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  • Oddly shaped, elongated skulls in sizes ranging from small to gigantic hang on a museum wall above a display case featuring Alaska Native masks

    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.

  • 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.

  • A close-up shot of a peregrine falcon's head, emphasizing its large eye and curved beak

    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.

  • 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.

    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.

  • 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.

    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.

  • People on a tour stand together in a large industrial building

    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.

  • A young person wearing bright orange rain gear perches on a log while holding a scalloped yellow chicken of the woods fungi.

    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.

  • A young man in light winter gear holds a large male lynx in a sunny snowy landscape.

    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.

  • A woman and a man, both with gray hair, glasses and wearing blue raincoats, smile at the photographer. The man has a beard and a knit cap.

    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.

  • In a divided image, a spider is seen crawling out of a metal coffee cup on a desk with an open laptop in the background. The right side is a close view of the spider crawling over the edge of the cup.

    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.

  • A tangled bunch of viney weeds with purple flowers.

    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.

  • Preeti Simran Sethi.
Photo courtesy of Preeti Simran Sethi

    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.

  • Joseph Holt, Gerri Brightwell, Kavelina Torres and Daryl Farmer will read from their works during an event on Sept. 21.

    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.

  • A mottled green frog with black spots sits in dry grass.

    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.

  • a hand wearing a blue lab glove holds small white shards

    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.

  • Documentary highlights Dallas Seavey's historic 2024 Iditarod win

    September 18, 2024

    A documentary about Dallas Seavey's historic sixth victory in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race will be screened on the University of Alaska Fairbanks Troth Yeddha' Campus at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20.

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