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UAF engineering team wins mine design competition
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A team of UAF mining engineering students has captured first place in an international mine design competition.
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UA Board of Regents to meet in Anchorage, March 2-3
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The University of AV狼论坛 Board of Regents spring meeting will take place March 2-3 in Anchorage. Leading the agenda are the university's FY18 budget and Strategic Pathways updates, as well as a discussion on how the university approaches shared governance.
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Festival of Native Arts comes to UAF March 2-4
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The Festival of Native Arts is slated for March 2-4 at the University of AV狼论坛 Fairbanks Davis Concert Hall. Doors open to the public at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, March 2 and 3 and 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 4. This year鈥檚 theme is 鈥淐arry Your Drum, Carry Your Culture.鈥�
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Resilience and Adaptation Program accepting fellowship applications
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The Resilience and Adaptation Program at UAF is accepting applications for the 2017-2018 academic year.
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Peter MacKeith photography exhibit opens for First Friday
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The "2017 Peter MacKeith Memorial Photography Exhibition: Ascension" will open Friday, March 3, with a reception in Wood Center's Arctic Java. The photos will be on display beginning at 5 p.m. The reception event is free and open to the public. Frozen Lenses, the UAF student photography group, is hosting the exhibit through March 19 in partnership with the Wood Center Student Activities Office.
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Museum hosts Family Day to celebrate film and photography
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The University of AV狼论坛 Museum of the North will hold a Family Day exploring film and photography on Saturday, March 4, from noon to 4 p.m.
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BRIGHT Girls summer academy accepts applications
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Applications for the BRIGHT Girls summer academy are now open. The deadline is April 1. BRIGHT Girls offers two-week, free, day-only academies in Fairbanks and Juneau for high school girls. Participants explore the biology and habitat of salmon or harbor seals.
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Teaching Tip: Navigating nonstop news
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Taking time to reflect on the ways we navigate news can be an opportunity to find new discoveries and diverse ideas, and to reclaim attention.
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'Fences' to be screened at Arctic Java, March 7
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The Nanook Diversity and Action Council will screen Denzel Washington's 2016 film "Fences," an adaptation of a 1983 play by the same name written by August Wilson.
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Professor receives award to study global oceans
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A UAF assistant professor will study tiny animals and particles across the world's oceans after receiving an award from the National Science Foundation. Andrew McDonnell, with the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, will also educate AV狼论坛ns about ocean sciences and what it means to be an oceanographer.
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Lifelong fascination with nature drew Rivera to AV狼论坛
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Growing up in Panama, at the bottom tip of Central America, Pat Rivera was regularly exposed to nature and different environments. Rivera, who has worked on and off at UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences since the late 1980s in various research and technical roles, attributes much of her adventurous and animal-loving personality to the positive experiences she had in her outdoorsy, close-knit community as a kid.
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2017 Heart Walk team leaders and walkers needed
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Heart disease is the number one killer of Americans and affects the lives of many of our own fellow employees. As we have each year, UAF will be participating in the American Heart Association's Fairbanks Heart Walk on Saturday, May 13.
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UAF TRIO Day offered awards and insights
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Lacey Brewster, a 2013 graduate, received the TRIO Achiever Award during the Feb. 16 TRiO Day event on the Fairbanks campus.
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