2025 Arctic Research Open House

UAF West Ridge Thursday, May 15, 4-7 p.m.

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1. Info station & ice cream

FREE ice cream, info, backstage pass pickup and drop-off for door prizes

  • Vice Chancellor for Research

2. Akasofu

Main lobby

Climage change, field research, storytelling

  • International Arctic Research Center including:
    • Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center
    • Alaska Fire Science Consortium
    • Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy
  • Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization
3rd floor mezzanine

Weather, climate, experiential learning, birch syrup taste tests, innovation hub

  • National Weather Service
  • Honors College
  • Alaska Center ICE
Mather Library (202)

Space weather, radio science, ionosphere, aurora, atmosphere, infrasound, seismology, nuclear treaty monitoring, explosion

  • High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP)
  • Space Physics
  • Wilson Alaska Technical Center (WATC)
Room 204

Drone "petting zoo," flight simulator

  • Alaska Center for UAS Integration (ACUASI)

3. Elvey

Globe Room (2015)

Earthquakes, tsunamis, seismology, NASA, remote sensing, self-guided image walk, wildland fire, permafrost, snow, ecology

  • Geophysical Institute including:
    • Alaska Earthquake Center
    • Alaska Satellite Facility
    • Geographic Information Network of Alaska
    • Snow, Ice and Permafrost group
    • Alaska Climate Research Center
    • Hyperspectral Imaging Laboratory
Elvey Entrance (outside)

Volcanoes, lava, geophysics, eruption

  • Alaska Volcano Observatory

4. West Ridge Research Building

Main lobby

Virtual reality games, coastal research, mariculture

  • Alaska EPSCoR

5. O'Neill

Vera Alexander Room (201) and hallway

Survival suit challenge, marine organisms, marine research, marine art activity

  • College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
  • Alaska Sea Grant
Corn Diggy Dogs Food Truck
  • In front of Irving Building
  • Food is available for purchas from 4-7 p.m.

6. Lawn

Collaborative Music Experience, indigenous art, archaeological excavation, bike generator, water turbine tank

  • Cold Climate Housing Research Center
  • College of Liberal Arts
  • Summer Sessions
  • UA Museum of the North
  • Alaska Center for Energy and Power

7. Arctic Health

Garage and outside (west side of building)

Greenhouse tours, GIS, agriculture, birch and barley taste testing

  • Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension Services including:
    • Cooperative Extension Service
    • Agricultural and Forestyr Experiment Station
  • Animal Resource Center/Large Animal Research Station
  • One Health/College of Indigenous Studies

8. Murie

Main lobby

Guided tours, virtual reality, rockets, space

  • College of Natural Science and Mathematics
  • Institute of Arctic Biology
  • Toolik Field Station
  • Alaska INBRE
  • Center for Alaska Native Health Research
Outside Murie
  • College of Engineering and Mines

Discover tours and special events happening during the Arctic Research Open House

Arctic Research Open House Schedule
Unit/Department Tour/Event Time(s) Offered Location
Vice Chancellor for Research Office Explore Badge Challenge 4-7 p.m.

All locations
(look for the orange and green balloons to complete the challenge)
Alaska Earthquake Center AEC tours rusn every 30 min. Elvey (building #3) Globe room 2015
Alaska Volcano Observatory Lava demonstration 4:30, 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. Elvey (building #3) entrance
College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Survival Suit Race
(Try on a survival suit)		 4-7 p.m. In front of O'Neill (building #5)
Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension Greehouse tours Tours can be requested by contacting staff Arctic Health (Building #7) in the garage area adjacent to the greenhouses
UAF Department of Theater and Film 7 short films screening back to back* Showing start at 4 and 5:30 p.m. Murie (building #8) Murie Auditorium

*Program by FRAME Film Productions

  • Mending the Net: Elders Mentoring Elders (11 min)
  • Alaska Native Filmmakers: Stories of Climate Justice (15 min)
  • Kohtr'elneyh (Remembering Forward): Alaska's Just Transition Summit (11 min)
  • Diiyeghan naii Taii Tr'eedaa (We Will Walk the Trail of our Ancenstors) (9 min)
  • To Continue or Be Remembered: Perpetuating and Sharing Alaska Native Arts (26 min)
  • Intergenerational Dialogue Exchange and Action with Alaska Native Youth (9 min)
  • Moose Campus with the Elders (10 min)