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Valdez Harbor. Photo by Jeff Fisher

ABEC Mariculture Innovation Research Fund RFP

The Alaska Blue Economy Center is soliciting proposals for applied mariculture research funding. Projects must be conducted in Alaska by University of Alaska faculty and staff who have partnered with mariculture industry stakeholders on applied research. The maximum award is $200,000. The first review of submissions will take place for proposals submitted by 11:59 p.m. (Alaska) on Monday, May 22, 2023. Subsequent submissions will be reviewed quarterly on a rolling basis until the fund has been fully awarded.


Facilities Services meet and greet

Facilities Services would like to invite the campus community to visit our facility. Meet the shop service managers and tour the physical plant. Learn about the different departments and what they do. Staff will be available to answer questions. Choose from May 9 at
1 p.m. or May 11 at 10 a.m.
Join us in the physical plant bus bay for cookies and beverages.


Volunteers needed for Really Free Market

UAF Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is seeking volunteers to help with the 2023 Really Free Market. The event will be on Saturday, May 20 at the Lola Tilly parking lot. Clean, safe, usable items will be dropped off from 8-10 a.m. The market will begin at 10 a.m., with no selling, bartering or swapping. A volunteer sign-up sheet will be available soon. Please read the volunteer duties sheetFor more info, contact summer@alaska.edu or call 907-474-7021.

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Graduates celebrate during the balloon drop during UAF's 2023 Commencement Ceremony at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks.2023 Commencement Week photos!

Last week was full of events as we geared up to celebrate our graduates during UAF's 101st Commencement. Check out some highlights in our Facebook album


Proposals due May 15 for Student Success Convening in October

Join faculty and staff across the University of Alaska system committed to advancing student success inside and outside the classroom. The next UA Student Success Convening is scheduled for Oct. 19 and 20. Please consider participating and presenting in the next Student Success Convening! You can propose any type of session, but the most successful sessions allow participants to engage with you or participants in Q&A or discussion, with each other in conversation, and provide attendees with concrete or actionable ideas at the end of the session. Submit your session proposal by May 15, 2023.


About Cornerstone

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