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A child sits in a museum gallery in front of a wooden sculpture, sketching on a pad of paper in their lap.Art Exploration Days

Explore the museum! Each day will offer new ideas for self-guided discoveries, including an art prompt, scavenger hunt, and take-home activity (while supplies last). Drop in any time all day. All ages welcome. Activities are designed for ages 6 and up. Included with museum admission. The first Art Exploration Day is Monday, March 13 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the UA Museum of the North. Learn more.


Seminar: Cascading effects of climate change and wildfire on a subarctic lake

Aquatic ecologist Amy Larsen, Ph.D., from the National Park Service will present research on Friday, March 10 from 3-4 p.m. in the Murie Auditorium on the Alaska climate envelope undergoing rapid changes that strongly influence watershed structure and function. She will introduce the NPS's Lake Monitoring Program, and much of the presentation will focus on the impacts that severe fire has had on a small watershed located in eastern interior Alaska including major changes in vegetation, permafrost, and lake water chemistry.


Erin LarsonCFOS Seminar: Disruptive synthesis in aquatic ecology

The College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences will host a seminar on Friday, March 10 from 3-4 p.m. featuring research professor Erin Larson from the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Alaska Center for Conservation Science. Larson will present “Disruptive synthesis in aquatic ecology: from the Amazon, to Wikipedia, to extreme events.” The seminar is available via Zoom and will also be shown in Fairbanks at O’Neill 201 and in Juneau at Lena 101. Please register in advance.

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Banner Outage occurring March 9-14

Starting at 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 9 the final phase of transitioning all Banner applications and associated Ellucian products to the cloud will commence, with an expected completion date of no later than Tuesday, March 14. During that time, there will be absolutely no access to UAOnline or other Banner applications. Single Sign-on (SSO) and Duo Authentication will not be impacted by the outage, nor will Google applications, Zoom, OU Campus or other non-Banner applications. For more information, see these FAQs.


The UAF Honors College is delighted to announce Sean McGee, director of the bachelor of security and emergency management program, as the 2023 Robert Piacenza Excellence in Teaching Award winner.


MyUA performance evaluation training

Training is available now on how to prepare for performance evaluations, supervisor responsibilities, and the condensed steps in MyUA. For training dates and times and to sign up for this training please, visit MyUA. The next session is Thursday, March 23 from 2-3:30 p.m. There will also be a recording of the training in the MyUA training listing. Employees and supervisors completing paper performance evaluation form; updates have been made to better align with the rating system from MyUA.


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.

 

UAF is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, educational institution and provider and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination/.