For many of the business-suit types in Washington, D.C., jeans, t-shirts, and backpacks
camouflage science rockstars as they scurried between sessions at the American Geophysical
Union meeting this week. Every year over 25,000 geoscientists assemble to discuss
their results, discover new collaborators, and learn what is happening at the cutting
edge of their field. And hopefully, due to the hard work of the UAF Research AGU booth
committee and many others, more are enticed to join us here, in Fairbanks, as new
faculty or new students. UAF was well represented with more than 170 faculty, students,
and staff participating in AGU24 giving roughly 180 presentations during the week.
While old hat for many faculty, presenting at AGU is a rite of passage for students
as they advance to their degrees. Continue reading this week's Friday Focus.
Faculty members can now nominate their top candidates for UAF's campus visit for prospective
Ph.D. students. The visit is scheduled for Feb. 27 - March 2, 2025 and will be fully
funded, including airfare, activities, meals and lodging for those selected. Learn more on submitting prospective Ph.D. students.
Learn how to keep yourself and your family safe in a free online presentation given
by Leif Albertson, a health, home and family development agent with the University
of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service. Albertson will summarize the proper
cooking, cooling and reheating practices for keeping dishes and families safe. Read more and register for the webinar.
New employees working remotely are invited to participate in an hour-long overview
of UAF via Zoom on Monday, Dec. 16 from 1 – 2 p.m. These events are held monthly. Attendees will receive a branded UAF t-shirt. The event is tentatively scheduled for Monday,
Dec. 16 from 1-2 p.m. Sign up here. Email UAF-welcome-team@alaska.edu if you have questions.
The Faculty Alliance will host their second annual Thought Leaders Forum for two half-days
of virtual Zoom meetings, March 27, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and March 28, from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. This year's topic is "Universities as a Public and Common Good: Investing
in Students, Communities, and Careers." Learn more on submitting proposals.
Scientists within the University of Alaska System, including graduate students and
faculty members, are invited to apply for the Angus Gavin Memorial Migratory Bird
Research Grant. Applications may be submitted through Friday, Jan. 17, for 2025 field season proposals.
UAF in the News
Crossing The Bering Bridge Meant Finding A Path Through Swampy Ground (IFLScience)
UAF begins ski season with Nordic Cup against UAA on new campus trails (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
Ongoing earthquake swarm with 'significant' quakes rocks Alaska's Aleutian Islands (FOX Weather)
178 UAF researchers attending ‘Super Bowl for geophysicists’ (KUAC)
Hunters use coastal radars to evaluate ice conditions. Soon they might be able to
use them to predict ice breaking off. (Anchorage Daily News)
Arctic has changed dramatically in just a couple of decades – 2024 report card shows
worrying trends in snow, ice, wildfire and more (The Conversation)
New study aims to fill in the data gaps on EV use in rural Alaska (Alaska Public Media)
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Final employee Cornerstone of 2024
The final employee Cornerstone of 2024 will be published on Friday, Dec. 20. Send
submissions no later than 5 p.m. on Dec. 17 for inclusion. The first employee Cornerstone
to be published for 2025 will be Jan 6.
A retirement celebration for Tracey Martinson will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 18 from
3-5 p.m. in the lobby of the Margaret Murie building. Martinson has worked at UAF
in various capacities for 34 years, most recently as director of Environmental, Health,
Safety, and Risk Management. Read more on the celebration of Martinson's career.
Take a stroll through a winter wonderland under the Arctic Lights at the Georgeson
Botanical Garden. The garden, on the University of Alaska Fairbanks Troth Yeddha'
Campus, will be festooned with lights on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, Dec. 19
through Jan. 18. Learn more about the lighted winter wonderland.
The VCR Office is hosting three training opportunities on Jan. 9-11, 2025 for key
research personnel (faculty and staff). Once you've completed RCR training, it's valid
for four years, so if you're due for a renewal, this is the perfect chance to jump
in. Registration for the sessions is open now.
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