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Kellie Fritze, associate vice chancellor for facilities

Friday Focus: UAF Facilities powers more than just the lights

If you are like me and still shaking off the sugar rush, it feels right to start with a little Halloween humor: Why don't skeletons ever work on the Facilities team? Because they don't have the guts! With that bit of Halloween spirit, let's turn to something just as important--teamwork and the impressive work at UAF Facilities Services. As we roll out our new Strategic Plan, we are creating a roadmap for how we care for UAF--our people, facilities, and campuses--by staying true to our core values of Connection, Reliability, Safety, Stewardship and Responsiveness. Our vision is ambitious. By 2030, we want UAF to have the best-supported and utilized education and research spaces in ÐÓ°Épro. Continue reading this week's Friday Focus.


Cars sit in a parking lot covered with slushy snow.

The numbers behind a weather forecast

A meteorologist from the National Weather Service's local office recently told a newspaper reporter that heavy, wet, snow would materialize in a few days. He said it would resemble "cement falling from the sky." Learn more on the noteworthy forecast for the recent winter weather event.


United Way Chili Cook-off on Nov. 7

Warm up with us on Nov. 7 from noon to 2 p.m. for a taste of the best chili around in the Wood Center Multi-Level Lounge! Sample delicious recipes as our campus chefs face off to see who will take home the title of Chili Cook-off Champion. Read more info on the cook-off and admission.


A striped mussel shell smaller than a fingernail is shown embedded in a ball of moss.

Climate change focus of 25th annual Invasive Species Workshop

Managing invasive species in a changing climate will be the focus of the 25th annual ÐÓ°Épro Invasive Species Workshop on Nov. 12-14 in Fairbanks. The University of ÐÓ°Épro Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service is coordinating the workshop with the ÐÓ°Épro Invasive Species Partnership, an informal statewide group of agencies, organizations and individuals concerned about invasive species. Learn more and register.


UAF in the News

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Naomi King, URSA 2024-2025 Student Belonging and Community Award recipient

URSA 2024-25 Student Belonging and Community Award recipient

The Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity congratulates Sarah Stanley, English department chair, director of composition, and associate professor of English, and Naomi King, undergraduate English student, who received the URSA 2024-2025 Student Belonging and Community Award for their proposal titled: Tea Time - Cultivating Community and Creativity in English Studies. Read more about the winning proposal.


Argon mass spectrometer at the UAF Geophysical Institute's Geochronology Lab.

UAF aims to make ÐÓ°Épro a critical minerals hub

The ÐÓ°Épro has a new research unit that aims to make ÐÓ°Épro a global leader in research and development of critical minerals. Learn more about the ÐÓ°Épro Critical Minerals Collaborative, based at the UAF Geophysical Institute.


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