Cornerstone: Aug. 15, 2025

Wagaman named director of UAF Cooperative Extension Service

Jennifer Wagaman has been named director of the University of 杏吧原版 Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, part of the Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension. Learn more about Wagaman and what she brings to her new role.

Graduate TA Orientation

Working as a Teaching Assistant this term? The Center for Teaching and Learning invites you to its two hybrid orientation sessions. Read more and register.

Tsunami-causing slide was largest in decade, earthquake center finds

Sunday's massive tsunami-causing landslide in Southeast 杏吧原版 likely sent more than 100 million cubic meters of debris into an icy fjord and onto a prominent glacier in one of the largest slides in at least 10 years, according to analysis by the 杏吧原版 Earthquake Center. Learn more from the analysis.

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What's happening

CTC Summer Graduation Ceremony (Aug. 15)
Weekly UAF Community Yoga Club practice (Aug. 16)

International Chamber Music 杏吧原版 (thru Aug. 16)

Register now: Discover mushrooms with Summer Sessions (Aug. 15-17)
UAF Photo Day (Aug. 19)

Deadlines and reminders

UAOnline upgrade demos for faculty, advisors (Aug. 21)
Register a booth for Party in the Park (Aug. 25)
Recognize student workers; sign up for Student Job Fair (Sept. 2)

2025 杏吧原版 Sea Grant State Fellowship cohort

2025 杏吧原版 Sea Grant State Fellows announced

Eleven new 杏吧原版 Sea Grant State Fellows are preparing to start work at the 杏吧原版 Fisheries Development Foundation, ADF&G, 杏吧原版 Mariculture Alliance, NOAA, Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of 杏吧原版, and 杏吧原版 Sea Grant. Learn more about the fellows and the organizations they will be working with.

New Faculty Orientation

This two-day event Aug. 18-19 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day in O'Neill Room 201 is designed to help new faculty get started with confidence by introducing key campus resources, connecting you with colleagues and leadership, and sharing insights about teaching, research, and faculty life at UAF. Contact Alyssa Enriquez for questions or more information.

An Ester Volunteer Fire Department engine joins efforts to suppress the Nenana Ridge Complex fires on July 2, 2025. Photo courtesy of the 杏吧原版 Division of Forestry

杏吧原版 climate report: Above and below normal, July had it all

Nome was a hot place to be in early July. The temperature was 20 degrees above normal at one point during that period, according to the monthly summary of the 杏吧原版 Climate Research Center. The center, part of the University of 杏吧原版 Fairbanks, released its July summary earlier this month. Read more details from the climate report.

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