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Alexander Hirsch, director of the UAF Honors College and Climate Scholars Program

Friday Focus: Transformative experience

UAF has an energizing new vision statement: "Excellence through transformative experiences." This is a bold and expansive new vision for America's Arctic university. It invites us to consider that post-secondary education at Alaska's research institution is about creating meaningful discoveries, fully embracing our unique and inspiring place, and ultimately enriching lives.


Ezgi Karasözen and map

For UAF seismologist, Turkey earthquake is personal

Ezgi Karasözen was packing for a trip in early February when her husband told her of a devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake in their native Turkey and northern Syria. Read more.


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Nanook Sports Update

Men's Basketball stunned at buzzer as MSUB connects on late winner

Pulles grabs win on day one of UAA Invitational before third-place finish on day two; Kalev joins on podium in Men's Race on day two

Women's Basketball overpowered on the road by Montana State Billings


A close-up photo of a raven reveals scrape marks on its beak and iridescence on its upper-chest feathers.

Butterflies and ravens as poetic inspiration

Stories about ravens and chickadees and wolves result in more responses in my inbox than others. The past few weeks after one story about winter butterflies and another about raven talk have been predictable in that way, but unpredictable in another. Read more.

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Photo of the Snake River.

Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference call for abstracts

Researchers are invited to submit abstracts for presentations or posters by March 1 for the Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference in early April.


UAF in the News

Stunning aurora fills Alaska sky with mesmerizing green light display: 'Wonderous' polar lights are filmed by keen student in -25F temperatures (Daily Mail)

Alaska resident wins prestigious wildlife photography award (West Coast Traveller)

Geopolitical changes call food security into question (KNOM)

Zooplankton research reveals a glimpse of the potential future Northern Bering Sea ecosystem (FishingBoating.World) 


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Science for Alaska lecture series: Plate to plate - Rupture of the Great Alaska Earthquake

The Geophysical Institute will host free public talks at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays live at Schaible Auditorium and via Zoom. On Feb. 28, Evans Onyango will present “Plate to Plate: Rupture of the Great Alaska Earthquake.”


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