This week is early registration for classes, so we'll be using the first hour of this week's happy hour to help you learn more about classes -- with Course Speed Dating! Each participant will be given a name tag on which to write the courses they have taken. Then you'll be paired up, and given 5 minute rotations with each person to discuss the classes you've taken or are interested in taking. Please try to arrive promptly, so we can start the festivities together!

The Arctic is responding to climate change faster and more intensely than the rest of the planet, with diverse and far-reaching impacts. During this public event, Arctic specialists will present and discuss some of the most significant ways in which the Arctic is changing, focusing primarily on diminishing sea ice and melting permafrost, feedbacks on climate, and consequences for marine mammals, tundra plants and animals, and indigenous peoples of the Arctic.