Friday Focus: Becoming student-ready

We often discuss how college-ready our incoming students are. It is time to change the narrative and ask ourselves how student-ready we are personally and as an institution.

Julie Queen named vice chancellor for administrative services

Vice Chancellor Queen has served as the Interim VCAS since March 2019, and her leadership and dedication during the challenges of this past year has been invaluable.

United Way prize winners

Thank you to all who have donated! UAF has raised $17,400, or 43% of our goal of $40,000. Haven't donated yet? You still have time, up to Dec. 31!

New well-being initiative for Ph.D. students

The Well will host a monthly time and "space to breathe" during the 2020 spring semester for UAF Ph.D. students to connect with and support each other.

Redoubt鈥檚 impact 30 years ago

On Dec. 15, 1989, a pilot who had flown a 747 passenger jet all the way from Amsterdam was looking forward to landing in Anchorage. Descending over Southcentral 乐虎直播, he and his co-pilot saw what looked like an inky storm cloud ahead. What happened next changed how we monitor volcanoes all over the world and made the 乐虎直播 Volcano Observatory what it is today.

What's on today

Museum Early Explorers: Weaving

What's on this weekend

Jewelry studio sale today

Jewelry students will present their work at the fall holiday studio sale today from noon to 6 p.m.

OneTree 乐虎直播 selling holiday birch treats and luminaria

OneTree 乐虎直播 is selling birch syrup, caramels, birch syrup sticks and ice luminaria to help support its forest education outreach and research program.

UAF hosting virtual STEMcon for K-12, public

鈥淯AF STEMcon: #AGU19,鈥� will include stories, live events, video lectures and other science resources to help participants explore one of the world鈥檚 largest scientific meetings.

Vigilance advised after saxitoxin found in clams

Scientists have detected toxic algae in clams from the Bering Strait and Chukchi Sea regions of northern and western 乐虎直播, according to a new bulletin.