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UAF Financial Aid Summer Scholarship

The UAF Financial Aid Summer Scholarship Application is open. All students registered for summer 2024 need to apply here by May 1!


Drone footage of the 2022 Sleetmute flood on May 8, 2022, shows the water overtaking the houses and flooding the community.Predicting Alaska’s spring breakup

Alaska’s communities are teaming up with researchers and forecasters to find better ways to warn of floods. Read more in the Spring 2024 Aurora.


Poker Flat Rocket Launch Presentation

UAF’s Poker Flat Research Range will soon launch two rockets to view the sun! Don’t miss a presentation April 4 by Lindsay Glesener and Sabrina Savage, mission principal investigators, about the launches. Bring your questions for a special Q&A reception after the talk. Snacks will be provided. The entire UAF community is welcome to attend. E-mail uaf-gi-outreach@alaska.edu for more info. Can’t attend in person? Register via Zoom.


An aerial photo of people forming the letters U A F.UAF continues Giving Day record-breaking streak

University of Alaska Fairbanks supporters broke another record this year with more than 1,000 individual donations during the 49-hour UA Giving Day event March 26-28, an increase of more than 25% percent over 2023. Read more about this year's Giving Day. 


April 5: 'A Place for Knowledge Exchange' collaboration brunch

The facilitators of the seminar series A Place for Knowledge Exchange invite you to a collaboration brunch hosted by the International Arctic Research Center. The brunch will be held in Akasofu 501 on April 5 from 10 a.m. to noon. IARC and the College of Rural and Community Development hold the brunches quarterly to build stronger ties between the two organizations and support collaborative approaches in research, education and real-life community-based practices in rural Alaska. Learn more and register.


UAF Community Yoga Club weekly practice

Meet up every Saturday from 9:30-11:00 a.m. at the UPark Gym. Sessions are open to participants of all levels, and props are available. Attendance is free for students, and $5 donation for others. Check out our Facebook page or website for more information. We hope you'll join us!


Seafood safety classes April 12, 26

Alaska Sea Grant is offering two online seafood safety courses in April through the Alaska Seafood School, both available statewide. On April 12, Seafood Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point, Segment 2 practical training will be taught via Zoom. On April 26, Sanitation Control Procedures for Seafood Processors will also be taught via Zoom. Learn more and register.


Pesticide applicator training classes set for April 23-25

A three-day certified pesticide applicator training course is scheduled for April 23-25. It will be taught by the University Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service via Zoom and is available statewide. Register by 5 p.m. April 16. Learn more and register.

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A still photo of a woman with a dog from the film poster'8 Keys for Adults with FASD' film showing, Q&A with cast

A free film showing and Q&A with cast members of the documentary film "8 Keys for Adults with FASD" will be open to the public on April 8 from 6-7:30 p.m. in the Wood Center-Ballroom. Read more about the film. 


First Friday at the MILL

Join us at The MILL on Friday, April 5 from noon to 2 p.m. for a casual First Friday celebration of work created in response to the March Making Challenge. For more information, contact Zach Cureton-Hazard.


Large whale bone assemblage with rib acting as an umiak with a group of 6 human figures inside, one of whom is a baby in the arms of an adult. Three figures have wooden paddles. Figures wear parkas of caribou and rabbit fur. Faces carved from wood.

Museum programs explore travel in April

Family programs at the University of Alaska Museum of the North will explore the theme of travel in April. Learn more about the programs.


About Cornerstone

The Cornerstone student newsletter is produced by University Relations and emailed weekly to all students. You can submit news items here. If you are no longer a student, please contact us at UAF-Cornerstone@alaska.edu.

 

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