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Register for URSA's 2021 Research and Creative Activity Days

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The 2021 edition of URSA's Research and Creative Activity Days will be online from April 6-8. Student presenters should register by March 12. Read more

UAF eCampus offers $500 summer tuition awards

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Taking an online eCampus course at UAF this summer? They're offering $500 summer tuition awards. Read more

Student funding opportunities

Alaska Sea Grant state fellowships (Feb. 12)
$5,750 undergraduate in Gulf of Alaska (Feb. 15)
URSA 2021 Summer Project Awards (Feb. 21)
BLaST Undergrad Research Experience (Feb. 28)
Summer fellowships for STEM undergrads (March 1)

The Nook is open for business

The Nook — part study lounge, part computer lab — is open weekdays 8 a.m.-9:30 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday, 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Read more

Nanooks seek help at volleyball and basketball games

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The Department of Athletics is looking for staff and faculty members who would like to join the crew for Alaska Nanooks volleyball and basketball games. Read more

Campus Cache and Subway in MBS now open to all

UAF nonresident students, faculty and staff can now visit the Campus Cache and Subway daily from
11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Read more

Black History Month film screening: 'Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise'

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The Nanook Diversity and Action Center hosts a screening of "Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise" Thursday, Feb. 11, from 5:30-8 p.m. in the Wood Center multilevel lounge. There is limited seating, so register now! Read more

Science Communication Club meetings for spring 2021

The UAF Science Communication Club meetings are for all students, staff and faculty interested in communicating science. Read more

Graduate student health insurance forum

A UAF graduate student health insurance forum will be held Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 1 p.m. via Zoom.
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Three-minute thesis

CFOS to host three-minute thesis competition
The College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences will host the first round of an online Three Minute Thesis competition on Tues., Feb. 16, beginning at noon. The event is open to the public via Zoom. Read more

Panel, film about challenges women face in science

The UAF community can view the film "Picture a Scientist," which explores the challenges that women and women of color face in science, online Thursday, Feb. 11. Join an online discussion of the film at
1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12. Read more

Lectures

CFOS: Geochemical tracers of Arctic Ocean processes (Feb. 10)
TEK Talk: ‘Project Evaluation in Indigenous Contexts’ (Feb. 15)

Catalytic converter thefts

Law enforcement in the Fairbanks area has been receiving reports of catalytic converter thefts to vehicles left unattended in parking lots. Read more

About Cornerstone

The Cornerstone student newsletter is produced by University Relations during the fall and spring semesters. If you are no longer a student, please contact us at uaf-cornerstone@news.uaf.edu.
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