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  • Graphic of the figure of a woman with a tear in the paper in the abdomen area. A faded paper with intimate partner violence statistics is in the background

    The Impact of Abortion Restrictions on Violence Against Women

    October 16, 2025

    Explore how abortion restrictions affect survivors of violence--talk by Dr. Ingrid Johnson for the UAF Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies program.

  • Marte Lill Somby, Skrevet i Stein / Written in Stone, 2020-current. Photograph by June Bj酶rnback.

    dis/comfort in the North

    October 16, 2025

    Fifty artists, sixteen countries: Katie Ione Craney's "dis/comfort in the north" probes how the Arctic is felt, imagined, and lived.

  • View of the northwest section of Camp Two, Nov. 27, 1942, Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. Photo credit: Francis Stewart/National Archives and Records Administration, Ctrl. #: NWDNS-210-G-D692, NARA ARC #: 538649, WRA

    Desert Convergences

    October 13, 2025

    Mary Ludwig's work reveals how the Gila River Indian Community and Japanese Americans forged compassion during wartime incarceration.

  • Partial cast of the 2025 Winter Shorts production of

    Winter Shorts, Thawed

    October 02, 2025

    Winter Shorts returns with two student-directed plays, offering UAF students hands-on experience and heartfelt storytelling.

  • AY2025 CLA promo and tenure recipients clockwise from top left: Sveta Yamin-Pasternak (Anthropology, ACNS, WGSS), Phil Wight (History, ACNS), Chisato Murakami (Global Languages) and Joseph Holt (English)

    Celebrating UAF CLA 2024-2025 Promotion & Tenure Recipients

    September 22, 2025

    Meet the 2024-2025 UAF CLA tenure & promotion recipients and celebrate their contributions to our community.

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