Ocean glider opens new 'tool kit' in crab tracking efforts
October 08, 2024
A remotely piloted underwater glider is showing promise as a tool to track crabs in the Bering Sea, where their numbers have plummeted. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the University of Alaska Fairbanks have tested the glider Shackleton for the past three years to locate tagged crabs.
Museum programs explore skulls in October
October 04, 2024
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is focusing on skulls during family programs in October.
Alaska peregrine falcon numbers drop again
October 03, 2024
Skip Ambrose has floated the upper Yukon River almost every year since Richard Nixon was President. Back then, in 1973, only 12 pairs of peregrine falcons perched at nest sites over a 180-mile stretch of river.
Revitalized project will offer Alaskans energy data access
October 03, 2024
A University of Alaska project will update a public energy data resource in Alaska. With the support of the Alaska Legislature, the university will begin a three-year effort to revitalize the Alaska Energy Data Gateway, a project to create equitable access to Alaska energy data and data analytics.
UAF's high-performance computing resources just got a lot smarter
October 03, 2024
University of Alaska Fairbanks staff upgraded the university's most powerful high-performance computer this summer to significantly increase its capacity and usefulness to researchers and students.
Ocean glider opens new 'tool kit' in crab tracking efforts
October 08, 2024
A remotely piloted underwater glider is showing promise as a tool to track crabs in the Bering Sea, where their numbers have plummeted. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the University of Alaska Fairbanks have tested the glider Shackleton for the past three years to locate tagged crabs.
Museum programs explore skulls in October
October 04, 2024
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is focusing on skulls during family programs in October.
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NextGen awards more than $250,000 in scholarships; more available
October 04, 2024
Thirty-one University of Alaska Fairbanks students were awarded a total of $257,934 in scholarships through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's NextGen Program this fall.
Alaska peregrine falcon numbers drop again
October 03, 2024
Skip Ambrose has floated the upper Yukon River almost every year since Richard Nixon was President. Back then, in 1973, only 12 pairs of peregrine falcons perched at nest sites over a 180-mile stretch of river.
Revitalized project will offer Alaskans energy data access
October 03, 2024
A University of Alaska project will update a public energy data resource in Alaska. With the support of the Alaska Legislature, the university will begin a three-year effort to revitalize the Alaska Energy Data Gateway, a project to create equitable access to Alaska energy data and data analytics.
UAF's high-performance computing resources just got a lot smarter
October 03, 2024
University of Alaska Fairbanks staff upgraded the university's most powerful high-performance computer this summer to significantly increase its capacity and usefulness to researchers and students.
Remote energy leaders can collaborate to advance energy projects
October 02, 2024
The Energy Leadership Accelerator application period is now open. ELA is a new program that connects energy leaders from remote and islanded communities, including those in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories, to advance local energy projects and workforce development.
Alaska 4-H kicks off new program year with a special day
October 01, 2024
Youths and volunteers across Alaska are enrolling in 4-H as the program year begins this October. They're also celebrating the inaugural Alaska State 4-H Day on Wednesday, Oct. 2, and National 4-H Week, Oct. 7-12.
UAF study tracks traveling population wave in Canada lynx
September 30, 2024
A new study by researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Institute of Arctic Biology provides compelling evidence that Canada lynx populations in Interior Alaska experience a "traveling population wave" affecting their reproduction, movement and survival. This discovery could help wildlife managers make better-informed decisions when managing one of the boreal forest's keystone predators.
Red aurora rare enough to be special
September 26, 2024
Charles Deehr will never forget his first red aurora. On Feb. 11, 1958, Deehr was a student at Reed College in Portland, Ore. He asked a Fulbright student from Norway named Tone to the Portland Symphony that night.
Learn the science behind Alaska's spooky plants, bats, insects
September 26, 2024
Carnivorous plants, bats, spiders and zombie insects are the subjects of a series of free spooky science webinars hosted by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service in October.
Holdmann recognized for public service
September 25, 2024
Gwen Holdmann, founding director of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Center for Energy and Power, was honored for her public service by the Alaska Power Association during its annual meeting Sept. 10-13 in Fairbanks.
25th annual Alaska Invasive Species Workshop set for November
September 25, 2024
The Alaska Invasive Species Workshop, a collaboration of the Alaska Invasive Species Partnership and the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, will hold its 25th annual workshop in Fairbanks in November.
Journalist to address agricultural biodiversity and food choices
September 20, 2024
Environmental journalist Preeti Simran Sethi will present "Save by Savoring: How We Protect the Foods We Cherish" on Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 7 p.m. in Schaible Auditorium at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
UAF faculty to showcase literary talents at reading
September 19, 2024
Faculty members from the University of Alaska Fairbanks will showcase their diverse writing styles and genres at a reading from 7-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21.
Wood frogs: farthest-north amphibian cannibals
September 19, 2024
Their staccato voices can make a muskeg bog as loud as a city street, though most are so small they could sit in a coffee cup without scraping their noses.
Study: Proteins in tooth enamel offer window into human wellness
September 19, 2024
A new way of looking at tooth enamel could give scientists a path to deeper understanding of the health of human populations, from the ancient to the modern.
