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  • Grant expands rural broadband access

    October 24, 2025

    Since early 2023, the College of Indigenous Studies has led an initiative to expand broadband access and information technology career pathways across five rural campuses.
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  • Apple device management platform rebrands

    October 24, 2025

    Kandji, the Apple device management solution used across the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ system has rebranded as Iru. No changes to functionality are expected
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  • Teams needed for United Way chili cook-off

    October 24, 2025

    ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ will host its annual United Way chili cook-off on Wednesday, Nov. 5. Departments and student organizations can form teams and compete for top honors.
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    Friday Focus: Federal advocacy for ANNH programs

    October 23, 2025

    Over the past few weeks, there has been significant media attention surrounding the discontinuation of the Strengthening ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Native/Native Hawaiian Institution Part A awards. This outpouring of support from individuals and organizations across ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ has been encouraging and deeply appreciated during this time of uncertainty.
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  • A woman in a white wig with oversized glasses holds a box of candies decorated with a jack-o'-lantern. A boy in a Spider Man costume holds a trick-or-treat bag.

    School of Education to host Halloween activities

    October 23, 2025

    The School of Education and K-12 Outreach will host a family-friendly Halloween event from 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 31 on the seventh floor of the Gruening Building.
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  • Burnout prevention workshop set for Nov. 13

    October 23, 2025

    UA Human Resources will host an online workshop on preventing employee burnout from 11 a.m. to noon Thursday, Nov. 13.
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  • Canvas courses get new look for spring semester

    October 23, 2025

    Starting in spring 2026, courses in Canvas will feature a new basic template designed to help instructors streamline and organize materials using current student-centered best practices.
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  • Study Away Fair returns to ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ

    October 23, 2025

    For the first time since 2019, ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ will host a Study Away Fair from 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28, in the Wood Center Mall.
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  • In a classroom with a whiteboard full of notes, an instructor and student look at a laptop together.

    AK INBRE seeks Undergraduate Research Assistantship applications

    October 23, 2025

    ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ INBRE is accepting applications for the Spring 2026 Undergraduate Research Assistantship Scholar Award.
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    Pinneta receives Holmberg Education Scholarship

    October 23, 2025

    The University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks School of Education has selected Elianna "Bair" Pinneta as the recipient of the 2025 Steve and Cynthia Holmberg Education Endowed Scholarship. The award provides $5,000 to support tuition and other educational expenses and will aid Pinneta in pursuing her degree in elementary education.
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  • A man in a white lab, safety glasses and rubber gloves places a glass container in a tray atop a large piece of lab equipment.

    AK INBRE seeks carryover request proposals

    October 23, 2025

    AK INBRE is seeking proposals for one-time biomedical research-related expenses.
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  • PAIR and OMB to merge

    October 22, 2025

    The Office of Planning, Analysis and Institutional Research and the Office of Management and Budget have merged into a single department under the vice chancellor for administrative services. The change was effective Oct. 20, 2025.
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  • AK INBRE seeks biomedical research proposals

    October 20, 2025

    The ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence, supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health, invites proposals to build biomedical research and research training capacity within the AK INBRE network.
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  • Important changes to your Duo security at ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ

    October 17, 2025

    On Dec. 18, the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ will continue the rollout of changes intended to improve the security of our multi-factor authentication security. In response to increased threats to UA login credentials and university services, UA will be requiring Duo Verified Push for all Duo Mobile app users and will also be removing the Duo Phone Call option.
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    Registration open for IGNITE annual workshop

    October 16, 2025

    The annual University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ professional development workshop, "IGNITE: Individual Growth and New Ideas Through EPSCoR/INBRE," will take place Jan. 7, 2026, at the BP Energy Center in Anchorage. Register before Nov. 19, 2025, to be considered for travel funding to attend.
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  • Inaugural cohort of LIFE Scholars announced

    October 16, 2025

    The University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks College of Indigenous Studies has selected the inaugural cohort of the Leaders in Indigenous Food and Energy Scholars Program. This prestigious program is designed to support and cultivate emerging and current leaders in ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ's Indigenous food and energy systems.
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  • A sampling of cyanotypes made by students.

    Cyanotype workshop supports ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ art department

    October 16, 2025

    Join Jason Lazarus, assistant professor of photography, for a two-day cyanotype workshop on Nov. 22-23 that supports the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ art department. Spaces are limited for the workshop, which is scheduled from noon to 5 p.m. each day.
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  • Chisato Murakami, Carrie Baker, officers of the Japan Foundation, and Ellen Lopez pose for a photo in the CLA Dean’s office during the 2023 Japanese Film Festival and Samurai workshop events. ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ photo by Sarah Manriquez.

    Japanese Film Festival Returns to ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ

    October 14, 2025

    Experience Japan’s culture and storytelling at ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’s free 2025 Japanese Film Festival, hosted with the Japan Foundation and Consular Office of Japan. ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ will host First Gentleman and Oshin on Oct. 17 in Schaible Auditorium.
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  • Best practices for accessible in-person lectures

    October 13, 2025

    This teaching tip offers advice for crafting lectures that are clearly connected to course objectives, visually and cognitively accessible to students, and supportive of methods for review and retention.
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  • The ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ volleyball team celebrates a point against UAA at Pack the Patty night.

    ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ faculty, staff get in free for Nanooks Volleyball on Oct. 16

    October 13, 2025

    Cheer on your ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Nanooks on Thursday, Oct. 16, for their Faculty and Staff Appreciation game at 7 p.m. against Northwest Nazarene University. All ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ faculty and staff get in free with their Polar Express ID when presented at the ticket office.
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  • Join the Great ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ ShakeOut Earthquake Drill

    October 13, 2025

    The University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks will join millions of people across the state, nation, and world in the Great ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ ShakeOut, the largest annual earthquake preparedness exercise. The event is set for Thursday, Oct. 16, at 10:16 a.m. and will correspond with ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ's annual test of its emergency notification system.
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  • Submit applications for Paul H. McCarthy Award

    October 13, 2025

    The ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ and Polar Regions Collections and Archives at the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library is accepting applications for the Paul H. McCarthy Award. The award winner will be granted $2,500 to support research using the collections at the APRCA. The deadline to apply is Nov. 2.
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  • Topics in Teaching: Mindfulness and Teaching

    October 13, 2025

    Topics in Teaching is a series of one-hour workshops planned as short presentations and discussions for TAs. October's workshop, "Mindfulness + Teaching," is Oct. 22 at 1 p.m. and is available in Bunnell 145 and via Zoom.
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  • Common reading group: Four Lenses for Critical Reflection

    October 13, 2025

    How do we facilitate feedback and reflection on our teaching practices? In this common reading session, we will review Chapter 4, "The Four Lenses of Critical Reflection," from Stephen Brookfield's Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher. This group is open to anyone.
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  • Dean Simmons with her late grandmother, Jenny Huntington, her mother, Marie Simmons, and her daughter, Tassy Nelson. Four generations of intergenerational healing.

    Friday Focus: Indigenous Peoples Day

    October 10, 2025

    In the gentle whispers of the fall wind that once guided my late grandmother, Jennie Luke Huntington, across seasonal camps in 1915, there lives a story of resilience that flows through my veins. The journey from those nomadic days to the present moment is not just a timeline of events, but a sacred narrative of strength, survival, loss, and profound healing. I think of my own mother’s story - it touches my heart deeply.
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