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  • Pat Druckenmiller and Greg Erickson chisel out a bone from a rock slab along the Colville River on Alaska’s North Slope.

    Nova episode highlights Alaska dinosaur research

    January 19, 2022

    Scientists who study the planet's northernmost dinosaurs will bring PBS viewers to their field sites and labs in a new episode of the science documentary series Nova.
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  • Residents of Utqiagvik return by snowmachine from the lead at the edge of the shore-fast ice.

    Scientists aim to improve sea ice predictions' accuracy, access

    January 18, 2022

    Sea ice predictions have improved markedly since the founding of an international forecasting and monitoring network 14 years ago. As the amount of sea ice in the Arctic declines, thins and becomes more mobile, accurate forecasts are becoming even more vital.
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  • UAF names 2022 alumni award recipients

    January 14, 2022

    The University of Alaska Fairbanks Alumni Association has named its 2022 award recipients.
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  • A student at John Fredson School in Venetie, Alaska, works with one of the drone kits provided by the Alaska Satellite Facility through a NASA grant.

    UAF scientists help rural students do science with tiny drones

    January 14, 2022

    NASA-funded effort seeks to get more students involved in STEM education -- science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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  • A man in a yellow and green knit cap and parka holds a 2-by-3-foot flat piece of 1-inch-thick snow crust in front of his chest, with his right hand bare and his left mittened. He stands in a snowy landscape with spruce trees to his right and a 6-foot chain-link fence to his left, behind which are spruce and larch trees.

    Midwinter rain on snow is a game changer

    January 13, 2022

    On Dec. 26, more than an inch of rain fell over a wide swath of the state. Much of the backcountry of Interior Alaska now has an ice sheet beneath a foot of fluffy snow.
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  • Sport and recreation business speaker series begins Feb. 1

    January 13, 2022

    Recreation business professionals will share their experiences during a series of free public online discussions sponsored by the sport and recreation business program at the UAF College of Business and Security Management.
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  • Juneau composer Michael Bucy plays the trombone.

    Turning science into music to find common ground and inspire

    January 12, 2022

    If climate change was a song, what would it sound like? Alaska composer Michael Bucy has an answer to that question.
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  • A view of thermokarst lakes on the Arctic tundra

    UAF researchers featured in permafrost science overview

    January 11, 2022

    A newly published overview of recent permafrost science includes contributions from seven University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers who helped review how long-frozen terrain is being rapidly affected by climate change.
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  • A porcupine perches in a deciduous, leafless tree.

    The porcupine's winter in slow-motion

    January 06, 2022

    On her runs through Bicentennial Park in Anchorage, biologist Jessy Coltrane discovered the Alaska creature she wanted to study: the porcupine.
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  • A child's hand picks up an ancient stone tool

    January museum programs explore tools

    January 05, 2022

    The University of Alaska Museum of the North is focusing on the theme of tools during family programs in January.
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