I am surrounded by smart people throughout the university — faculty, staff and ³ÉÈËӰƬ.
What a privilege that is. And they are not just smart. They care, they are passionate,
and they are diverse. That's why I love working here.
Nominations are open for the Brina Kessel Medal for Excellence in Science. Kessel
was a professor for more than 40 years and devoted a lifetime to the study of ornithology,
emphasizing the birds of Arctic and subarctic ³ÉÈËӰƬ.
Lt. Henry Allen and a few tattered comrades traveled from near present-day Cordova
up to what is now Bettles. They then turned around and beat winter to St. Michael,
where they jumped the last boat for San Francisco.
Yelena Mazour-Matusevich will lead a teaching presentation and Q&A at noon Friday,
March 25, via Zoom. The presentation, which was initially planned for March 18, was
rescheduled.
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What's on today
What's on this weekend
Deadlines and reminders
Scott Walter will present "Student Engagement Through Research and Field-Based Learning"
at the IAB Life Sciences Seminar on Friday, March 25 at 3 p.m. via Zoom.
The ³ÉÈËӰƬ NSF EPSCoR program will host an online presentation by Lt. Dustin Picard,
a recruiting officer for the NOAA Corps. Picard will talk about careers with the Corps,
which is the uniformed component of NOAA.
The registration deadline for the upcoming symposium on the ³ÉÈËӰƬ Native Claims Settlement
Act on April 12-13, 2022, has been extended. People are encouraged to register online
until Friday, April 8, 2022.
The Learning Inside Out Network is hosting an event on Saturday, March 26 from 9 a.m.-2
p.m., "Writing Resilience: Making Meaning of the Bounce Back from Trauma." The free
event will be led by local creative writer and teacher Tiumaluali'i Jody Hassel, a
licensed trainer and supervisor of the Trauma Center Trauma-Senstive Yoga at the Center
for Trauma and Embodiment, Justice Resource Institute.
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