A University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks proposal to reduce the United States' dependency
on foreign sources of minerals critical to the technology and defense industries has
been named one of 15 finalists in a National Science Foundation competition. Learn more on UAF's finalist progress in the Regional Innovation Engines program.
Jahna Lindemuth, ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æâ€™s former attorney general, will share reflections on justice
and leadership in ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ in a session Sept. 25 from 5:30-7 p.m. She led major statewide
legal and public safety initiatives and helped secure the exoneration of the Fairbanks
Four. A seasoned trial and appellate attorney, she continues to advise ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Native
corporations on governance and policy. In her talk, Lindemuth will discuss rural justice
and the importance of collaboration between the state and ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Native tribes in
building stronger, more resilient communities.Ìý.
The Fairbanks Arts Association hosts the annual UAF MFA Faculty Reading in the Bear
Gallery at Pioneer Park on Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks writing
faculty members Gerri Brightwell, Joseph Holt and Sara Eliza Johnson will share work
spanning poetry, prose and short fiction. Read more on the free event.
Join ORCA POD Peer Prevention Educators on Wednesday, Sep. 24 from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
in Arctic Java and learn to create your own zines, small booklets between 8 and 32
pages long often illustrated with imagery and poetry, etc. In this workshop, we will
write from prompts and exercises to produce fragments of poetry and prose then blend
with stamping, drawing, painting, and collage techniques to make our own individual
zines sewn by machine, hand or stapled. More event info.
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