Cornerstone: Feb. 27, 2023

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UAF breaks another Giving Day record with $834,000 raised

The University of Alaska Fairbanks had another record-breaking turnout during the third annual UA Giving Day event Feb. 22-23. Over the course of 49 hours, more than 800 donors contributed $834,244 to support students and programs at UAF, an increase of more than 26% over the amount raised during the previous Giving Day event. The total included 46 large matching gifts from dozens of sponsors. Learn more.

Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series presents Joe Sacksteder

Author Joe Sacksteder is coming to town, or at least to a computer screen near you on Friday, March 3 from 5-7:30 p.m. via Zoom. The Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series is presenting Sacksteder for a literary reading and Q&A session. All events are free and open to university students, stakeholders, and community members 18 years and older.

Nanook Sports Update

Men's hoops falls to Seattle Pacific to end 2022-23 season

Matsui leads the Nanooks to 4-2 victory with hat-trick

Nanooks Hockey grabs win #20 on the season with sweep of Sun Devils in Tempe

Women's hoops falls to Seattle Pacific to wrap-up season

Kramer, Pulles and Ophoff all podium for Nanooks in women's and men's freestyle races

Pulles and Ophoff podium for second-consecutive day to finish RMISA Regionals

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National Polar Bear Day

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Presentation by Ellise Smith of Fatness Fiction: "Mammy No More"

Tune into this free webinar on Wednesday, March 8 from 3-5 p.m. Ellise Antoinette Smith is from Detroit, Michigan, with a research focus on the experiences of bodies that identify as fat. With an interdisciplinary focus, Smith uses photography (#VisualActivism), podcasting, spoken word poetry, and social media as a catalyst to center these narratives. Register here.

A fish print in black ink on white paper rests on a table beside a dead fish coated in black ink. From out of the frame, a person's hands are seen signing the print with an ink pen.

Museum offers two teen workshops in March

The University of Alaska Museum of the North will offer two ARTSci workshops for teens in March. The workshops explore the connections between art and science. On Monday, March 6, the program will focus on gyotaku, the Japanese art of fish printing. On March 30, the focus will be faux taxidermy. Both sessions run from 4 to 5:30 p.m.

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