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Tracey Martinson, director of Environmental Health, Safety and Risk Management

Friday Focus: Make adventures your fault

Several years ago, one of my best friends gave me a birthday card with a photo of two old(er) ladies on it. At the top it read "We've been through a lot together." Nice sappy Hallmark greeting, right? But then, right after that, it read "And most of it was your fault." Can you believe that? I keep that card hanging up where I can see it regularly because, first of all, it is funny, and second, it reminds me of the importance of trying new things and occasionally getting yourself and your friends and family involved in something that, at the time, maybe doesn't seem like such a good idea after all. Continue reading this week's Friday Focus.


New TimelyCare service for students

TimelyCare is offered as a supplement to the extensive existing in-person and virtual services offered by the UAF Student Health and Counseling Center. This is a no-cost service offered to enrolled students residing in the United States. These virtual mental health services are available 24/7, 365 days/year, and include immediate crisis care and up to nine ongoing counseling sessions per academic year. Learn more about the new service for students.


Jaunelle Celaire, professor of voice

Jaunelle Celaire receives 2024 Edith R. Bullock Prize for Excellence

The University of Alaska Foundation Board of Directors has awarded the 2024 Edith R. Bullock Prize for Excellence to Jaunelle Celaire, UAF professor of voice. Read more about the recognition for Celaire.


Alaska Nanooks Denali State Bank Ice Block Classic volleyball tournament logo

Alaska Nanooks food truck rally Sept. 14

The Alaska Nanooks invite you to celebrate the return of the athletics season with the second annual Food Truck Rally and Volleyball Tournament on Sept. 14 at the Patty Center parking lot. Read more about the event and support our 'Nooks! 


UAF in the News

University welcomes students back to campus (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)

New and updated facilities open at UAF for the fall semester (KTVF)

Psychedelic medicine in Alaska | Line One (Alaska Public Media)

UAF launches new engineering degree that's part resource development, part sustainability (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)

Tamamta (all of us): Transforming Western and Indigenous Sciences together (Player FM)

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UAF Bookstore Bundle

Through the UAF Bookstore Bundle program, students will have the option to rent all required textbooks, lab manuals, access codes, digital materials and electronic books for a flat fee. Materials can be conveniently delivered by the first day of class. All eligible students are automatically enrolled upon registering for classes. The option to opt-out is available for students who prefer to purchase their course materials on their own. Learn more about the new program.


View from UAF's Joseph E. Usibelli Engineering Building overlooking the Fairbanks area.
Fairbanks energy burden is the Railbelt's highest, report finds

A new report by University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers reveals the energy burden for Fairbanks North Star Borough residents to be drastically higher than the Lower 48. Learn more details from the report.


A scientific slide covered in circles of white and light brown microorganisms is held up in a laboratory.

Microbiologist reviews threats, opportunities of fungi in space

Learn about the unseen microbial hitchhikers, including fungi, that join humans in the exploration of space in a free webinar taught by microbiologist Marta Filipa Simoes. Read more and register to attend.


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