2012 Emil Usibelli Award winners announced
The 2012 Emil Usibelli Award winners are (left to right) Kenji Yoshikawa for Distinguished Service, Debendra Das for Distinguished Teaching and Sergei Avdonin for Distinguished Research.
2012 Usibelli Award recipients honored
UAF has announced recipients of the 2012 Emil Usibelli Distinguished Teaching, Research and Public Service Awards. Debendra Das, professor of engineering and mines in the College of Engineering and Mines, received the teaching award; Sergei Avdonin, professor of mathematics and statistics in the College of Natural Science and Mathematics, received the research award; and Kenji [more ...]
Staff Longevity Award recipients and May 16 ceremony
The Staff Longevity Awards ceremony will take place from 3:30 – 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 16, in the Wood Center Carol Brown Ballroom. The longevity recipient list (PDF) is available online. Come to the ceremony to help recognize the contributions of UAF staff!
UAF Commencement May 13
UAF’s 90th graduation ceremony will be held at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks at 1 p.m., Sunday, May 13. The ceremony will be viewable via webcast during the ceremony. National Endowment for the Humanities chairman Jim Leach will give the keynote address. Graduating student Jordan Kathleen Culver will be the student speaker. Culver is a degree [more ...]
Steel bridge team places second overall
The UAF steel bridge team returned to campus after taking second place overall at the Northwest Regional competition in Seattle. The team earned first place honors in the display and stiffness categories. From left to right are, Tae Freeman, Tripp Collier, Stephen Lee, Willhelm Muench, Will Riley, Leroy Hulsey, Wayne Pence, Amanda Green, Petr Kosmin [more ...]
Award for Heroism recipient to form polar security center
USAID Award for Heroism recipient Harry Bader has returned home to put his international experience to work in the polar regions. Bader received the 2011 heroism award for his work in Afghanistan as the co-leader of a joint military/civilian counterinsurgency cell. He returned to UAF in January to help establish an academic and research program [more ...]
May 14: Innovation Seed Awards applications
The Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization would like to announce the solicitation for the Innovation Seed Awards. UAF faculty and staff are eligible to submit proposals to receive an innovation seed grant for up to $10,000. Innovation seed awards are intended to aid inventors in mid- to late-stage technology development at UAF. Proposals will [more ...]
UAF student awards breakfast April 28
Dozens of students will be honored at the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ annual student awards breakfast Saturday, April 28 at 9:30 a.m. in the Wood Center Carol Brown Ballroom. Each spring, UAF honors students who have distinguished themselves throughout their academic careers. Among those honored will be the winners of the Marion Frances Boswell Memorial [more ...]
Alaska Nanooks All Sports Banquet May 5
The Department of Athletics will hold its annual All-Sports Banquet from 6 – 8 p.m., Saturday, May 5, at the Fairbanks Princess Riverside Lodge in the Edgewater Banquet Room. This is the athletic department’s premier end-of-the-year event where each team’s Most Valuable Player and Dr. William Wood Scholar-Athlete will be recognized. In addition, awards for the [more ...]
Student receives first Coverdell Fellowship
UAF awarded Jacqueline Rahm the Peace Corps Paul D. Coverdell Fellowship. Rahm is the first recipient of the fellowship, which is awarded through the the Department of Alaska Native Studies and Rural Development. The fellowship will provide funding for Rahm’s indigenous studies doctoral dissertation work. Rahm is working on a project to help define Alaska [more ...]
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