Cornerstone: Aug. 23, 2024

Chancellor's Budget Forum postponed

Join Chancellor Dan White for a presentation of the university’s budget on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at 1 p.m. The location is TBD. The event will also be available online. Learn more about the forum and participating panelists.

Madara Mason appointed new interim director of Honors College

Madara Mason has been appointed the new interim director of the Honors College and starts this role on Oct. 21, 2024. Mason is an Honors program graduate herself, and is an experienced educator and innovator, with over 20 years of experience at UAF managing teams and teaching undergraduate and graduate courses for multiple departments. Read more on what Mason brings to the role.

Spooky Science Season! Creepy Crawlies of Alaska

Do you love creepy crawlies? Join us Oct. 23 at noon to learn more about Alaska's insect zombies (parasitoid wasps and entomopathogenic fungi), haunted houses (gall-making insects), undertakers (carrion beetles), costume parties (spooky-themed bug fashion), and confections (candies made from insect products) from CES entomologist Alex Wenninger. Learn more and register for the Zoom webinar.

Graduate School IDP Luncheon and Training

The Graduate School is hosting a lunch and learn event on Wednesday, Oct. 23 from noon to 1 p.m. for students, faculty, and staff to learn more about Individualized Development Plans. Learn more about the event.

BLaST Undergraduate Research Experience student Emma Reichl holding a red king crab, August 2024.

BLaST Spring 2025 Undergraduate Research Experience funding

Applications are being accepted for the Biomedical Learning and Student Training Spring 2025 Undergraduate Research Experience to earn up to $3,000. The deadline to apply is Nov. 11 at midnight. Learn more and share this opportunity with your students.

Two men in winter gear stand together on a snowy mountain top with the sun shining behind them.

Denali climbed, its snow sampled for plastics

Two mountaineers who are also University of Alaska Fairbanks students were successful in their attempt to reach the top of North America's highest peak in summer 2024. Read more on the climb.

What's happening

Deadlines and reminders

Alaska student selected for Sea Grant Knauss fellowship

Alaska Sea Grant is thrilled to announce that Connie Melovidov, a University of Alaska Fairbanks master's student, will begin a prestigious Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship in Washington, D.C., next year. Read more on Melovidov's research.

Mole plushies to be hidden around campus for people to find in the scavenger hunt.

Find the Mole!

Get ready to celebrate National Mole Day with a weeklong campus-wide scavenger hunt, hosted by the ACS Chemistry Club and the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics! Learn more about the scavenger hunt and how to participate to win.

Coffee with a Cop

The UAF Police Department will be hosting Coffee with a Cop in the mall area of the Wood Center by the lower lounge on Oct. 29 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Officers and dispatchers will be available to answer questions regarding safety and emergency police services on campus. Come by for a complimentary cup of coffee and a danish. You can also enter a drawing for a chance to win a unique Halloween themed police patch! Read more and come visit with our campus police department.

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