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  • A boy peers through a circular wreath made with shiny bows and tree boughs

    Make wreaths, holiday ornaments with OneTree Alaska

    December 02, 2024

    Join OneTree Alaska for an afternoon of making holiday wreaths and ornaments using tree boughs and other materials in the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) studio at 1850 Tanana Loop E. on the University of Alaska Fairbanks Troth Yeddha' Campus.

  • Four squirrels poke their heads in unison from the entry hole in a bird nest box made of boards and attached to a tree.

    The secret life of red squirrels

    November 27, 2024

    Stan Boutin has climbed more than 5,000 spruce trees in the last 30 years. He has often returned to the forest floor knowing if a ball of twigs and moss within the tree contained newborn red squirrel pups.

  • Young king salmon swim in the Chena River, part of the Yukon River watershed, in 2011.

    King salmon declines linked to climate, smaller size

    November 26, 2024

    Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks linked the king salmon population declines to reduced body size and extreme climate conditions in the ocean and in rivers.

  • Two women pull potatoes in a field with farm buildings and mountains in the background.

    Chef Amy to discuss healing and Alaska Native traditional foods

    November 25, 2024

    Join the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and chef Amy Foote for a lunch and learn session titled "Finding Healing in Alaska Native Traditional Foods." Foote is director of cuisine for NANA Management Services and formerly was the executive chef at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage.

  • People on boat lowering metal equipment to measure carbon dioxide into ocean

    UAF enhances Seaglider technology to measure carbon dioxide

    November 25, 2024

    Scientists around the world rely on ocean monitoring tools to measure the effects of climate change. Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and their industry partners have advanced the technology available to measure carbon dioxide in the ocean.

  • A brilliant sun shines over a hilly and snowy landscape with ski tracks shown across the foreground

    Explore the physics of snow in statewide webinar

    November 22, 2024

    Learn about snow physics and how snowdrifts form -- and why it is possible to walk on a snowdrift - in a statewide webinar hosted by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service.

  • A woman wearing an orange vest and earphones smiles while sitting in a small aircraft.

    Earthquake scientist moving on after 30 years

    November 22, 2024

    One Sunday more than 20 years ago, Natalia Ruppert held her 1-year-old son a bit tighter in her arms. A friend's house had started shaking with an intensity she had never felt before.

  • 4-H shooting sports rifle instructor training set in Kodiak

    November 21, 2024

    Registered 4-H leaders who wish to become shooting sports instructors in Alaska have an opportunity to complete a two-part training course in January 2025.

  • A woman wearing a reflective safety vest sprays plants on the side of the road with a hose attached to containers on a truck.

    2025 pesticide applicator training classes scheduled for January, April

    November 21, 2024

    A three-day certified pesticide applicator training course is scheduled for Jan. 28-30, with a second course planned for April 22-24. Both courses will be taught by the University Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service via Zoom and are available statewide.

  • Machinery harvests golden-colored barley in a large field under a blue sky

    Delta farmers, researchers to review 2024 season

    November 18, 2024

    Learn about current research into cover crops, small grain varieties, nutritional shifts in grass and livestock health at the 2024 Delta Harvest Wrap-Up.

  • Head and shoulders photo of a man in a knit cap and light jacket in a fall landscape with the Alaska oil pipeline in the background.

    A rich career in a quirky place that fit

    November 15, 2024

    Brian Barnes did something outrageous earlier this week. The biologist drove to a movie theater. In the middle of the day. Barnes, 70, had time to catch a matinee in Fairbanks because after 38 years he recently retired from the University Alaska Fairbanks.

  • A group of people stand in a field facing a person giving a presentation on the flowering plants behind with university buildings visible on the hill in the background.

    UAF boosts awareness of agriculture, food systems in Alaska

    November 14, 2024

    A combination of corporate support and the University of Alaska Fairbanks' commitment to science communication has allowed the Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension to leverage new initiatives to increase awareness of agriculture's importance to Alaska's complex food system.

  • Three lightly browned sourdough biscuits are piled on a flour-covered surface.

    Sitka chef to lead brunch-time biscuit-making workshop

    November 12, 2024

    Chef Andrew Jylkka will share his tips and tricks for making sourdough buttermilk biscuits during a cozy brunch-time class sponsored by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service in Sitka.

  • A person wraps wire around the trunk of a tiny evergreen bonsai tree to shape it.

    Learn the ancient art of bonsai in Anchorage class

    November 11, 2024

    Learn the art of bonsai in a hands-on class taught by longtime florist Paul Marmora in Anchorage. Marmora is past president of the Cook Inlet Bonsai Study Group.

  • A landscape with spruce trees in the foreground and a rocky mountain slope in the distance.

    Geologic hydrogen may be an answer

    November 08, 2024

    The internal combustion engine is less than 100 years old. Same for the technologies we have developed to pull oil and gas from the ground. It's hard to imagine life without our cars and planes and buildings heated with natural gas and oil. But it really wasn't that long ago that people had none of these things. Sometimes, advances happen, and clever people change the way we live.

  • UAF, partners receive $15 million to form innovation hub

    November 08, 2024

    The University of Alaska Fairbanks is one of eight universities jointly awarded $15 million by the National Science Foundation to support and train academics to turn their research outcomes into entrepreneurial accomplishments.

  • UAF summit to explore health care careers, education

    November 06, 2024

    Community members can explore an ever-expanding array of health careers and educational opportunities at the 13th annual Alaska Interior Medical Education Summit on Saturday, Nov. 9.

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