University of Alaska Fairbanks faculty fear research funding cuts amid DEI rollback

University of Alaska Fairbanks faculty fear research funding cuts amid DEI rollback

The University of Alaska Fairbanks quad on March 21, 2025. (Shelby Herbert/KUAC) A few dozen University of Alaska Fairbanks students, faculty and their dogs gathered in a frozen parking lot on campus in late February. It might’ve looked like a tailgate party — if not for the signs in their hands. Many in the crowd, like undergraduate anthropology student Hazel Probst, were there to protest the University of Alaska Board of Regents’ decision last…