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A federal agency expanded Jim Buckingham’s weather camera system across Alaska and
now is taking it nationwide. Read more in the Spring 2024 Aurora.
This in-person class teaches the fundamentals of gardening in Alaska. Topics include
planning, botany, soil science, soil sample interpretation, organic and conventional
fertilizer recommendations and much more. Registration closes at 5 p.m. on March 13. Learn more about the class and how to register.
A $1.9 million federal grant will allow the University of Alaska Fairbanks Military
Health and Readiness Consortium to expand its suicide prevention research by partnering
with the Alaska National Guard and U.S. Coast Guard. Read more about the grant for expanded research.
Every year, Staff Alliance members partner with UAA, UAF, UAS, and System Office Staff
Councils to honor staff who go above and beyond to support students in the university
system. Complete the nomination packet on the Staff Make Students Count website for these hidden gems and submit it to Molly Enochs in the UAF Governance Office by March 18. Learn more about nominations.
A large find of dinosaur tracks and fossilized plants and tree stumps in far northwestern
Alaska provides new information about the climate and movement of animals near the
time when they began traveling between the Asian and North American continents roughly
100 million years ago. Read more on the findings.
The International Arctic Research Center and the College of Rural and Community Development's
next conversation in the virtual seminar series "A Place for Knowledge Exchange" is on March 21 at noon with Sonia Natalie Ibarra and Craig Chythlook on how the Tamamta program at the UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences uplifts Indigenous Knowledge.
Learn more about the event and register.
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