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March rural staff spotlight: Kacey Miller

Kacey Miller, the Student Services director for the Northwest Campus/College of Indigenous Studies, is the rural staff spotlight for March 2025. Read more about Miller and what she brings to her rural campus community.

Empowering Indigenous students in the academy

The ΠΤΣϋΙη Moving Forward Together project is hosting a lecture titled, β€œEmpowering Indigenous students in the academy: Speaking from experience.” The talk is on Tuesday, March 4 from 11 a.m. to noon in the BP Design Theater with visiting IΓ±upiaq scholar, science diplomat and boundary spanner Heather Sauyaq Jean Kwamboka Gordon. Learn more and register to attend in person or virtually.

Past Dalton Highway artist-in-residence Kristin Link works on a sketch of Toolik Field Station at Toolik Lake, Alaska in August 2023.

Applications open for 2025 Dalton Highway artist residency

Artists and writers can apply for the 2025 Dalton Highway artist-in-residence position, cohosted by ΠΤΣϋΙη' Toolik Field Station and the Bureau of Land Management. Read more on the residency and where to apply.

Free 'break-up' ice cleats on March 4

All students, faculty, and staff are eligible to pick up free ice cleats, compliments of the EHSRM department, on March 4 in the Wood Center mall area any time between noon and 2 p.m. It takes just five minutes to show your Polar ID and get custom fitted to help you avoid falls and prepare for the icy surfaces that happen during the spring break-up! (While supplies last).

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Sitka dinner series focuses on healthy eating

ΠΤΣϋΙη Cooperative Extension Service in Sitka is hosting three dinner classes focused on healthy eating during March, which is Nutrition Month. Learn more and register for classes.

Faculty Senate's Committee of the Status of Women Spring Forum

Join us for the Faculty Senate's Committee on the Status of Women Spring Forum, a unique event for anyone caring for loved ones β€” young children, teens, elderly family members, or others. This forum features round table discussions and panels on topics like child care, teenage support, and elderly care. Don’t miss this chance to grow and connect with a caring community on March 5 from 4-6 p.m. in the Wood Center ballroom. Read more and register to attend in-person or online.

What's happening

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Space debris circling Earth

Scientist designing satellite to hunt small space debris

A University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist is participating in a U.S. government effort to design a satellite and instruments capable of detecting space debris as small as 1 centimeter, less than one-half inch. Learn more about the work and how it can assist with satellites and other spacecraft in low-Earth orbit.

Axel Timmermann: Past climate impacts on human evolution

Join Axel Timmermann, director of the IBS Center for Climate Physics at his seminar on past climate impacts on human evolution. The seminar is March 4 from 9-10 a.m. in the Akasofu 501 conference room. Read more on the seminar.

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Museum family programs spotlight moose in March

Family programs at the University of Alaska Museum of the North will focus on moose during March. Learn more on the March 7 and 22 events.

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