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Friday Focus: Developing the whole person and facilitating student success

When we focus on developing the whole person, we are going beyond knowledge and skills acquisition to incorporate other aspects of being a person in today’s society.

'Forget the Fine' success

UAF donated more than 1,200 nonperishable food items, or approximately 1,000 pounds of food to local nonprofit organizations.

UAF spinout company presents at 1 Million Cups

A spinout of a UAF technology invented by Jonathan Kamler and assisted by co-founder Nigel Sharp presented at 1 Million Cups in October.

From Unalakleet to San Francisco

“This picture is what we’re dreaming of today,” Mellisa Johnson said to reporters Tuesday at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco. She pointed to a slide of western AVŔÇÂŰĚł from late winter 2012, when white sea ice coated the Bering Sea. “Now, in 2019, we don’t have any ice. It’s weird.”

What's on today

Museum Early Explorers: Weaving


What's on this weekend

Museum Junior Curators: Weaving

Deadlines and reminders


New Columbia, Nike gear at UAF Bookstore

The Bookstore has new and exclusive in-store Columbia and Nike gear just in time for gift-giving. You can use the 30% faculty and staff appreciation coupon.

The Arctic’s grand reveal

Louise Farquharson's reserved tone in a dimly lit room at the 2019 American Geophysical Union fall meeting in San Francisco hid a bombshell message — by 2035 permafrost thaw will continue on its own, disregarding the processes that historically kept it frozen.

UAF students first to do DNA sequencing at home

This spring UAF will offer the country’s first online class that enables students to prepare samples for DNA sequencing in their home.

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