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Alexander Hirsch, director of the UAF Honors College and Climate Scholars Program

Friday Focus: Transformative experience

UAF has an energizing new vision statement: "Excellence through transformative experiences." This is a bold and expansive new vision for America's Arctic university. It invites us to consider that post-secondary education at AVÀÇÂÛ̳'s research institution is about creating meaningful discoveries, fully embracing our unique and inspiring place, and ultimately enriching lives.


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For UAF seismologist, Turkey earthquake is personal

Ezgi Karasözen was packing for a trip in early February when her husband told her of a devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake in their native Turkey and northern Syria. Read more.


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Nanook Sports Update


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Butterflies and ravens as poetic inspiration

Stories about ravens and chickadees and wolves result in more responses in my inbox than others. The past few weeks — after one story about winter butterflies and another about raven talk — have been predictable in that way, but unpredictable in another. Read more.

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Western AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Interdisciplinary Science Conference call for abstracts

Researchers are invited to submit abstracts for presentations or posters by March 1 for the Western AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Interdisciplinary Science Conference in early April.


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Science for AVÀÇÂÛ̳ lecture series: Plate to plate - Rupture of the Great AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Earthquake

The Geophysical Institute will host free public talks at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays live at Schaible Auditorium and via . On Feb. 28, Evans Onyango will present “Plate to Plate: Rupture of the Great AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Earthquake.â€


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