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Alaska Sea Grant to fund $1.2 million in new research

Alaska Sea Grant will fund six new research projects, with over $1.2 million supporting Alaska researchers and graduate students, during the next two years. Read more about the research projects. 


Earth's upper atmosphere

UAF on team in NASA-funded space weather project competition

The University of Alaska Fairbanks is part of a team led by the University of Colorado Boulder and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory that has won $2 million from NASA to pursue a mission studying how Earth’s lower atmosphere influences the upper atmosphere at low Earth orbit altitudes. Read more about the team.


Employee testimonials sought for UA Careers 

The Talent Acquisition and Development Team at UA Human Resource Services is seeking testimonials from new and established University of Alaska employees to potentially use on the university's careers site. Learn more and get the link to the form.


Join UAF at the Golden Days parade

Employees, students and alumni — sign up to walk or ride with UAF in the 2024 Golden Days Grande Parade on Saturday, July 20. Line-up begins at 9 a.m., and the parade runs from 10 a.m. to noon. Families are welcome, and participants will get a free T-shirt to wear during the parade. Don't miss out on the fun! Get the link to sign up.

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Week’s events: John Manthei, weight meds, nutrition, jazz

University of Alaska Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Summer Sessions is on hiatus during the week of July Fourth. Here’s what’s happening during the week of July 8-14.


An evening of wine and flowers

The Georgeson Botanical Garden Friends are hosting an evening of wine and flowers on Wednesday, July 17, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Learn more and get the link to purchase tickets.


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/.