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Friday Focus: Working together and confronting a changing world

On July 18, 2019, I wrote a Friday focus entitled “Heroic Leadership. At that time, I called for university leaders to become heroic leaders and to confidently innovate, adapt to and embrace a changing landscape.

Earthquake adds missing piece to puzzle

Late in the evening of July 21, 2020, State Seismologist Michael West heard a text alarm. His phone informed him of a large earthquake beneath the ocean, just south of the AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Peninsula, about 60 miles southeast of the village of Sand Point. His first thought was that this — the biggest earthquake on the planet so far in 2020 — would cause a devastating tsunami. His second thought was that a longstanding earthquake mystery may have just been solved.

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Extension food preservation series begins July 30

A series of distance-delivered food preservation classes begins July 30. Julie Cascio, of the UAF Cooperative Extension Service, will demonstrate how to can, pickle, flavor vinegars, dehydrate, and make sausage, jams and sauerkraut.