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Sedimentary rocks of the Cantwell Formation

Precipitation helped drive distribution of Alaska dinosaurs

Precipitation had greater impact than temperature on the distribution of herbivorous dinosaurs in what is now Alaska, according to new research.


'Visualizing Science' workshop planned

Alaska NSF EPSCoR presents a free online workshop on “Visualizing Science: Communicating concepts through graphic design,” at 3 p.m. on May 4.


2022 ASGP graduate student research awardees

The Alaska Space Grant Program is proud to support four graduate students in 2022 as they progress toward their master’s degrees.


Photographed from an aircraft at an elevation of several thousand feet, a braided river with numerous gray sand islands and bars winds through a flatland. Surrounding the river are green forests of spruce and deciduous trees, as well as marshes and old oxbow river bends filled with yellowing grasses.

Alaska's water crop is a natural resource

As much of Alaska's landmass crosses the magical temperature threshold that turns ice and snow into water, it's time to consider the state's richness in a resource more essential to humans than oil or gas.


Volunteers needed for Really Free Market

UAF Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is seeking volunteers to help with the 2022 Really Free Market. The event will be on Saturday, May 21 at the Lola Tilly parking lot.

EPSCoR natural history webinar

Alaska NSF EPSCoR is collaborating with the Alaska Travel Industry Association to offer a free natural history webinar May 4 at 1:30 p.m. 


The UAF community garden full of vegetables

Plots available in UAF community garden

Plots are available at the UAF community garden for the 2022 season. The registration window is open now for UAF affiliates and the public starting May 6.


Free online grant-writing webinar

Learn how to write successful grant proposals for the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and other funders in a free online seminar 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. from May 23-25. Register by noon May 9 to receive the accompanying "Write Winning Grant Proposals Workbook" in time for the webinar.


Earth's atmosphere may be source of some lunar water

Hydrogen and oxygen ions escaping from Earth's upper atmosphere and combining on the moon could be one of the sources of the known lunar water and ice, according to new research by UAF Geophysical Institute scientists.


Clean-up day at UAF

In partnership with the Fairbanks Golden Heart Clean-Up Day, Staff Council invites you to our annual campus cleanup day from noon-4 p.m. Friday, May 13, to help kick-start the weekend fun!


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