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  • A beaded belt with butterflies on it

    May museum programs explore pollinators

    May 02, 2022

    The University of Alaska Museum of the North is focusing on pollinators during family programs in May.
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  • Interior of greenhouse with wheelbarrow

    Learn about greenhouse energy efficiency, crop storage

    April 29, 2022

    The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service is bringing Scott Sanford to Alaska in early May to discuss crop storage and ways to extend the growing season in heated greenhouses.
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  • Sedimentary rocks of the Cantwell Formation

    Precipitation helped drive distribution of Alaska dinosaurs

    April 29, 2022

    Precipitation had greater impact than temperature on the distribution of herbivorous dinosaurs in what is now Alaska, according to new research.
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  • Photographed from an aircraft at an elevation of several thousand feet, a braided river with numerous gray sand islands and bars winds through a flatland. Surrounding the river are green forests of spruce and deciduous trees, as well as marshes and old oxbow river bends filled with yellowing grasses.

    Alaska's water crop is a natural resource

    April 28, 2022

    As much of Alaska's landmass crosses the magical temperature threshold that turns ice and snow into water, it's time to consider the state's richness in a resource more essential to humans than oil or gas.
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  • graduates smiling and holding their diplomas

    UAF to host 2022 commencement ceremonies

    April 27, 2022

    The University of Alaska Fairbanks will celebrate its Class of 2022 at two commencement ceremonies at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday, April 30, 2022, at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks.
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  • Earth's atmosphere may be source of some lunar water

    April 27, 2022

    Hydrogen and oxygen ions escaping from Earth's upper atmosphere and combining on the moon could be one of the sources of the known lunar water and ice, according to new research by University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute scientists.
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  • Head shots of Susan Henrichs, Anna Atchison, Aaron Schutt and Ann Tremarello.

    UAF to honor 2022 Meritorious Service Award recipients

    April 22, 2022

    The University of Alaska Fairbanks has selected Anna Atchison, Susan Henrichs, Aaron Schutt and Ann Tremarello to receive Meritorious Service Awards in 2022.
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  • three portraits of women

    Darrow, Bhatt, Bret-Harte named 2022 Usibelli Award winners

    April 21, 2022

    The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced the winners of the 2022 Emil Usibelli Distinguished Teaching, Research and Service Awards.
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  • In bright sun, two men in winter gear pose in front of a plywood structure in a wide plain of snow stretching out across sea ice to the horizon.

    His 48th summer on top of the world

    April 21, 2022

    This June, George Divoky will refurbish a cabin that sits on a lonely gravel island north of Alaska.
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  • Ideas win big at virtual UAF Arctic Innovation Competition

    April 20, 2022

    The University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Business and Security Management awarded over $40,000 in cash prizes and awards after the 2022 Arctic Innovation Competition's final presentations Saturday, April 16.
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  • Logan Nave and Tricia Winnick

    UAF names 2022 student award recipients

    April 20, 2022

    The University of Alaska Fairbanks will honor Logan Nave and Tricia Minnick on April 29 as its outstanding undergraduate degree recipients for 2022.
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  • Several wood bison grouped together

    Wood bison calves arrive at LARS

    April 15, 2022

    Parks Canada, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and the federal Bureau of Land Management have facilitated the transfer of 40 eleven-month-old wood bison to the UAF Large Animal Research Station.
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  • Honorary degree recipients Dermot Cole, Sarah James and Mike Williams Sr.

    UAF announces 2022 honorary degree recipients

    April 15, 2022

    The University of Alaska Fairbanks has selected Dermot Cole, Sarah James and Michael Williams Sr. to receive honorary doctorates in 2022.
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  • Endless northern winter about to end

    April 14, 2022

    In mid-April, despite a day length that is four hours longer than Miami's, middle Alaska is still a part of the cryosphere.
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  • Six people stand in a line holding a large $1 million check

    $1 million Kinross gift boosts Troth Yeddha' initiative

    April 13, 2022

    A $1 million donation from Kinross will bring the Troth Yeddha' Indigenous Studies Center one step closer to reality. The gift, announced Tuesday evening, will fund schematic design and bid specifications for the 34,000-square-foot facility at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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