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CFOS Seminar: ‘Which Way Is North in a Painting?’
September 29, 2020
Todd Sherman will discuss drawing and painting Northern landscapes and animals Wednesday, Sept. 30, from 3:30-4:30 p.m.
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Teaching Tip: Three ways to encourage student resilience
September 29, 2020
Today’s college students are excessively stressed. These suggested strategies can make your course less stressful without reducing rigor.
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‘After the Ice’ shares voices from the changing Bering Sea
September 28, 2020
A new film series captures the stories of Indigenous communities immensely challenged by sea ice loss in Alaska’s Bering Sea. The films will be released just weeks after the Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum, making 2020 the second lowest year on record.
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Without otter predation, sea urchins decimate Aleutian reefs
September 25, 2020
Uncontrolled by sea otters, their natural predators, sea urchins are devouring the massive limestone reefs surrounding the Aleutian Islands — a process exacerbated by climate-driven changes in the marine environment, according to a new study published in Science.
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September 22, 2020
The seminar on Sept. 25, from 3:30-4:30, will be offered by Tim Cline, an aquatic ecologist who works for the U.S. Geological Survey.
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CFOS Seminar: ‘Decolonizing and Indigenizing Fisheries and Marine Sciences in Alaska’
September 22, 2020
The seminar on Sept. 23 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. will be offered by CRCD's Jessica Black (Gwich'in) and CFOS' Courtney Carothers.
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Study to investigate melting Malaspina Glacier, potential new bay
September 18, 2020
The rapidly melting Malaspina Glacier in southeastern Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park could create a new ocean bay, one feature in what may be the largest landscape transformation underway in the United States.
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UAF to host federal Arctic Energy Office
September 17, 2020
Today the U.S. Department of Energy announced the reestablishment of its Arctic Energy Office, which will be headquartered at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The office will be housed in the Engineering Learning and Innovation Facility on the Troth Yeddha’ campus in Fairbanks. From the Department of Energy’s news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. […]
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CFOS Seminar: ‘Invasive Northern Pike Control in Southcentral Alaska’
September 15, 2020
On Sept. 16 from 3:30-4:30 p.m., Kristine Dunker will discuss invasive Northern Pike control in Southcentral Alaska.
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Seminar explores environmental health through genomics
September 12, 2020
Devin Drown, assistant professor with UAF Department of Biology and Wildlife and the Institute of Arctic Biology, will present "Understanding environmental health through the lens of genomics" on Friday, Sept. 18, at 4 p.m. via Zoom.
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CFOS Seminar Sept. 9: STEM teaching in rural Alaska
September 08, 2020
On Sept. 9 from 3:30-4:30 p.m., Sean Topkok will discuss a research project on teaching STEM in rural areas using Indigenous cultural systems.
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‘Grassroots Stewardship’ event to highlight practical sustainability solutions
September 03, 2020
UAF emeritus professor Terry Chapin will host a live online discussion about practical ways to transition nature and society toward a more sustainable future on Thursday, Sept. 10.
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IARC volcanologist receives prestigious award
September 01, 2020
John Eichelberger was recently named one of two 2020 distinguished lecturers by the Geological Society of America’s Continental Scientific Drilling Division.
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First CFOS seminar Sept. 2: Internal tides at the coast
August 31, 2020
The College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences will hold its first weekly seminar Sept. 2 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. via Zoom.
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New fisheries and marine sciences program focuses on Indigenous knowledge
August 31, 2020
A new graduate traineeship program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will engage Indigenous peoples and knowledge to broaden and diversify graduate education in fisheries and marine sciences.
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