Finding UAF undergraduates who are conducting original research isn’t at all difficult. Students across campus work with UAF researchers to get a taste of hands-on research beyond the concepts learned from textbooks and lectures. more ...
 

Center for Alaska Native Health Research tackles a heavy subject.

Obesity has risen to epidemic levels in the United States during the past two decades. Between 1976 and 1980 about 15 percent of U.S. adults were classified as obese. By 2004 that number more than doubled to a whopping 33.9 percent.

If the trend continues, 75 percent of the U.S. population will be overweight within the next five years and 40 percent will be obese. more ...

Biomedical research puts science to work for Alaskans. Rare is the Alaskan who hasn’t occasionally dreamed of hibernating through winter. A kindred spirit, of sorts, has given rise to a biomedical discovery that UAF scientists say has the potential to significantly improve medical treatment for humans and has contributed to a resurgence of biomedical research at UAF. more ...

A mysterious, largely unseen remnant of the last ice age, permafrost is soil that has remained frozen for more than two years. Though rarely obvious on the ground surface, permafrost lies beneath 20 percent of the world’s surface and 80 percent of Alaska. This wide distribution has scientists like UAF’s Vladimir Romanovsky traveling the globe during the International Polar Year to visit existing permafrost observatories, to establish new sites, and to reestablish old ones. more ...

An interview with Hajo Eicken, professor of geophysics at the UAF Geophysical Institute. Hajo Eicken  is part of an international research group studying the seasonal arctic ice zone through the Arctic Observing Network. His research interests include how small-scale properties and microstructure of sea ice impact processes on a larger scale as well as the role of sea ice in the climate system. more ...

 

Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks are breaking new scientific ground and making world-changing discoveries. Several major research units are housed in the collaborative environment of the UAF campus and take advantage of UAF’s unique location to support our scientists’ teaching, research and discoveries. more ...