2023 news and events archives
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Grant will allow ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Tribes Extension Program to expand
November 07, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service a $730,585 grant for its ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Tribes Extension Program as part of a $71 million investment to help underserved communities.
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Snedden lecture features NPR’s Neda Ulaby
November 04, 2022
Neda Ulaby, a reporter with National Public Radio’s Arts Desk, will deliver a talk on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, from 7-8:30 p.m. in Schaible Auditorium at the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks.
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Juneau events showcase music on the science of climate change
November 04, 2022
University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks scientists have teamed up with the Juneau Composers Consortium and Con Brio Chamber Series for a unique program of original musical works that interpret climate research.
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750 miles per day for 11 days, no rest
November 03, 2022
A bird the size of your fist has made humans all over the world marvel at the things we can't do. Like fly. For 11 days straight, from ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ to Tasmania, your toes not touching earth or water.
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November 03, 2022
Do you have a school-age youth who is interested in learning about science, health, gardening, cooking and being a positive role model? 4-H is returning to Anchorage, bringing a wealth of opportunities.
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Webinar planned to assist small businesses, startups
November 02, 2022
The ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Center for Innovation, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship at the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks has been awarded a federal grant to assist small businesses and startups.
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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ, Explore.org launch live muskox webcam
November 02, 2022
The University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks and the live nature cam network Explore.org have launched the network's first live webcam stream dedicated to one of the Arctic's most iconic animals: the muskox.
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Workshop focuses on farming, water and drought in ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ
November 01, 2022
The impact of drought on agriculture is the topic of two free workshops offered through the National Drought Mitigation Center, ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Cooperative Extension Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Northwest Climate Hub.
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Museum to host military, veteran appreciation day
October 31, 2022
The University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Museum of the North will host a military and veterans appreciation day on Saturday, Nov. 5. Active-duty military, veterans and their families will get free admission to the museum.
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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ to host Three Minute Thesis graduate student competition
October 28, 2022
The University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks Graduate School will host its second annual Three Minute Thesis competition on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 4 p.m. in the Schaible Auditorium.
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Research provides details of possible NASA moon landing sites
October 28, 2022
A University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks postdoctoral researcher has helped NASA better understand two of the possible landing sites for the space agency's Artemis program to land humans at the moon's south pole and establish a sustainable base camp there.
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What lives in frozen soil for 25,000 years?
October 28, 2022
Standing in the 29-degree air outside a building on the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks campus, Josephine Galipon held a pinkie-size vial that may have held tiny organisms locked in a coma for thousands of years.
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UA Museum of North to host Halloween celebration
October 24, 2022
The University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Museum of the North will hold its Halloween at the Museum celebration on Monday, Oct. 31, from 4-6 p.m.
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Tlingit, Haida potatoes added to menu at medical center
October 21, 2022
A partnership between the ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Native Tribal Health Consortium and the Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center in Palmer will result in hundreds of meals featuring traditional Native foods for patients at the ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Native Medical Center this year.
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Fairbanks school district, ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ expand North Star College partnership
October 21, 2022
The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District is expanding its North Star College program, an ongoing partnership with the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks that allows students to take college courses at ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ while still in high school.
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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ, Defense Department take new approach to suicide prevention
October 21, 2022
University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks researchers have been selected to develop a suicide-prevention program that will focus on ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ-based Army soldiers.
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Home insulation from wood and fungus
October 20, 2022
A few ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ researchers are working to create insulation that removes carbon from the atmosphere and stores it for the life of a building and beyond.
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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ esports joins national league, awards scholarships
October 20, 2022
The University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks has joined the National Association of Collegiate Esports. ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ is the first university in ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ to achieve NACE membership and one of only a handful in the western United States.
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Research reveals magma activity beneath Mount Edgecumbe
October 20, 2022
New research shows magma rising at long-dormant Southeast ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ volcano.
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Major grant to support Bus 142 conservation work
October 19, 2022
A $500,000 federal grant from the National Park Service and the Institute of Museum and Library Services will help the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Museum of the North prepare Bus 142 for public exhibition during the summer of 2024. The money will fund extensive conservation work on the 1940s-era bus, made famous by the book and film "Into the Wild."
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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ to host Inside Out campus preview day
October 18, 2022
The University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks will host Inside Out, a free campus preview day for high school students and their families, on Saturday, Oct. 22.
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2022 Invasive Species Workshop set for Nov. 1-3
October 18, 2022
Efforts to battle the invasive European green crab, which was found in Southeast ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ for the first time this summer, will be a focus of the 2022 Invasive Species Workshop.
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HAARP to begin largest set of experiments at its new observatory
October 17, 2022
Thirteen experiments to be conducted over 10 days at HAARP.
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3D metal printer transforms ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ machine shop's abilities
October 14, 2022
New 3D metal printer at ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Geophysical Institute
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The man who knew moose like no other
October 14, 2022
Vic Van Ballenberghe died on Sept. 22, 2022, at the age of 78. The man who knew moose better than perhaps anyone else on Earth had stood amid their knobby legs for many springs and falls in Interior ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ.
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A small fire with a big legacy
October 12, 2022
ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ fire researchers have taken advantage of the convenient location of the 2021 Yankovich Fire on the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks North Campus to install monitoring transects for research and training purposes, and now plan to erect a set of interpretive signs to raise public awareness of wildfires.
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Workshops offer information for people with diabetes
October 11, 2022
A six-week community health education workshop that focuses on people with diabetes will get underway in Fairbanks on Friday, Oct. 14.
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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ receives grant to advance ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Native food and energy sovereignty
October 11, 2022
A $1.9 million federal grant will support University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks programs that focus on Indigenous food and energy system development and sustainability at the institution's five rural campuses.
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Panel discussion with microreactor vendors planned for Oct. 13
October 07, 2022
A panel discussion featuring vendors for nuclear microreactors will be held on Thursday, Oct. 13, at 6 p.m. in the Fairbanks Pipeline Training Center, 3605 Cartwright Court, building C.
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Grains of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ made into art
October 06, 2022
Kelsey Aho works as a mapmaker for the U.S. Forest Service in ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ. She is also an artist who collects earthen materials on her travels around the state.
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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Community and Technical College celebrates partners
October 05, 2022
The University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks Community and Technical College will celebrate community and industry partners on Friday, Oct. 7, from 4:30-6:30 p.m.
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Study: Glass microspheres won't save Arctic sea ice
October 05, 2022
A proposal to cover Arctic sea ice with layers of tiny hollow glass spheres about the thickness of one human hair would actually accelerate sea-ice loss and warm the climate rather than creating thick ice and lowering the temperature as proponents claim.
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October museum programs explore bats
October 04, 2022
The University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Museum of the North is exploring bats during hands-on programs in October.
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Free workshops scheduled on disaster preparation
October 03, 2022
A series of free workshops on Friday, Oct. 7, will teach attendees about putting together an emergency kit, what kind of generator to buy and how to maintain a water supply, among other tips.
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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ megastorms vs. East Coast hurricanes
October 03, 2022
My friend Hal called the other day from a parking garage in Punta Gorda, Florida. In his car he had nine one-gallon jugs of water, a red-plastic container of gasoline and a motorcycle helmet.
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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ seismologist helps start science journal that eliminates fees
September 29, 2022
An international team of researchers has launched a new open-access journal, Seismica, supporting free global access to cutting-edge seismological research. The journal also will not charge scientists a publication fee.
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Georgeson Botanical Garden construction aims to improve accessibility, layout
September 29, 2022
A major construction project at the Georgeson Botanical Garden is updating the main pedestrian corridor to improve accessibility, strengthening the linear nature of the garden and visually unifying it.
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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Bristol Bay Campus receives funding for solar energy training
September 28, 2022
The ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Bristol Bay Campus recently received generous support from the ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Technical Vocational Education Program (TVEP) for a solar energy installation instructor training program.
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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Native Language Center to celebrate 50th anniversary on Oct. 4
September 27, 2022
The University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Native Language Center will celebrate its 50th anniversary on Tuesday, Oct. 4. A celebration will be held in the ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Wood Center from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and is open to the public.
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New research can help electric utilities account for climate change
September 23, 2022
Research will help local energy planners determine the optimal mix of renewable energy sources and energy storage needs.
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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ sand dunes hint at ancient past
September 22, 2022
Sitting at a window seat on a recent flight from Seattle to Fairbanks, I looked down on ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ from 35,000 feet. There was my home river, the Tanana, flowing gray and braided from near the Canada border.
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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ drone pilots head to western ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ for emergency response
September 21, 2022
A University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks drone team headed to Western ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Wednesday to support the U.S. Coast Guard's emergency response following Typhoon Merbok. Over the next few days to weeks, the team will work alongside the Coast Guard's Marine Safety Task Force as they assess infrastructure damage at as many as 20 coastal communities in ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ's Bering Strait.
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Health training courses scheduled in Anchorage
September 21, 2022
The University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will lead two training sessions in Anchorage for individuals or organizations that want to offer research-based community health education.
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Caught in a major storm, ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ researchers make the best of it
September 21, 2022
On St. Paul Island, in the Bering Sea about 300 miles from ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ’s coast, the still-powerful remains of Typhoon Merbok passed overhead, churning up the ocean and rolling across the landscape on a path to the ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ mainland. As the storm hit the small island, three University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks researchers, two graduate students and a filmmaker went out for a look.
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Falling into autumn: Pretty reds can mean pretty dry and warm
September 21, 2022
Have you noticed more red leaves this autumn compared to the past few years? I have lived here since 2008, and I have never seen so much red in our aspen and birch leaves.
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Business accelerator accepting applications
September 20, 2022
The ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Interior Business Accelerator is accepting applications for its second cohort. The businesses accelerator is designed to help new businesses through mentorship, networking, education and access to capital.
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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ scientists contribute to long-term climate change overview
September 19, 2022
University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks scientists played key roles in a recently released report about the effects of climate change at dozens of long-term research sites around the world.
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Tickets available for ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Business Leader of Year event
September 16, 2022
Tickets are on sale for the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks College of Business and Security Management's 44th Business Leader of the Year dinner and award ceremony.
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Where do ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ bats spend the winter?
September 14, 2022
Jesika Reimer, a bat expert and consultant, has held in her hands little brown bats from the Northwest Territories to the Tanana River. Along with a few colleagues around ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ, she is sharing new information about the farthest-north bat.
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Holdmann to lead discussion about small-scale nuclear energy
September 14, 2022
Gwen Holdmann will discuss small-scale nuclear energy and its potential in ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ at a town hall energy discussion on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 5:30 p.m. at the Noel Wien Library Auditorium in Fairbanks.
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Cooperative Extension offers classes on food prep, preservation
September 13, 2022
University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension agent Sarah Lewis and Anchorage program manager Gina Dionne will offer a series of Tuesday evening online classes on preparing and preserving foods for the holidays.
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Certified food protection manager training class scheduled
September 12, 2022
The University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will offer a two-day food protection manager training class on Oct. 17-18.
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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ, Latitude 65 to launch Nanook 65 Golden Ale
September 09, 2022
The University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks has teamed up with Fairbanks' Latitude 65 Brewing Company on a new beer that will boost scholarships for ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Nanooks student-athletes.
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An attempt to demystify the mysterious
September 08, 2022
NEAR GAKONA, ALASKA -- In this wild place where dump truck drivers once tipped load after load of gravel onto the moss to make roads and building pads, scientists rolled open an iron gate one recent Saturday afternoon.
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Presentation to discuss resurrecting the woolly mammoth
September 08, 2022
Technology startup company Colossus Biosciences and national organization The Explorer's Club will host a presentation about the company's work toward resurrecting the woolly mammoth.
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Frigid but not rigid -- researchers discover surprising plant phenomenon
September 06, 2022
Peter Ray and Syndonia Bret-Harte have studied Arctic plants for a combined 50 years. But they recently found there was still more to learn when an accidental experiment led to a surprising discovery about how such plants behave in the snow.
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Students find sky-high excitement with ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ drone center
September 02, 2022
ACUASI's visit to Delta Junction Junior High School — home of the Grizzlies — was part of ACUASI’s effort to get young people interested in science, technology, engineering and math.
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September museum programs explore water
September 01, 2022
The University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Museum of the North is focusing on the theme of water during family programs in September.
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Chasing the sun from New York to ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ
September 01, 2022
When I left my sister's house in Brooklyn yesterday afternoon, I was 4,200 miles from my home. That's a long way, but I slept in my Fairbanks bed before the next sunrise.
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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ scientists lead Arctic section of State of the Climate report
August 31, 2022
University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks scientists at the International Arctic Research Center are among world experts leading the State of the Climate report, which summarizes global environmental conditions in 2021.
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Adopt a woolly mammoth and win!
August 25, 2022
A University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks scientist wants to find out when the last woolly mammoth fell to the grass in ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ. He is asking for help from an unusual source: people like you.
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Museum of North launches Adopt a Mammoth program
August 25, 2022
The University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks is inviting the public to go woolly mammoth hunting. The newly launched Adopt a Mammoth program encourages sponsorship of each of the roughly 1,500 teeth, tusks and bones in the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Museum of the North's collection.
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Barn quilt to be displayed at Fairbanks Experiment Farm
August 24, 2022
A new public art project will be unveiled on Aug. 27 at 1 p.m. at the Fairbanks Experiment Farm on the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks campus. A barn quilt titled "Wild Blueberry and Troth Blossoms" is the 37th quilt on the statewide Far North Quilt Trail Project. It will be displayed on the side of the barn.
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Long named GNAC Defensive Player of Week
August 22, 2022
Jessa Long, the libero for the ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Nanooks volleyball team, was named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week on Monday, Aug. 22.
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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ orientation to welcome new students
August 22, 2022
The University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks will welcome hundreds of new students during orientation activities this week.
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Nanooks volleyball extends coach Scott for four years
August 18, 2022
The ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Nanooks volleyball team and ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ athletic director Brock Anundson have announced a four-year contract extension for head coach Brian Scott. Scott is currently entering his eighth year as the head coach of the Nanooks' volleyball program, first taking over in 2015.
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Arctic Fest 2022 combines arts, science, Indigenous perspectives
August 18, 2022
A new type of festival that combines the arts, sciences, and Indigenous cultural and knowledge systems to help explain and respond to climate change in the North will open later this month in Fairbanks, ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ.
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If a lake drains in northern ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ...
August 18, 2022
Harry Potter Lake did not die quietly. Water in the basin on ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ's North Slope cut through a 30-foot strip of tundra in early July 2022. The lake then roared into a creek.
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Community college hosting Aug. 18 registration event downtown
August 17, 2022
The University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks Community and Technical College will hold a community event with a fire truck, ambulance, small airplane, food, 3D printers and more Thursday, Aug. 18. The CTC Registration Bash will take place from 4-6 p.m.
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Arctic Education Alliance visits ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Interior ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Campus
August 16, 2022
Representatives from the Arctic Education Alliance will visit the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks and other areas of interest in the state Aug. 15-19.
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Week's events: Aging in place lecture, portrait discussion
August 12, 2022
University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here is what's happening from Aug. 14-20, the final week of this summer's schedule.
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Secrets of an ancient horse of the Yukon
August 12, 2022
In the lab of Yukon government paleontologists are the remains of saber-toothed cats, bears with boxy faces that stood 8 feet tall, woolly mammoths and sloths the size of gorillas. Of all these time-hardened riches of the past, Elizabeth Hall has a cherished piece -- the fragment of a horse's foreleg that fits in the palm of her hand.
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Thawing Arctic hillsides are major climate change contributors
August 12, 2022
Thawing Arctic hillsides release a significant amount of organic carbon that has been locked in frozen ground for thousands of years but which now can contribute to an already warming climate, according to new research.
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HAARP to hold public open house Saturday, Aug. 27
August 11, 2022
The public will have opportunity to learn about how scientists study the Earth’s ionosphere, the region between Earth's lower atmosphere and the vacuum of space, at an Aug. 27, 2022, open house at the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program. The facility, widely known simply as HAARP, is in Gakona, ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ.
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Permafrost knowledge needed to support sustainable northern agriculture
August 10, 2022
Northern farming could experience huge growth in the 21st century as boreal regions warm. A new University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks-led study argues that a better understanding of how permafrost and agriculture interact is needed to make it happen.
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Cooperative Extension offers 12-month diabetes prevention program
August 10, 2022
The University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service is offering a yearlong program to help people at risk of developing diabetes lose weight and improve their health.
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Stories, maps and storymaps — ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ student supports community decision-making
August 08, 2022
A University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks master's degree candidate's work collects reports of warming temperatures, changing wind patterns, eroding coastlines and shifting sea ice across Arctic ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ.
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Naylor appointed as Chukchi Campus interim director
August 05, 2022
Minnie Naylor has been appointed to serve as the interim director of the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks Chukchi Campus in Kotzebue.
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Week's events: Mary Nordale, heart health lecture, film talk, bluegrass
August 05, 2022
University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here is what's happening during the week of Aug. 7-13.
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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ lexicon sinks in over the years
August 04, 2022
When my little Ford pickup chugged into ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ 36 years ago this month, I didn't know a wheel dog from a dog salmon.
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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Geophysical Institute announces 2022 Schaible fellowship recipients
August 04, 2022
One student from ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ and one from Switzerland have been selected as this year's recipients of a Geophysical Institute Schaible Fellowship.
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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ police, NAMI Fairbanks host crisis intervention training
August 04, 2022
NAMI Fairbanks and the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks Police Department have partnered to host crisis intervention training on the ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Troth Yeddha Campus this week.
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TCC, ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ co-host 38th annual ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Tribal Court Conference
August 03, 2022
TCC and ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ are partnering to host the 38th Annual ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Tribal Court Conference from Aug. 2-5, 2022, at Westmark's banquet room in Fairbanks.
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Toolik Field Station receives another five years' funding
August 02, 2022
Toolik Field Station, the largest scientific research station in the Arctic, has received $19.7 million in funding from the National Science Foundation for five more years of operation.
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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ's giant climate stripes boldly proclaim Arctic change
August 01, 2022
The International Arctic Research Center is showing its stripes with a bold 40-foot-long hallway installation. The myriad of red and blue vertical bands makes a rainbow-like bar code representing Arctic temperatures from 1900 to 2021. The trend in the Arctic is remarkable. Every year since 1995 shows red, meaning that annual temperatures have been above average for nearly three decades.
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A high-country Eden for sockeye salmon
July 29, 2022
In late summer, a few months before this mossy valley will feel the sting of 40-below air, bright red salmon dart through a crystal-clear pool amid fragrant green vegetation. The Gulkana Hatchery has a Garden-of-Eden feel, which is fitting since millions of sockeye salmon begin life here each year.
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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ debuts two new energy-focused edX courses
July 29, 2022
ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ is launching two new online non-credit courses that are free to members of the public. The self-paced courses, both focused on different aspects of energy systems, are offered through ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ's edX partnership and will be available on the ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵX platform.
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Study aims to reduce fuel oil use in remote Arctic
July 29, 2022
Researchers will study whether heaters that store renewable electric energy might substantially reduce fuel oil burned in remote Arctic homes, under a new project led by a University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks team.
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Week's events: Arts talk, Dr. Zink, voting lecture, jazz music
July 29, 2022
University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here is what's happening during the week of July 31-Aug. 6.
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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Day at the fair scheduled for Aug. 2
July 28, 2022
The University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks will host ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Day at the Tanana Valley State Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 2. ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ employees, students, alumni and friends will receive $1 off admission by wearing ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ apparel or showing their PolarExpress card.
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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ engineering building to be named for Joe Usibelli
July 27, 2022
The University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks will name its engineering building for ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ alumnus, philanthropist and miner Joseph E. Usibelli.
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A field guide to old coffee cans
July 27, 2022
A Bureau of Land Management archaeologist created a guide to identify the old Hills Bros. cans found at old cabin sites across Interior ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ.
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Scientists to set sail in search of Bering Sea's stormy past
July 26, 2022
A team of scientists will soon head to the Aleutian Islands aboard the research vessel Sikuliaq on a voyage to reconstruct the region's ancient history of powerful storms.
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Fisheries and marine sciences degree now available online
July 25, 2022
The College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks is offering a new option within its undergraduate degree program that lets students study remotely and on a flexible schedule.
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Week's events: Shirley Gordon, eye health lecture, air quality talk, bluegrass tunes
July 22, 2022
University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here is what's happening during the week of July 24-30.
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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ crew, unmanned aircraft help protect endangered right whales
July 21, 2022
The ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration is back in Canada to help prevent endangered North Atlantic right whales from colliding with vessels in the busy Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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New method can improve explosion detection
July 21, 2022
Computers can be trained to better detect distant nuclear detonations, chemical blasts and volcano eruptions by learning from artificial explosion signals, according to a new method devised by a University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks scientist.
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Workshops focus on firewood, biochar and private woodlands
July 20, 2022
Learn all about firewood in three workshops sponsored by the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service. The workshops will cover topics such as managing private woodlands, stacking and storing wood, and creating biochar to boost vegetable production.
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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ scientist proud of his work on Webb telescope
July 18, 2022
Gunther Kletetschka of the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks Geophysical Institute worked on developing the telescope's magnetically controlled microshutters, which helped make those images possible.
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Week's events: Tourism talk, pandemic response, ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ innovation, Emily Anderson
July 15, 2022
University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here is what's happening during the week of July 17-24.
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110 years since the largest ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ eruption
July 14, 2022
To put the largest eruption in ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ's written history in context, Robert Griggs pondered what might have happened if the volcano was located on Manhattan Island.
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University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ launches new master's degree in marine policy
July 14, 2022
Working on marine issues often requires knowledge of both natural and social sciences, and the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks and the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Southeast can provide it through their new Master of Marine Policy degree.
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Learn about the boreal forest from forester Glen Holt
July 13, 2022
Take a walk in the woods with forester Glen Holt on Saturday, July 23, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Ballaine Lake on Farmers Loop.
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Rural ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Honors Institute celebrates class of 2022
July 11, 2022
The University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks will celebrate the achievements of the Rural ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Honors Institute class of 2022 on July 14 with a hybrid in-person and virtual graduation ceremony.
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Week's events: Bishop McCormick, diagnostic imaging, drones, marimba music
July 08, 2022
University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here is what's happening during the week of July 10-16.
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A half century in a difficult, dynamic place
July 07, 2022
Dan Mann hands me a clump of orange dirt the size of an almond. He instructs me to put it in my mouth. "What's it taste like? Does it crunch?"
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Birdwatching brings millions of dollars to ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ
July 06, 2022
New research by the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks and Audubon ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ found that nearly 300,000 birders traveled to the state and spent about $378 million in 2016. Birdwatching supported roughly 4,300 jobs in ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ that year.
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Week's event: Bagpipe music with Red Hackle Pipe Band
July 01, 2022
University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here is what's happening during the week of July 3-9.
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Mining's effect on fish warrants better science-based policies
July 01, 2022
A new paper published in Science Advances synthesizes the impact of metal and coal mines on salmon and trout in northwestern North America
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