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  • A person's hand gently touches the edge of a showy white mushroom on  ground covered with fallen brown leaves.

    Lectures, field days offer plethora of mushroom information

    July 19, 2024

    Mushroom enthusiasts will have several opportunities to learn more about Alaska’s fungi — and get their hands dirty — via lectures and field trips in August. Mycologist Gary Laursen will lead a three-day workshop in Delta Junction on Aug. 16-18 and another in Palmer on Aug. 30-Sept. 1.

  • Week's events: Susan Henrichs, aging joints, boreal herbivores, groove

    July 19, 2024

    University of Alaska Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here's what's happening during the week of July 22-28.

  • Sunlight brightens a flake of glasslike stone held up to the sky.

    A peak experience in the Alaska desert

    July 19, 2024

    Karin Bodony has walked us to a sandy bowl, a place she has perhaps visited more than any other living person.

  • An aerial view of gardens, barns and other farm buildings with snow-capped mountains in the background.

    Learn about research conducted at Matanuska Experiment Farm

    July 18, 2024

    Learn about the agricultural research conducted at the Matanuska Experiment Farm during the 2024 Palmer Research Field Day on Thursday, Aug. 1. The event is free and geared toward farmers, community leaders and the general public.

  • Hay bales cure in a field with a forested hill in the background under a blue sky.

    Livestock nutrition workshops planned in Fairbanks, Delta Junction

    July 17, 2024

    Rachael Christensen, a research animal scientist with the Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service, will lead two free livestock nutrition workshops. The focus will be on ruminant species, such as cows, goats, sheep and yaks.

  • An aerial view of a green hillside with farm buildings, fields and gardens

    Field Day showcases Fairbanks agricultural research

    July 16, 2024

    Spend an afternoon in the fields of the Fairbanks Experiment Farm with researchers and learn about the agriculture-related science happening at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Fairbanks Research Field Day, 2-7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 30, is a free educational event for farmers, community leaders and the general public.

  • UAF names spring 2024 honors students

    July 16, 2024

    The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced the students named to the deans' and chancellor's lists for the spring 2024 semester. The lists recognize students' outstanding academic achievements.

  • A variety of vegetable and craft items are laid out on tables with colored ribbons attached.

    Exhibit specialist offers tips for upcoming fair

    July 16, 2024

    The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service has invited Kathy Liska, the fair's crop superintendent and a master gardener, to lead a free webinar on how to participate in the competitive exhibits at the Alaska State Fair, which runs Aug. 16-Sept. 2 in Palmer.

  • An expanse of yellow sand dunes abuts green forest and lakes in a picture taken from a small aircraft. The plane's wing struts and float are visible in the photo.

    Sand dunes a unique Alaska landscape

    July 15, 2024

    From a molded seat of sand dug into the western rim of a 5-mile oval of desert, I'm looking out over a sea of tan waves. Spruce spears stick up here and there through the sand.

  • Three smiling young people, two men and a woman, stand in a greenhouse holding crates of fresh vegetables.

    USDA NextGen scholarship applications available

    July 12, 2024

    Students who want to shape the future of food and agriculture can find scholarships through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's NextGen Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

  • Week's events: Jennifer Jolis, alcohol and health, Mars methane, American roots

    July 12, 2024

    University of Alaska Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here's what's happening during the week of July 15-21.

  • Differences between two male pink salmon highlight morphological diversity in the species.

    Hatcheries can boost wild salmon numbers but reduce diversity

    July 11, 2024

    The ability of salmon hatcheries to increase wild salmon abundance may come at the cost of reduced diversity among wild salmon, according to a new University of Alaska Fairbanks-led study.

  • Craig Heinselman

    UAF physicist receives top honor from European science association

    July 11, 2024

    Research professor Craig Heinselman of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute will receive the 10th Beynon Medal for his work leading a six-nation organization that builds and operates ionospheric research facilities in northern Europe.

  • Canning jars full of bright orange sliced carrots stand on a kitchen counter

    In-person food preservation series planned in Palmer

    July 09, 2024

    Learn to preserve meat, fish, fruits and vegetables by canning using a pressure canner, pickling, and drying in a series of in-person workshops in Palmer.

  • A visitor reads an interpretive sign at the site of a wildfire.

    UAF invites people to take a wildfire walk

    July 08, 2024

    The University of Alaska Fairbanks will celebrate a new interpretive trail July 11 at the 2021 Yankovich Road Fire site, where 3.5 acres burned within 100 yards of a neighborhood.

  • Rural Alaska Honors Institute will celebrate 42nd graduation

    July 08, 2024

    Rural Alaska Honors Institute will celebrate 42nd graduation

  • From a foreground of mixed spruce and birch forest, an expanse of yellow sand stretches away into the distance. Patches of spruce dot the sand dunes. Rolling hills and mountains rise on the far horizon under a blue sky.

    Mystery of the glass tool kit in the sand

    July 04, 2024

    From space, the Nogahabara Dunes are a splotch of blond sand about six miles in diameter surrounded by green boreal forest. Located west of the Koyukuk River, the dunes are the site of an uncommon discovery.

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