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New rooftop antenna to be installed on UAF Usibelli Building

A new 3-meter antenna will be installed atop the University of Alaska Fairbanks' engineering building as early as Saturday. Learn more about the new antenna.


Working with fertilizers and compost webinar

Grow your gardening knowledge. Kenai Peninsula Cooperative Extension agent Casey Matney is teaching a series of free gardening webinars to help you get your garden ready. The fourth of these classes will be held online via Zoom at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays through May 28. View all of the classes here and register for one or all classes. For more info, email Matney or call 907-262-3443. Read more about the course.


A painting of two nanuqsaurus dinosaurs with some smaller dinosaurs and the skull of a pachyrhinosaurus in the foreground.

Dinosaur study challenges Bergmann's rule

A new study led by scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the University of Reading calls into question Bergmann's rule, an 1800s-era scientific principle stating that animals in high-latitude, cooler climates tend to be larger than close relatives living in warmer climates. Learn more about the new study.


Catch the SRDD Party Bus on April 10

Catch the shuttle from West Ridge to Wood Center and win prizes! Stops will be at the Murie, Akasofu, Butrovich and Reichardt buildings for the below events (registration closed April 5). Times below are approximate.

  • 8:40 a.m. — Longevity Ceremony

  • 11:40 a.m. — lunch

Return on the regular Yukon Route running at 12-minute intervals.

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Using both hands, a bearded man in glasses and a knit blue cap holds a tiger paw close to the camera. The paw has large white claws.

Siberian tiger takes final rest at museum

It's a safe bet that Aren Gunderson's Toyota Tundra is the only one in Fairbanks that has had its bed filled with a Siberian tiger. Learn more about the new gift to the museum.


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