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UAF will buy instruments to expand Fairbanks air studies

A $702,000 National Science Foundation grant to the University of Alaska Fairbanks will pay for two science instruments to expand the study of wintertime air pollution and summertime wildfire smoke in cold-weather cities such as Fairbanks. Read more on the the grant impact.


Week's events: George Rydlinski, Swedish death cleaning, ending suicide, string band

University of Alaska Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here's what's happening during the final week, Aug. 12-18.


Join the fall Innovation Corps program and make ideas a reality

I-Corps is a seven-week stakeholder discovery program open to researchers, students and community members interested in increasing the impact of their research or business ideas. The fall 2024 cohort will run from Tuesday, Sept. 23 through Monday, Nov. 4, meeting virtually on Tuesdays at 4 p.m. each week. Program applications are open until mid-September. Learn how to apply.


A flat-topped, cliff-sided hill rises from the tundra above a clear stream running through gravel bars.

Pondering the mystery of the Mesa people

Now as quiet as wind whispering through grass, a plateau rising from the flats of northern Alaska was for thousands of years a lookout for ancient Alaskans. Read on about research into these historic people.

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Event: Meet Your UA Procurement Team

UA Procurement and Contract Services is hosting a "Meet Your Procurement Team" event at UAF. The event will be held at Arctic Java inside the Wood Center on Aug. 19 from 4-5 p.m. Light snacks will be provided. The entire procurement team will be available for questions and conversations during this one hour event. The procurement team looks forward to meeting and talking with UAF staff and faculty.


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/.