Weather permitting we'll meet on Oct. 15 from noon to 12:30 p.m. at Ambler Lane on
the West side of the Chapman Building and take the Himalayan Trail to Yukon Drive
and down to Wood Center for about a 30 min walk. Check the Employee Experience calendar or email UAF-welcome-team@alaska.edu to confirm your participation. Sponsored by Onboarding and Engagement.
Join us on Oct. 17 at 7 p.m., to cheer on the Nanooks volleyball team in the Alaska
Airlines Gymnasium! This game is against our in-state rivals UAA. Wear white to support
the team! Read more on the event and how students can get in free.
Join us for an engaging talk by Paul Sabin, professor of History and Environmental
Studies at Yale, as he explores shifts in environmental politics, from NIMBY to YIMBY.
Discover how public participation and environmental values are evolving in the face
of climate change and what it means for the future of green infrastructure, housing,
and energy policies. Open to all university students and faculty! Watch live on Zoom or join our watch party in GRUE 614E on Wednesday, Oct. 16, from 10:30 a.m. to noon.
Learn more about the event.
Visit a birch grove under the full moon and learn about these trees Thursday, Oct.
17, on the University of Alaska Fairbanks' North Campus. The event, sponsored by OneTree
Alaska, will run from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., with moonrise at 5:47 p.m. Read more on the event and a second celebration in December.
On Sept. 28, students, faculty and staff from UAF CTC Culinary Arts joined with the
Alaska Railroad and HooDoo Brewery to provide food service for 250 guests on a train
ride from Fairbanks to Nenana and back. Learn more about the annual training opportunity for CTC students.
Timothy Scherer has been appointed the new director of Advising and starts his new
role on Oct. 14, 2024. Scherer is a dynamic higher education leader with a proven
track record as a fearless learner, influential communicator, and catalyst for change.
Read more about Scherer and what he brings to his new role.
Brian Barnes is retiring from nearly 40 years as a Department of Biology and Wildlife
faculty member and Institute of Arctic Biology researcher. Join us at the UAF Pub
on Oct. 25 at 5 p.m. for a retirement celebration! Learn more about the retirement celebration for Barnes.
The Murdock Foundation supports cutting-edge scientific research from scientific biomedical
research institutions or major universities, mainly in the form of major scientific
instrumentation. White papers are due Oct. 25. Read more about submission guidelines and where to send in white papers.
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