The required annual UA Safe Title IX Training is available through Canvas. Students,
employees and volunteers must complete the training by Oct. 31. Learn more and complete the training.
Houseplants can help ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æns get their gardening fix even on the darkest winter days.
In a free statewide webinar offered by the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks Cooperative
Extension Service, learn about which plants are easy to maintain and which can be
finicky. Read more and register.
The University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks has received a five-year, $21.25 million grant
from the National Institutes of Health to strengthen biomedical research and training
across ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ. The grant renews the NIH Institutional Development Award known as the
IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence, or INBRE. Learn more about the grant.
This symposium will bring together tribal leaders, community members, and stakeholders
on Oct. 28-30 in the Wood Center Ballroom to explore tribal governance in ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ.
The event is open to the public and serves as an important educational opportunity
for all ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æns. Read more and register to attend.
Join the Society of Petroleum Engineers for a special event at UAF on Oct. 8 from
1-2 p.m. in the BP Design Theater (JUB 401) or via . Hear directly from leaders shaping the future of petroleum engineering, and ask
questions, and connect with others. Learn more about the event.
In 2024, the ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Department of Environmental Conservation made significant changes
to its cottage food industry rules, which are now called the homemade food exemption.
Sarah Lewis, a University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service health,
home and family development agent, will explain the changes in a free in-person and
online workshop. Read more and register for the Oct. 16 workshop.
Beginning this fall, UAF Testing Services will operate under a new structure. The
eCampus Testing Center is now divided into two areas of responsibility: academic testing,
managed through the Student Success Center, and professional and community testing,
which remains with eCampus. Learn more about the new testing structure.
While applying to attend John McPhee's writing seminar at Princeton University in
the fall of 2017, Ben Weissenbach wrote his 86-year-old instructor "I want to follow
in your footsteps, literally." In completing his first book, "North to the Future:
An Offline Adventure Through the Changing Wilds of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ," Weissenbach penned a compelling
portrayal of wild places that are similar but not identical to the ones McPhee explored
in his classic 1977 book "Coming into the Country." Read more on his experiences.
