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Biddle named new Interior Alaska Campus director

The UAF College of Rural and Community Development has hired Julie Biddle as the new director of the Interior Alaska Campus. Her first day as director will be Jan. 10.


KUAC to replace TV transmitter

KUAC will install a new television transmitter in the summer of 2022. A recent grant from the Rasmuson Foundation finalized funding for the $228,729 project.


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Carbon emission change follows record rainy season

In 2014, the Fairbanks area experienced a summer of record-setting rain. That damp weather may have played a big role in a major shift in the ecosystem.


PredictFest brings people to the science

An upcoming science brainstorming event will take an uncommon approach to developing new Arctic-based research proposals: Include more people who aren't researchers.

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Learn to preserve safe and healthy foods for home use

University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service agent Sarah Lewis will demonstrate how to preserve this bounty by canning, dehydrating, pickling, fermenting and smoking.


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Researcher finds Alaska's Arctic coastal towns face extensive inundation

Coastal erosion and land subsidence driven by permafrost thawing may lead to extensive seawater inundation in several northern Alaska communities by 2100, according to research by a University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher.


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Hyperspectral imaging of forests can aid wildfire prevention

Airborne hyperspectral imaging can be a valuable tool in wildfire prevention and forest management.


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