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  • A person shapes a ball of barley cracker dough in a metal bowl. A large stove and pot are in the background.

    Updated rules for selling homemade foods topic of workshop

    February 06, 2026

    A free workshop will review the legal requirements for selling homemade foods in Alaska. Sarah Lewis, with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, will lead the workshop from 5-8 p.m. on Sunday, March 1.

  • Bones and small dinosaur replicas are laid on a table in front of a computer screen showing the bones as they looked in the ground.

    Delta Archaeology Day a hands-on opportunity to explore science

    February 05, 2026

    Three archaeologists from the University of Alaska Museum of the North will lead a mock excavation for Delta Junction Archaeology Day. The workshop takes place on Saturday, Feb. 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Delta Career Advancement Center, located at 1696 N. Clearwater Ave., Delta Junction.

  • Kotzebue wind and solar farm

    New interactive map showcases Alaska's microgrid energy systems

    February 04, 2026

    A free digital tool from the University of Alaska Fairbanks gives users a comprehensive look at energy systems in Alaska's microgrid communities.

  • Solar power arrays flank a field of ripe kale under a blue sky

    Seminar gives overview of agrivoltaics project in Alaska

    February 04, 2026

    A University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher will highlight the first year of activities at Alaska's inaugural commercial-scale agrivoltaics research site.

  • Children and adults work with art materials at tables arranged around a large room.

    Museum programs explore colors in February

    February 03, 2026

    The University of Alaska Museum of the North will highlight colors during family programs in February.

  • A woman wearing a lab coat and latex gloves adds samples to an array of test tubes in a laboratory.

    Enjoying that soda? New research can reveal how much you drink

    February 03, 2026

    A University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist has shown that a chemical marker in the body can reliably reveal how much added sugar and how many sugar-sweetened drinks a person consumes. The marker works in people of different ages, sexes, races and diets.

  • Rocket launches from Poker Flat Research Range

    First rocket of 2026 takes flight at Poker Flat

    January 30, 2026

    A two-stage NASA sounding rocket shot skyward from Poker Flat Research Range at 4:20 a.m. today as part of a long-running project to learn more about aurora-produced nitric oxide in the upper atmosphere.

  • Viewed from an aircraft, a closely-packed group of buildings sit on a small spit of snow-covered land surrounded by sea ice. In the distance, beyond the ice, is an area of open water.

    Twenty years of Arctic report cards

    January 30, 2026

    I sat in on the first Arctic Report Card press conference 20 years ago, and most of the years since. Here are some of the reported changes in the top of the world that have affected the rest of the globe.

  • A woman holds a large pink peony up to her face with the sun shining from behind

    Seminar highlights botanical garden's role in food system

    January 30, 2026

    A presentation by the Georgeson Botanical Garden's directing manager will highlight the garden's role in strengthening food security in the state. Lacey Higham's presentation is part of the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension series "Circumpolar Connections: A Dialogue on Arctic Food Systems."

  • Scott Bailey of Virginia Tech stands with a portion of the rocket for his Polar Night Nitric Oxide, or PolarNOx, mission at Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks. Photo by Bryan Whitten

    Three missions, four rockets: Poker Flat ready for launches

    January 27, 2026

    The 2026 Poker Flat Research Range launch season opens this week with the first of three missions studying the aurora and the upper atmosphere.

  • A collage of two portraits. On the left is a head-and-shoulders portrait of John Davies. On the right is a close-up shot of Bruce Cech in a broadcasting studio wearing a mic, with a lighted sign in the background that reads,

    UAF Alumni Association names 2026 award recipients

    January 23, 2026

    The University of Alaska Fairbanks Alumni Association has named former UA regent John Davies and broadcaster Bruce Cech as its 2026 award recipients, recognizing their exceptional achievements.

  • A man with a blond beard stands against a blue sky background while wearing a heavy red-and-black checkered wool coat and a knit cap.

    Carl Benson embodied the far North

    January 23, 2026

    Carl Benson's last winter on Earth featured 32 consecutive days during which temperatures in his chosen town did not rise above zero Fahrenheit.

  • A person places a piece of fresh salmon into a glass canning jar

    Spring kitchen canning, cleaning, exercise workshops scheduled

    January 22, 2026

    A spring class series hosted by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will teach how to create homemade cleaners, pickle vegetables and can last year's frozen meat, fish, berries and fruit. Sarah Lewis, an Extension health, home and family development agent, will also teach a session on exercises to prepare for summer.

  • FNA opens behavioral health office at UAF

    January 21, 2026

    Fairbanks Native Association has opened a behavioral health services outreach and screening office on the Troth Yeddha' Campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The office, located in UAF's Student Health and Counseling Center at 1007 N. Chandalar Drive, is open to students, faculty, staff and all members of the Fairbanks community.

  • Overhead view of a transmitter tower and building in a clearing surrounded by trees in summer foliage

    KUAC restores broadcast hours, revives programs with KTOO

    January 20, 2026

    Public broadcasting stations KUAC in Fairbanks and KTOO in Juneau have brought programming from the Create and World television channels back to viewers across Alaska. KUAC has also returned to broadcasting 24 hours a day.

  • Presenter at a 2025 lecture

    Science for Alaska talks and events announced

    January 16, 2026

    The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute will host free public science talks over the next few weeks, highlighting new climate research technology, an Alaska earthquake mystery solution, tidewater glaciers in Alaska and Greenland and a recent Bering Sea journey aboard the research vessel Sikuliaq.

  • A close-up photo captures shavings spraying from skate blades as a hockey player's legs, dressed in blue and gold, turn on an ice rink surface. The blade of a hockey stick slides on the rink in front of the ice skates.

    The physics of skating and slap shots

    January 16, 2026

    When two NHL hockey players collide, their pads and muscles can absorb enough energy to power a 100-watt light bulb for a minute and a half.

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2025 winter Aurora Magazine cover

From left, Peyton Platter, Kyle Gaffney and Matt Hubbarde skate onto the ice at the Carlson Center during opening lineup introductions at the Governor’s Cup game on Jan. 31, 2025.

In the trenches: 100 years of Alaska hockey
Planetarium construction continues at the west side of the University of Alaska Museum of the North on UAF’s Troth Yeddha’ Campus in Fairbanks in August 2025. Photo by Bryan Whitten.

Coming soon: Out-of-this-world experience at new UAF planetarium
Jay Ramras, owner of Pike's Waterfront Lodge, speaks at the Boots and Books Scholarship Dinner on Oct. 23, 2025. UAF photo by Eric Engman.

Fire at Pike’s Landing sparks legacy of scholarship support
GeoFORCE Alaska’s fourth cohort — 31 high school students, 11 staff members, a bus driver and one mentor from Doyon Ltd. — gather at Desert View Lookout in Grand Canyon National Park on June 10, 2025.

Connecting Alaska’s rural students with geosciences
ACEP 2025 summer interns gather by Golden Valley Electric Association’s solar farm after touring the nearby battery energy storage system.

Transforming Alaska’s energy future