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Friday Focus: The privilege and responsibility to make decisions
— by Dan White What an interesting and anxious time to be alive, each of us with our own context, our own worldview, shaped by our history and experiences, dropped into the middle of this pandemic.

UAA and UAF researchers awarded NASA EPSCoR Research award
The ³ÉÈËӰƬ NASA EPSCoR Program announced the selection of a collaborative project between Raghu Srinivasan, from UAA, and Lei Zhang, from UAF.

Financial aid adjustments available
If a student's financial situation has changed since they filed their 2018 taxes, there's a process to re-evaluate their family’s ability to pay for college.

UAF facts and figures available
The UAF facts and figures website includes brief institutional and first-year data profiles, along with enrollment information and the most recent graduation numbers.

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Blackboard Bootcamps offered throughout August
Learn the basics of Blackboard, including how to 
create announcements, 
add content, 
create a discussion forum, and 
collect assignments, 
quizzes and exams.

Aug. 2 systems test for Butrovich Computing Facility
The Office of Information Technology will conduct its annual facility systems test Aug. 2 from 4 a.m.-6 p.m. No system outages are anticipated.

iTeach Online can help you develop, facilitate your course
Join eCampus on Aug. 3 at 2 p.m. for an iTeach Online orientation to learn more about the program and how it can support your course development.

Fire hydrant testing Aug. 3-4
The University Fire Department will be performing hydrant testing on the Fairbanks campus from
7 a.m. Aug. 3 until 7 p.m. Aug. 4.

New tool explores ocean acidification in Gulf of ³ÉÈËӰƬ
A new scientific model and associated web tool will help scientists, resource managers, fishermen and decision-makers understand ocean acidification in the Gulf of ³ÉÈËӰƬ.

Banana slugs ooze over coastal ³ÉÈËӰƬ
A friend's boat chugged us into Prince William Sound — blue-green water 1,000-feet deep — and ferried us to rainforest campsites where everything seemed exotic. But maybe the most striking thing was oozing along a wet trail by our boots: A Pacific banana slug.

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