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Regents to meet in Anchorage March 2-3 The UA Board of Regents board meeting will take place March 2-3 in Anchorage. The meeting will take place in the Lee Gorsuch Commons room 107. Video streaming will be available to members of the public. The evening public gathering will take place Thursday, March 2 in the Lee Gorsuch Commons room 106 from 5:30–7 p.m. The agendas for committee and full board meetings are posted one week prior to the meeting date at .

The Capitol Report for Feb. 20 The Senate Majority has announced a three-part plan to begin closing the state’s $3 billion budget deficit: establishing a statutory annual spending limit, restructuring the management of the Permanent Fund and cutting $750 million from the operating budget over the next three years.

Register for required workshop on research conduct The Biomedical Learning and Student Training program and the Office of Research Integrity are partnering to provide Responsible Conduct of Research training for faculty, graduate students, staff and undergraduates on March 25. Preregistration by March 17 is required. It will be the only formal RCR training at UAF this semester.

Mapathon will update Delta Junction data for emergency calls A team will help make spatial data in Delta Junction compatible with computer-assisted emergency call dispatching during a "mapathon" March 8 at the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks.

Facilities Services' sets snowfall priorities, plans Taku cleaning UAF's Facilities Services operations department plans to have crews working at night and through the weekend to keep up with the snowfall.

Teaching Tip: Encourage students to step into the zone Learn how to facilitate student connections with collaborative technology to foster learning with the Zone of Proximal Development framework.

FFA leaders to visit Fairbanks, present Food Bank check The AVÀÇÂÛ̳ FFA Association and AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Association of Agricultural and Natural Resource Educators invite the public to an informal meet-and-greet Feb. 23 with national FFA leaders in Fairbanks. FFA will also donate $15,000 to the Fairbanks Community Food Bank.

Learn commuting trails at Sustainability Ski A Sustainability Ski from 3-5 p.m. Feb. 27 will teach people how trails can be used to commute to and from UAF.

Registration opens for Week of the Arctic events The U.S. chairmanship of the Arctic Council will conclude with a ministerial meeting in Fairbanks on May 11, 2017. Those attending will celebrate the accomplishments under U.S. chairmanship and observe the transition to Finland.

UP/RISE exhibit needs art The Nanook Diversity and Action Center will host UP/RISE, an art exhibit celebrating womanhood, March 20-31 in Arctic Java. March is Women's History Month.

AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Sea Grant offers webinar on seaweed farming AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Sea Grant will offer a webinar on AVÀÇÂÛ̳'s potential to join the growing seaweed farming industry. Gary Freitag, Sea Grant's Marine Advisory Program agent in Ketchikan, will present the webinar from 5-6:30 p.m. Feb. 28.

Chancellor's town hall on Title IX and sexual assault scheduled Join Chancellor Dana Thomas and other university leaders, students, faculty and staff at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23, in the Wood Center multilevel lounge to discuss how UAF can come together to develop a culture of support, caring and safety. For more information about Title IX, visit .

Thank you for comments on Strategic Pathways initiatives From Dana Thomas, UAF chancellor Thank you to those of you who met with me and President Johnsen on the Strategic Pathways Phase II options recently and for candidly sharing your perspective on potential unintended consequences and alternatives for consideration. We heard many themes over the course of two days. We appreciate that you’ve identified many opportunities for automation and streamlining processes and in many …

Snedden lecturer Parvaz will discuss refugee crises Dorothy Parvaz, a senior producer with Al Jazeera English, will present "On the Run: Covering the Global Refugee Crisis" as part of the Snedden lecture series at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, in the Murie Building auditorium.

UAF to host open house for high school juniors, seniors AVÀÇÂÛ̳ will host a free open house for high school juniors and seniors and their parents on Friday, March 10.

UAF physics club to host Lawrence Krauss talk Humanity's path to its current understanding of the universe is the greatest story ever told, according to famed physicist Lawrence Krauss. The UAF physics club is bringing Krauss to Fairbanks from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, March 2, at the West Valley Performing Arts Center.

Arctic killer whales alter narwhal distribution and activity Narwhals stay active and close to shore to avoid killer whales that have begun to enter areas with declining sea ice cover in Canada’s eastern Arctic, according to a study led by a University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks scientist.

Featured photo of the week

While waiting for rocket launches at the Poker Flat Research Range on Feb. 16, spectators paint "UAF 100" with light during a stunning aurora display. This year is UAF's centennial. UAF photo by J.R. Ancheta.

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