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Grizzly bear is seen on a beach covered with beach grass and large driftwood logs.

Mt. Edgecumbe volcano research starts with bear encounter

The first volcano scientists of an international team deposited on a Southeast Alaska island by helicopter Sunday quickly learned they had an unwanted presence to contend with: a grizzly.


Tom Bartels stands in the warehouse at North Pole Coffee Roasting Co. during a day of production.Tom Bartels to receive 45th annual UAF Business Leader of the Year award

The University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Business and Security Management will honor Tom Bartels, owner of North Pole Coffee Roasting Co., with its 45th Business Leader of the Year award on Nov. 18, 2023, at the Westmark Fairbanks Hotel.


Three students at a table in a classroom looking at papers.

Alaska Native Language Center film wins NW Regional Emmy

The Alaska Native Language Center's film "Awake" has won a Northwest Regional Emmy through the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The film, produced by Channel Films in fall 2022, captures the past, present and future of language revitalization. It won in the long-form branded content category.


A glider sits on the deck of the research vessel Nanuq in Resurrection Bay

Long-term study hopes to unlock secrets of Gulf of Alaska ecosystem

After more than a month apart, Gretel and Shackleton began their reunion with a slow dance. The autonomous underwater vehicles circled each other in the Gulf of Alaska in April, gathering data about ocean conditions: temperature, light, salinity, chlorophyll, fluorescence, and even acoustically determined densities of fish and zooplankton.


Indigenous higher education consortium meeting registration opens

The World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium will host its annual general meeting on the Troth Yeddha' Campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks from July 16-20, 2023. Visit the conference website to register.

What's happening

Deadlines and reminders

  • Deadline to apply for admission for fall semester without late application fee (undergraduate students) (June 15)

  • Last day of instruction for six-week session I (June 30)

  • Independence Day holiday (no classes, most offices closed) (July 3-4)

  • First day of instruction for six-week session II (July 5)


Two female scientists in outdoor clothing and loaded with gear stand on a beach examining small data-collecting devices.

Science team explores gassing of Mt. Edgecumbe volcano

Three pairs of scientists began walking purposefully on one end of a curving Kruzof Island beach on a cloudy, cool and damp Monday, then stopped to take measurements.


Two people kneeling in front of grasses and shrubs.

UAF-led team uncovers plant remediation effects on petroleum contamination

Initial choices about fertilization and grass seeding on petroleum contaminated soils could have a long-lasting effect on how plants and their associated microbes break down the pollution, a research team led by a University of Alaska Fairbanks professor reported.


wreckage of buildings at a fish camp near Nome

Oral histories highlight Alaskans' climate change observations for World Ocean Day

The University of Alaska Fairbanks Oral History Program and the National Park Service have created a series of web articles to highlight World Ocean Day. "Conversations About Change" focus on changing ice and ocean conditions and other climate change impacts seen by long-term residents and NPS Alaska Region employees in the coastal communities of Skagway and Nome. The articles are available on the NPS website, and the oral history recordings can be heard on the Project Jukebox website.


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