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UAF Black Student Union

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The Black Student Union is a student organization promoting cultural diversity, with special regard to students who identify as Black. Club meetings are Thursdays at 1 p.m. Read more

Virtual TRIO Day celebration

The University of Alaska will celebrate TRIO Day on Friday, Feb. 19, from 2-4:30 p.m. TRIO Day honors the success and determination of students who are low income or first generation, or who experience a disability. Read more

UAF graduate counseling student awarded national honor

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Hannah Whitaker, a graduate student in the UAF counseling program, has been named a 2020-2021 Emerging Leader by the American College Counseling Association. Read more

Leave it to beavers

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Read about how these rodents' new dams expand Arctic lakes and rivers in the latest edition of Aurora magazine online. Read more

BLaST undergraduate professional development series

BLaST's undergraduate professional development workshop Feb. 18, from 3:30-5 p.m., will be Writing for Publication (aka How to Achieve Scientific Immortality). Read more

Apply for these funding opportunities

URSA 2021 Summer Project Awards (Feb. 21)
BLaST summer 2021 Undergraduate Research Experience (Feb. 28)
Summer fellowships for STEM undergrads (March 1)

Shine a Light: Black history in Alaska

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Jo Malbert Narváez will present Black in Hindsight: A Review of Black History in Alaska on Monday,
Feb. 22, at 6:30 p.m. Read more

Other Black History Month events
Black history timeline (Feb. 21-28)
Racial Justice 101 (Feb. 25)

Citation workshop

The Rasmuson Library will hold a workshop on citation styles and using citation management software on Tuesday, Feb. 23, from 10-11:30 a.m. Read more

Lectures

CFOS Seminar: Ocean change impacts on three marine species (Feb. 17)
IAB Life Science Hour Seminar: Chantel Michelson (Feb. 19)
TEK Talk 09: ‘Indigenous Participation in Research’ (Feb. 22)
‘Tectonic Social Distancing Along the Denali Fault’ (Feb. 23)

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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