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A durable storage tote for expeditions took the top prize in the 2024 Arctic Innovation
Competition's main division. The competition awarded more than $45,000 in cash prizes
and scholarships on Saturday, April 20, at the Westmark Fairbanks Hotel. Read more on the winners.
The UAF Office of Sustainability and OneTree Alaska will host a birch-themed dinner
experience in The Pub on Tuesday, April 30 at 5 p.m. The menu will explore the versatility of birch syrup and all of the birch syrup integrated
into the meal is produced on the UAF Troth Yeddha' campus in the OneTree STEAM Studio.
Purchase tickets online for $38. Read more on the event.
The University Fire Department was recognized as the EMS Service provider of the year
by the Interior Region Emergency Medical Services at its 2024 awards banquet on April
5. Read more on the recognition.
We will be doing a walk around campus on April 26 at 7 p.m. for the event "Take Back
the Night '' with the memorial afterward by the circle garden and then we will gather
inside Arctic Java for a short presentation. Read more on this memorial event.
Effective July 1, 2024, First Year Advising, Student Support Services, and several
individual positions in the Center for Teaching and Learning will move from the Office
of the Provost to the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Enrollment
Management. Read more about the realignment.
BLaST Scholar Robin Masterman is the BLaST Scientist of the Month for April 2024!
Masterman is a fourth-year BLaST Scholar and a senior in UAF’s Biological Sciences
BS program. Masterman plans to apply to medical school and return to Alaska to practice
as a family physician in rural communities. Learn more about Masterman.
Annually, the Facilities Services Division of Utilities performs preventative maintenance
and repair work on the power plant and the utilidor system. Starting on May 5, steam
from the power plant will be shut off to the entirety of the Troth Yeddha' Campus
for two weeks. Steam will return to service around May 19. Stewardship of our utility
investments is critical to maintain a high level of reliability in delivering power
and heat to the campus. Read more about the about the outage.
Join us May 7-8 for smorgasbord of learning about the Permafrost Discovery Gateway.
This online tool provides researchers, planners, policymakers, educators and the public
with timely monitoring of permafrost thaw and its implications. Learn more and register.
UAF is making it more affordable and convenient for students access their required
course materials with the launch of the UAF Bookstore Bundle program. Starting in
fall 2024, students will have the option to rent all required textbooks, lab manuals,
access codes, digital materials and electronic books for a flat fee of $20 per credit
hour. This charge is automatically applied to their student account upon registering
for classes. Students who prefer not to participate will have the option opt-out of
the program and continue to purchase their course materials on their own. Learn more about the new bundle.
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