From Fairbanks to Spain, UAF art alum Marina Gonzalez Mazo’s silver piece Nota—a pocket-sized heirloom about home and care—earned second prize at an international juried exhibition in La Rioja.

🔗 www.uaf.edu/cla/news/202...

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🍄 Victorian mushroom hunters, queer ecologies, and lives lived outside the margins—Dr. Samantha Botz explores how fungi helped unsettle gender and science in the 19th century, and why those questions still matter today.

🔗 www.uaf.edu/cla/news/202...

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🎥 Tell powerful stories through video this spring in JOUR F307: Video Production. Learn composition, lighting, audio, and editing while creating news and feature videos. No experience needed! Tues 6–9 p.m., in person. CRN 34894. Register today!

#CLAis #UAFJournalism #NanookNation

UAF COMM grad student Anne Moore turned a post-COVID classroom challenge into a published teaching tool. Her Impromptu Construction Wheel builds confidence, creativity, and connection in public speaking courses.

🔗 www.uaf.edu/cla/news/202...

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🎶 The Choir of the North’s holiday concert is TONIGHT — a don’t-miss Fairbanks tradition of music, community, and joy. Pre-concert guitar ensemble at 6:30, main concert at 7:30.
Read more here: www.uaf.edu/cla/news/202...

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🎙️ COMM alum Jakki Padilla brings her WNBA activism research to the Cultivate Talk podcast, sharing how athletes used communication to drive change during the 2020 season.
Read the full CLA Gem: www.uaf.edu/cla/news/202...

#CLAis #Communication #NanookNation

UAF’s Carol Gray brought Alaska’s legal and human rights issues to the global stage at the 2025 IPSA World Congress in Seoul—sharing research on MMIWG, democracy, courts, and digital rights.

🔗 www.uaf.edu/cla/news/202...

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UAF’s Ingrid Johnson explores how Alaska’s nightlife workers—bartenders, managers, and security staff—help prevent harm before it happens. From safe rides to stopping over-service, her research is changing the conversation.

🔗 uaf.edu/cla/news/2025/after-last-call.php

#CLAis #Justice #NanookNation

UAF’s Spring 2025 Juried Student Art Show is a milestone celebration of student creativity with a record-breaking 176 submissions and more than 90 works selected!

See the winners + gallery highlights: www.uaf.edu/cla/news/202...

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The story of the Fairbanks Four could fill a book—and now it does.⁠ Convicted with scant evidence in 1997, they spent 18 years behind bars before being freed. Learn more about the new book by UAF's Brian O’Donoghue.

🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/35uby99z

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🎉 Meet the 2024–2025 CLA Outstanding Students! Chosen for their academic success, leadership, creativity & service, they represent the best of CLA.

👏 To the students selected—congratulations!

🔗 Full list: www.uaf.edu/cla/news/202...

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Missed our panel on journalism & democracy? Watch the full recording online! Insightful convo on press freedom, the First Amendment & the role of media in turbulent times.

Watch the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZb5...

#CLAis #DemocracyInAction #FreePress #JournalismMatters #NanookNation

Andy Witteman demonstrates the power of interdisciplinary study. His story reminds us that knowledge doesn’t exist in silos. When fields of study converse, we begin to ask—and answer—questions that truly matter.

🔗 Read more: tinylink.net/duvRY

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Want to level up your iPhone photos? This summer, Charles Mason is teaching a fully online iPhone photography class—covering portraits, landscapes, food, night shots, slow shutter, and more.

ART F294 Trial Course, CRN: 51002
Questions? cwmason@alaska.edu

#CLAis #iPhonePhotography #NanookNation

Director Flyn Ludington brings history and passion to UAF’s Spring Production, STRIKE! A Musical and Dramatic Revue, weaving scenes, monologues, and songs that explore the struggles and perseverance of the working class.

Read more: tinyurl.com/5c6jf6ep

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