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Children run along a boardwalk in the village of Kongiganak with the community’s 475 kw wind farm in the distance

ACEP's Byrd among photo contest winners

Amanda Byrd, the chief storyteller at the Alaska Center for Energy and Power, is among the winners of the Navigating the New Arctic photo contest. Byrd earned recognition for a photo taken in Kongiganak during her first ACEP storytelling assignment in 2017. It shows children running along a boardwalk in the village with the community’s 475 kw wind farm in the distance. Navigating the New Arctic projects are funded by the National Science Foundation. More information about the NNA photo contest, including the winning entries, is available here.


UA HR training opportunity: A practical guide to remote work

This training session provided by UA HR from 10-11 a.m. on Oct. 4 will give employees and supervisors an easy, constructive overview on starting and maintaining effective remote work environments. This training will cover: setting your schedule and designing your remote work space; choosing technology; staying connected; building trust in your team; and avoiding burnout. To sign up for this training session, please visit MyUA.


Parking permit reminder

Please ensure your parking permit is valid. While warnings were issued for the first week of the semester, parking attendants are now issuing citations according to the parking policy.

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Headshot photo of Hideki Kobayashi, Ph.D., senior scientist at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology.IAB Life Sciences seminar Sept. 30

The IAB Life Sciences Seminars continue through a combined format, in-person and via Zoom. On Sept. 30 at 3 p.m., Hideki Kobayashi, Ph.D., senior scientist at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), will present, "Remote sensing of understory vegetation phenology in open spruce forests in Interior Alaska." For more information, please visit the IAB website about this seminar.


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