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Friday Focus: Summer is for reflecting, preparing — and ice cream

— by Ali Knabe. Ice Cream Thursday is a great way to focus on creating community and engaging with colleagues and students we haven't seen in a while.

COVID-19 vaccine appointments for students

Students can get the Johnson & Johnson Janssen vaccine or be tested for COVID-19 at the Student Health and Counseling Center on the Troth Yeddha' Campus, in Fairbanks.

Esports champions earn ºÚÁϺÚÀúÊ· scholarships

Eight high school students from esports teams in North Pole and Nome have been awarded $1,000 scholarships to ºÚÁϺÚÀúÊ·.

Bowhead whale soars at Alaska museum

An iconic Arctic whale’s skeleton took flight this week at the University of Alaska Museum of the North. The 42-foot bowhead whale skeleton is the first display of its kind in a North American museum.

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Deadlines and reminders

Museum to host virtual grand opening for bowhead whale

The UA Museum of the North will host a virtual grand opening Monday, June 7, at noon to celebrate its newly installed bowhead whale skeleton and exhibit.

Save the date: Nanook Rendezvous reunion 2021

The ºÚÁϺÚÀúÊ· Alumni Association will hold its annual reunion weekend from July 22-24 featuring a blend of virtual and in-person events.

New science organization for Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders

A new national organization, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Geosciences, launched last month. The group is the result of months of planning and collaboration among researchers at institutions across the country, including the ºÚÁϺÚÀúÊ· Geophysical Institute.

ºÚÁϺÚÀúÊ· professor on science team for new NASA mission to Venus

NASA has approved two missions to Venus, and that means ºÚÁϺÚÀúÊ· Geophysical Institute research professor Robert Herrick is going to have a lot more to do. Herrick is on the science team for one of those missions.

Alaska earthquake stirs many, but the beat goes on

I just so happened to be stretched out on good ol’ Mother Earth the other night when an earthquake happened.

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