soldotna in June.


2021 RAHI Graduates, photo credit JR Ancheta

RAHI kicks off its 40th annual summer program

The Rural Alaska Honors Institute welcomes students to UAF's Troth Yeddha' Campus for its 40th annual summer program. This year’s theme is “Success Happens on Purpose."


Submissions sought for NSF RII program

The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research is soliciting white papers for the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) program.

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The Akasofu Building on the UAF campus is bathed in smoke during the summer of 2004

The worst fire year we can remember

In a gorgeous warm year, we have not yet sniffed the bitter scent of flaming spruce. When we do, some of us will think back to a year that still haunts us.


Navigating difficult conversations during difficult times

In this interactive talk via Zoom on June 7 from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Amy Gallo, contributing editor at Harvard Business Review and author of Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People) and the HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict, combines management research and insights to provide straightforward advice on how to disagree with respect and empathy.


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