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  • Sikuliaq visiting Hawaii to support research efforts

    November 05, 2024

    The Seward-based research vessel Sikuliaq will be spending this winter in the tropics. The only ice-capable vessel in the U.S. academic research fleet arrived in Hawaii on Saturday, where it will operate for the next five months. The detour is part of an effort to help with projects in the region while other vessels are busy or undergoing repairs.

  • Panel will discuss carbon capture, use and storage in Alaska

    November 05, 2024

    The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’ Alaska Center for Energy and Power will host a town hall discussion on carbon capture, use and storage on Nov. 19 in the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center.

  • Heat map of fossil footprint

    Fossil tracks push range of large bird northward

    November 04, 2024

    Scientists from Fairbanks, New Mexico and Japan have discovered the first reported fossilized tracks of a large four-toed bird that inhabited central Alaska 90 million to 120 million years ago.

  • CTC receives $4.3 million to boost Native student success

    November 04, 2024

    The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø' Community and Technical ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø has been awarded a $4.3 million federal Title III grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The five-year grant will be used to enhance academic programs, student services and partnerships with industry to improve access and success for Alaska Native students.

  • Argon mass spectrometer at the UAF Geophysical Institute's Geochronology Lab.

    UAF aims to make Alaska a critical minerals hub

    November 01, 2024

    The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø has a new research unit that aims to make Alaska a global leader in research and development of critical minerals.

  • A striped mussel shell smaller than a fingernail is shown embedded in a ball of moss.

    Climate change focus of 25th annual Invasive Species Workshop

    November 01, 2024

    Managing invasive species in a changing climate will be the focus of the 25th annual Alaska Invasive Species Workshop on Nov. 12-14 in Fairbanks. The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Cooperative Extension Service is coordinating the workshop with the Alaska Invasive Species Partnership, an informal statewide group of agencies, organizations and individuals concerned about invasive species.

  • Cars sit in a parking lot covered with slushy snow.

    The numbers behind a ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø forecast

    November 01, 2024

    A meteorologist from the National Weather Service's local office recently told a newspaper reporter that heavy, wet, snow would materialize in a few days. He said it would resemble "cement falling from the sky."

  • Clusters of “fairy circles†in Western Australia have been found to seep hydrogen gas.

    UAF workshop will look at Alaska's geologic hydrogen

    October 25, 2024

    Reshaping Alaska's energy future with geologic hydrogen is the subject of a three-day workshop next week hosted by the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Geophysical Institute and the U.S. Arctic Research Commission.

  • A person holds a toothy skull.

    Weasels are cute, natural-born killers

    October 25, 2024

    Weighing as much as a cup of walnuts and resembling a squeaky dog toy, the short-tailed weasel is easy to underestimate.

  • A young child stands in front of a table displaying fossilized bones. He is playing with plastic dinosaur models.

    November museum programs focus on fossils

    October 24, 2024

    The University of Alaska Museum of the North will focus on fossils during family programs in November.

  • Wildfire smoke on the UAF campus

    Method rapidly determines surface air quality during Alaska wildfires

    October 23, 2024

    A method of quickly determining surface air quality during Alaska's sometimes intense wildfire season will benefit urban and rural communities, especially those in Interior Alaska where boreal forest fires often rage.

  • A group of children and adults dressed in halloween costumes, including a butterfly, dragon and flamingo, peer down at museum cases lined up on a series of tables in a dimly lit room.

    Museum of the North to host Halloween celebration

    October 23, 2024

    The University of Alaska Museum of the North will host its Halloween at the Museum celebration on Thursday, Oct. 31, from 4 to 6 p.m.

  • A person off-camera pulles a book with the title

    Alaska Native Language Center accepting manuscript submissions

    October 22, 2024

    The Alaska Native Language Center is accepting manuscript submissions for books in or about Alaska Native languages. Authors who are passionate about preserving and promoting these vital languages can have their work published through the center, which is part of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.

  • A jar of corn relish is placed into a large boiling water bath with other jars

    Food preservation workshops planned in Tok

    October 21, 2024

    Tok-area residents can learn to preserve meat, fish and vegetables and make yogurt, sausage and jerky in a series of workshops led by the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Cooperative Extension Service. Leslie Shallcross, a health, home and family development agent in Fairbanks, will teach the classes at the Interior Alaska ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Tok Center on West 1st St.

  • Two men in winter gear stand together on a snowy mountain top with the sun shining behind them.

    Denali climbed, its snow sampled for plastics

    October 21, 2024

    Two mountaineers who are also ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students were successful in their attempt to reach the top of North America's highest peak in summer 2024.

  • The CTC Building in Fairbanks in morning sun

    Proposal would join Interior Alaska ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, CTC

    October 18, 2024

    The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø is proposing to combine two of its Interior community campuses as part of a new effort to boost access to postsecondary education in rural Alaska.

  • a seal's head pokes up above water

    Surprising genetic differences found in Iliamna Lake harbor seals

    October 16, 2024

    In Alaska, harbor seals thrive in the chilled water of Iliamna Lake, sliding their blubbery bodies onto floating pieces of ice for a winter rest. This group of round-eyed water dwellers has remained a mystery for years, but now, in partnership with local Indigenous communities, scientists have found surprising genetic differences in the seals.

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