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Student stress and coping workshop series in January

"Taking Charge of Your Headspace" is back at the Student Health and Counseling Center every Tuesday from noon-1 p.m. Read more

Plus:
Free weekday meditation online

Film graduate wins international Russian film festival prize

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A film by Keziah Anderson '19 recently won “Best International Short” at the Stone Flower Film Festival in Russia. Read more

Gender-affirming support group

Student Health and Counseling has a support group every Thursday for students who identify as nonbinary, genderqueer, genderfluid, gender nonconforming, trans-identifying or gender questioning. Read more

New graduate traineeship for Indigenous fisheries, marine sciences

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An informational webinar about the Tamamta program will be offered on Friday, Jan. 22, from noon-1:30 p.m. via Zoom. Read more

UAF eCampus open house

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UAF eCampus invites all spring students, staff and faculty to a virtual open house on Friday, Jan. 29, from 6-8 p.m. Read more

Lectures

IAB/CFOS seminars (Jan. 20 and 22)
'Uncivilized: A Context for Alaska Native Equity'
(Jan. 25)'
'Rural Alaska Researchers on Home Shores' (Jan. 25)
Indigenizing fisheries, marine science (Jan. 25)

Student proposals for ocean acidification measurements

Through March 15, Ocean Acidification Research Center is accepting proposals from students to add ocean acidification measurements to their research projects. Read more

URSA Summer Project Awards

URSA is offering up to $5,000 for an individual or a group of two or more students conducting research or creative projects during the 2021 summer semester. Read more

Scholarships and funding

INBRE graduate assistantship applications due Feb. 1
BLaST scholarship applications due Feb. 7
Alaska Sea Grant state fellowships (Feb. 12)
$5,750 undergraduate research and scholarly activity opportunity (Feb. 15)

Spring intramurals registration

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The spring season is open for Nanook Recreation intramurals. To participate, please register on the UAF intramural website. 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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