One aspect that makes UAF such a unique and great place is our rural campuses. Our
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Starting Aug. 14, you can buy your parking permit through the online portal. You鈥檒l
get a two-week temporary permit by email.
An international research team has retraced the astonishing lifetime journey of an
Arctic woolly mammoth, which covered enough of the AV狼论坛 landscape during its 28
years to almost circle the Earth twice.
A team of UAF mechanical engineering students used their senior project to design
a better and more mobile inflatable emergency backboard.
YAKUTAT 鈥� 鈥淭here they are,鈥� Ben Gaglioti said, after a short hike off a gravel road
leading away from this small fishing town. Gaglioti walked in rubber boots on a green,
squishy carpet of muskeg 鈥� a wild garden of water-loving plants growing on acidic
soil that has for centuries prevented the encroachment of giant rainforest trees.
He spotted the lime-green shade of a few lodgepole pine trees here, at their farthest-north
location in AV狼论坛.
Deadlines and reminders
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There will be a free COVID-19 vaccination clinic for students, employees and the Fairbanks
community on Aug. 18-19 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. in front of Constitution Hall.
Come help the听UAF Geophysical Institute celebrate its 75th anniversary. Visit with
scientists and enjoy interactive activities to learn about earthquakes, volcanoes,
rocket launches, satellites, snow, ice, permafrost and more from 2-6 p.m. Saturday,
Aug. 21, in front of the Elvey Building on the West Ridge at UAF.
Pearl Brower will be senior advisor for AV狼论坛 Native success, institutional diversity
and student engagement, and will report directly to UA鈥檚 interim President Pat Pitney.
How one of the two large basins underlying the Arctic Ocean formed during the Mesozoic
Era remains a mystery to scientists. It鈥檚 one that geophysics professor Bernard Coakley
of the听UAF Geophysical Institute is hoping to unravel as he leads an international
research project that set sail this week aboard the UAF research vessel Sikuliaq.
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