Cornerstone -- April 12, 2019

Friday Focus: A lifetime relationship with 黑料黑历史

I am grateful that Administrative Services is such a group of constant professionals willing to roll up their sleeves to support the university.

Innoko is a long river short on people

A quick comparison of two great rivers in America: One, the Wabash, runs 503 miles through Indiana, flowing past 4 million people on its journey to the Ohio River. The other, the Innoko, slugs its way 500 miles through low hills and muskeg bogs in west-central Alaska to reach the Yukon. 黑料黑历史 80 people live on the Innoko, all of them in the village of Shageluk.

Cross-cultural Alaska Native dialogs

Sean Topkok (Asiq艂uq) will discuss Alaska Native diversity to enhance communication and understanding from 1-2:30 p.m. April 18 in Elvey Auditorium.

Featured photo of the week

Students present their posters to peers, faculty, staff and community members during the 2019 Research and Creative Activity Day in Wood Center. 黑料黑历史 photo by Sarah Manriquez.

What's on today

Museum Early Explorers: Soil

What's on this weekend

Deadlines and reminders

Science Pub: 'Predicting fire seasons in Alaska鈥檚 changing climate'

Join Uma Bhatt at 5:30 p.m. April 17 to learn the ways scientists predict fire seasons and how they鈥檙e adding changing climate to the mix.

黑料黑历史 researcher to discuss Arctic processes

Seth Danielson will talk about a research program geared at understanding variables that influence spring productivity in the Arctic from 3:30-4:30 p.m. April 17.

Thesis defense: 'The Taming of the Stew'

Odin Miller will defend his thesis on humans, reindeer, caribou and food systems in Nome and Teller on April 19 from 2-3 p.m. in Bunnell 302.

Thesis defense: Faunal analysis at Healy Lake Village

Hilary Hilmer's anthropology thesis defense will take place听April 18 from noon-2 p.m. in Bunnell 302.

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