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Arctic Innovation Competition submissions due March 11
January 25, 2022
The annual Arctic Innovation Competition is accepting innovative ideas for the chance to win cash prizes of up to $10,000.
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Alaska Nanooks rifle team member shoots perfect 600
January 24, 2022
Rylan Kissell's perfect score was the second in the Alaska Nanooks' history and the 15th in the entire NCAA's.
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30th annual Science for Alaska Lecture Series announced
January 24, 2022
The 2022 Science for Alaska Lecture Series begins Tuesday, Feb. 1, and runs every Tuesday through March 8. Talks start at 7 p.m. on Zoom and will be streamed live to the UAF and Geophysical Institute Facebook pages.
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Film reveals Arctic change through Indigenous, scientific knowledge
January 21, 2022
“Ice Edge” is a film chronicling a collaborative research project aimed at understanding changes in coastal sea ice.
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Fun with ice physics in the cryosphere
January 20, 2022
A recent winter storm that featured a heavy rainfall caused hardships for many animals of Interior Alaska, but some people found the event fascinating.
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Scientists aim to improve sea ice predictions' accuracy, access
January 18, 2022
Sea ice predictions have improved markedly since the founding of an international forecasting and monitoring network 14 years ago. As the amount of sea ice in the Arctic declines, thins and becomes more mobile, accurate forecasts are becoming even more vital.
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UAF names 2022 alumni award recipients
January 14, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Alumni Association has named its 2022 award recipients.
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UAF scientists help rural students do science with tiny drones
January 14, 2022
NASA-funded effort seeks to get more students involved in STEM education -- science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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Midwinter rain on snow is a game changer
January 13, 2022
On Dec. 26, more than an inch of rain fell over a wide swath of the state. Much of the backcountry of Interior Alaska now has an ice sheet beneath a foot of fluffy snow.
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Sport and recreation business speaker series begins Feb. 1
January 13, 2022
Recreation business professionals will share their experiences during a series of free public online discussions sponsored by the sport and recreation business program at the UAF College of Business and Security Management.
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Turning science into music to find common ground and inspire
January 12, 2022
If climate change was a song, what would it sound like? Alaska composer Michael Bucy has an answer to that question.
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UAF researchers featured in permafrost science overview
January 11, 2022
A newly published overview of recent permafrost science includes contributions from seven University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers who helped review how long-frozen terrain is being rapidly affected by climate change.
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The porcupine's winter in slow-motion
January 06, 2022
On her runs through Bicentennial Park in Anchorage, biologist Jessy Coltrane discovered the Alaska creature she wanted to study: the porcupine.
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January museum programs explore tools
January 05, 2022
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is focusing on the theme of tools during family programs in January.
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Mummified forest tells tale of changing north
January 03, 2022
Twelve summers ago, a warden at Canada's northernmost national park -- in a land that has not hosted trees for thousands of years --found some wood protruding from mud near a glacier.
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Plastic in the rain of Southeast Alaska
December 22, 2021
Researcher Sonia Nagorski discovered just how ubiquitous plastic has become when she looked at precipitation near Juneau.
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'Dirty snow' project connects scientists, students
December 20, 2021
A recent University of Alaska Fairbanks-led project encouraged a far-flung group of K-12 students to pursue local research questions by examining "dirty snow" in their communities.
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PredictFest brings people to the science
December 17, 2021
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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Carbon emission change follows record rainy season
December 17, 2021
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.
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Researcher finds Alaska's Arctic coastal towns face extensive inundation
December 17, 2021
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 geomorphologist.
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Hyperspectral imaging of forests can aid wildfire prevention
December 17, 2021
Airborne hyperspectral imaging can be a valuable tool in wildfire prevention and forest management.
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KUAC to replace TV transmitter
December 17, 2021
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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New method can aid nuclear explosion detection
December 17, 2021
A UAF researcher has devised a method to improve detection of distant explosions, including nuclear detonations, by taking advantage of widespread single-microphone infrasound monitors.
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New volcano activity monitoring method enhances early warning
December 17, 2021
Satellite data can now routinely be used to detect low levels of sulfur dioxide emissions from volcanoes, giving scientists another tool to provide early warnings of volcanic unrest.
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Student's research examines world's largest piedmont glacier
December 17, 2021
Understanding the surges and retreats of Alaska's Malaspina Glacier is key if climate change models are to be applied to the glacier with confidence.
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Student volcanologist studies Bogoslof volcano
December 17, 2021
Magma recharge from the late 2016 eruption of Bogoslof Volcano in Alaska resumed in March 2017 and continued until the end of a months-long eruptive period in August of that year, according to a new research method.
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Researchers work to predict long-term flood hazards
December 16, 2021
A new University of Alaska Fairbanks-led effort is working to predict how the changing hydrology of the Chena, Salcha and Chatanika rivers could alter the potential for flooding events during the next half-century in the Tanana Valley.
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UAF research featured during #UAFxAGU campaign
December 16, 2021
Scientists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks joined thousands of colleagues from around the world at the 2021 American Geophysical Union fall meeting Dec. 13-17 in New Orleans and online.
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News of the Arctic from New Orleans
December 16, 2021
One-hundred and 11 experts on the land, ocean and ice north of the Arctic Circle pitched in to write the 2021 Arctic Report Card, which was presented in New Orleans this week.
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UAF researchers contribute to Arctic Report Card
December 15, 2021
A dozen University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers are among the authors of the 2021 Arctic Report Card, an annual summary of the state of the Arctic environment produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Fire season forecasts aim to assist with resource allocation
December 15, 2021
Fire season begins while snow is still on the ground in Alaska, starting with an annual March meeting when fire managers look at how the months ahead may unfold. For each of the past two springs, University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers have added their own insight into the process.
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Most UAF offices will close for 2021-22 winter break
December 15, 2021
Most offices at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will be closed for the winter break from Dec. 23, 2021, to Jan. 2, 2022. Some offices will also be closed or have reduced hours Dec. 20-22 and Jan. 3-7.
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International coordination key in geoengineering endeavors
December 14, 2021
As the need to address climate change becomes more urgent, a variety of geoengineering proposals are emerging to ease its environmental impacts. It's a trend that could bring its own set of problems, said University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher Alec Bennett.
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Research team seeks winter rain projections
December 13, 2021
By using existing data and future climate projections, a research team is working to determine just how common winter rainfall could become in Anchorage, Fairbanks and the Yukon's Whitehorse as the climate changes.
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Cold-region permafrost bounces back from wildfire
December 13, 2021
In 2007, a shocking event happened on Alaska's North Slope. During an abnormally dry summer, a raging wildfire burned for three months and claimed a vast stretch of tundra.
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Tuition-free girls' wilderness expedition program accepts applications
December 13, 2021
Inspiring Girls Expeditions is inviting applications for its summer 2022, tuition-free, backcountry science and art education programs.
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$2.8 million pledge creates endowed chair in vocal music at UAF
December 10, 2021
A $2.8 million pledge from University of Alaska Fairbanks alumnus Steve Holmberg has established the UAF Music Department's first endowed chair.
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Elephant Point and trees growing on ice
December 09, 2021
For all the descriptive Alaska place names out there -- like the Grand Canyon, the Wall of China and the trio of Death Valleys -- there are some that really make you scratch your head.
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Certified food protection manager training classes offered
December 06, 2021
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will offer three certified food protection manager trainings in early 2022.
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Kelp farming shows promise as new industry
December 03, 2021
Alaska coastal residents have started to supplement their income by growing kelp.
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Thousands of golden eagles depend on Alaska
December 03, 2021
The number of golden eagles that spend summers in Alaska is more than three times the previous estimate, biologists just determined.
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Free drop-in COVID-19, flu vaccination clinics scheduled
December 03, 2021
UAF will host free public COVID-19 and flu drop-in vaccination clinics Dec. 7-8 and Dec. 14-15 from noon to 8 p.m. in the Patty Center on campus.
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Rocket flies high over Norway in UAF scientist's atmosphere experiment
December 01, 2021
The C-REX-2 experiment is looking for answers to a dense patch in the Earth's upper atmosphere.
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UAF esports teams building on first semester of competition
December 01, 2021
The University of Alaska Fairbanks entered the world of intercollegiate esports competition this semester, fielding four teams that compete against gamers across the country.
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December museum programs explore winter
December 01, 2021
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is focusing on the theme of winter during family programs in December.
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UAF Student Investment Fund celebrates 30-year anniversary
November 30, 2021
The Student Investment Fund provides UAF students with real-world investment experience, made possible by a $100,000 allocation from the UA Foundation to the UAF College of Business and Security Management, formerly the School of Management.
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Gratitude comes easy to science writer
November 24, 2021
With a short work week upon us and me not wanting to rush a draft through the editing pipeline, this week I visit a theme many writers are pulling from their back pockets: gratitude.
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UAF, electric utility collaborate to overhaul Kotzebue energy monitoring system
November 23, 2021
Kotzebue's electric utility will install advanced electricity meters next year with help from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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UAF tapped as part of new National Science Foundation institutes
November 22, 2021
Two researchers at the UAF Geophysical Institute will participate in a new five-year $75 million effort by the National Science Foundation to increase collaboration among scientists and engineers to handle key problems.
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UAF scientist reveals cause of lost magnetism at meteorite site
November 19, 2021
A University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist has discovered a method for detecting and better defining meteorite impact sites that have lost their craters.
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Listening to the voices of killer whales
November 18, 2021
Hannah Myers' fieldwork, executed on a 34-foot vessel that sails out of Seward, is shedding light on killer whales in the undersea world off the south coast of Alaska.
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Study: Sulfolane-eating microbe common in North Pole groundwater
November 17, 2021
A University of Alaska Fairbanks research team has determined that a sulfolane-eating microbe is commonly found in North Pole groundwater but that it probably can't remedy the area's widespread contamination by the industrial solvent.
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UAF scientist wins prestigious award for Arctic research
November 12, 2021
John Walsh, a climate scientist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, has received the Mohn Prize for his outstanding research in the Arctic.
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Blown back to Alaska, bird perseveres
November 11, 2021
A bar-tailed godwit recently arrived in New Zealand on its second attempt to get there from Alaska, after a storm had blasted it back north.
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UA Giving Day nets $661,000 in support of UAF students, programs
November 11, 2021
Over the course of 49 hours, 748 donors contributed $661,709 in support of students and programs at the University of Alaska Fairbanks during the university's second annual Giving Day event.
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UAF's GINA provides a guiding hand in Arctic Ocean research
November 11, 2021
Satellite imagery produced at the Geographic Information Network of Alaska, or GINA, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute helps the research vessel Sikuliaq weave its way through sea ice.
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Online course offers free Arctic climate change education
November 09, 2021
UAF is making it easy for people globally to gain a basic understanding of climate change issues in the circumpolar North through a new massive open online course.
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Student’s research upends understanding of upper atmospheric wind
November 09, 2021
Doctoral student Rajan Itani found that upper-level winds from over the North Pole unexpectedly stall over Alaska.
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Shorebirds depend on wee slivers of Alaska
November 04, 2021
Pencil-beaked shorebirds with the ability to stay airborne for a week -- flying all the way from Alaska to New Zealand -- rely on a few crescents of mudflat to fuel that incredible journey.
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National Science Foundation funds diverse collaborators to study Arctic change
November 02, 2021
The National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs recently funded the University of Alaska Fairbanks and six other institutions to synthesize what is known about the changing Arctic environment and its consequences.
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November museum programs explore animals in art
November 01, 2021
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is exploring animals in art during family programs in November.
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Bus 142 to embark on final journey
October 29, 2021
In a cavernous room within the university's new engineering building, a bus squats on four flat tires. In this place, the 1946 International Harvester model K-5 looks small, for maybe the first time in its eventful existence.
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Alaska's volunteer weather army needs you
October 22, 2021
Alaska's volunteer weather army needs participants
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Far-north permafrost cliff is one of a kind
October 22, 2021
In northern Alaska, an amphitheater of frozen ground thaws where a northern river cuts into it, exposing walls of ice.
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Arctic melt ponds hold climate clues for UAF MOSAiC scientist
October 20, 2021
Melinda Webster, a research assistant professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, has been busy with her MOSAiC expedition research.
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Red aurora rare enough to be special
October 14, 2021
Charles Deehr will never forget his first red aurora. On Feb. 11, 1958, Deehr was a student at Reed College in Portland, Ore. He asked a Fulbright student from Norway named Tone to the Portland Symphony that night.
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Museum of the North to host Halloween activities
October 14, 2021
The University of Alaska Museum of the North invites families to explore the museum this Halloween season.
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Juday awarded George B. Fell Award
October 13, 2021
Glenn Juday, University of Alaska Fairbanks professor emeritus of forest ecology, has received the George B. Fell Award from the national Natural Areas Association.
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UAF joins national air quality research with Interior Alaska site
October 07, 2021
A site near Delta Junction will be the Alaska location in a $12 million multi-state project to determine the content of airborne particulate matter.
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Space rocks streak through the Alaska sky
October 07, 2021
In late September, people on the Kenai Peninsula and in Anchorage noticed a white streak slashing the black night sky. Some even heard a boom.
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Stampede Trail bus moves to UAF engineering building
October 07, 2021
The University of Alaska Museum of the North has moved Bus 142, made famous by Jon Krakauer's book "Into the Wild" and the 2007 film of the same name, to the university's engineering building in Fairbanks.
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Sikuliaq wraps up weeks of Arctic Ocean research
October 04, 2021
A cruise led by a University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher to investigate the origin of the Arctic Ocean's Amerasia Basin has concluded after more than seven weeks.
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October museum programs explore bones
October 04, 2021
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is exploring the theme of bones during its family programs in October.
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Fluorescent bill may be seabird's neon sign
October 01, 2021
The crested auklet's beak -- the color of a tangerine -- is so bright a scientist thinks it may be fluorescent.
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UAF undergrad uses novel data source to test climate model
September 30, 2021
UAF CFOS undergraduate student Emily Williamson and co-author Chris Sergeant, a UAF PhD student, used nearly century-old temperature and precipitation data from a Southeast homesteader to test a popular climate model.
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High schoolers experience a summer of science
September 28, 2021
Youths in UAF's Girls on Water and Girls in the Forest programs embarked on challenging and educational wilderness expeditions in summer 2021.
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Online Extension food preservation workshops scheduled
September 27, 2021
University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension agent Sarah Lewis is offering a series of Tuesday evening online classes on methods of preserving healthy foods by canning, freezing, pickling and drying.
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Four new Biden-appointed U.S. Arctic Research commissioners have UAF ties
September 24, 2021
University of Alaska Fairbanks affiliate Mike Sfraga was appointed on Friday as the new chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission.
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Tannehill retires after 28 years with Extension on Kenai Peninsula
September 23, 2021
Alaska was love at first sight for Linda Tannehill when she came up in the summer of 1992 while on vacation. Tannehill started working at the Cooperative Extension office that fall and now, 28 years later, has decided to retire.
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Food protection manager workshop planned
September 23, 2021
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension will teach a two-day certified food protection manager workshop from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 26-27.
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The season of senescence is upon us
September 23, 2021
The glorious paper birch outside the window that has for the past three weeks beamed a sunny glow is losing its luster, one golden coin at a time.
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UAF researcher helps unravel cause of ancient city's destruction
September 22, 2021
UAF associate research professor Gunther Kletetschka has helped reveal what caused the instant destruction of a thriving Bronze Age city of 8,000 people in the Middle East: an airburst from the explosion of a comet or meteor.
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Sport and recreation business speaker series begins Sept. 28
September 21, 2021
Sport and recreation business professionals will share their experiences during a series of free public online discussions.
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UAF awards first Schaible Geophysical Institute Fellowship
September 20, 2021
Alexandru Lapadat is the first recipient of the two-year Schaible Geophysical Institute Fellowship.
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Work by UAF researchers, NASA aids Hurricane Ida response
September 17, 2021
Federal emergency managers needed information as Hurricane Ida approached Louisiana at the end of August. In Fairbanks, 3,400 miles away, scientists went to work using new techniques they developed.
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Setting traps to catch an Alaska virus
September 17, 2021
A biologist who lives in Atlanta and works for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is hunting for a virus in Alaska that was unknown to humans until 2015.
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UAF business school gets new name
September 16, 2021
The University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Management has changed its name to the College of Business and Security Management.
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Natural cycles in the Gulf of Alaska affect ocean acidification
September 15, 2021
New research at the University of Alaska Fairbanks shows that the fluctuations of major wind and ocean circulation systems can temporarily accelerate or reverse the rate of ocean acidification in the Gulf of Alaska.
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Big space mystery gets big attention from UAF space physicist
September 14, 2021
UAF associate professor Hyunju Connor is working on three satellite launches in the quest to better understand the interaction of the solar wind with Earth's magnetosphere.
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Enter the 2021 Alaska Top Crop Contest
September 14, 2021
How did your garden grow this year? Were the sunflowers extra tall? Enter photos in the Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center's second annual Alaska Top Crop Contest.
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Expedition embarks to assess the state of the eastern Arctic Ocean
September 10, 2021
A University of Alaska Fairbanks-led expedition embarks this week for a 40-day scientific cruise to assess the state of the eastern Arctic Ocean. The expedition, which is part of the Nansen and Amundsen Basins Observational System, includes 27 participants from the United States, Russia, Japan and Denmark.
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Plastic ingenuity provides safe river exit
September 09, 2021
Our Labor Day canoe trip went a day long, and almost a boat short.
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UAF names spring, summer 2021 honors students
September 08, 2021
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced the students named to the deans' and chancellor's lists for the spring and summer 2021 semesters. The lists recognize students' outstanding academic achievements
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UAF researcher to lead four-year project to revolutionize seismology
September 03, 2021
A project to unite seismic data analysis and modeling with supercomputing power may help answer some of the biggest questions about the Earth's seismic activity.
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Diversity helps a place survive
September 03, 2021
UAF Geophysical Institute directors have followed the advice of your financial advisor: diversify your portfolio.
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September museum programs explore berries
August 31, 2021
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is focusing on berries during family programs in September.
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What does it take to reach 75?
August 26, 2021
We just had a party up here, to celebrate the Geophysical Institute's 75th year of existence. Seventy-five years also happens to be the average life expectancy for a human these days.
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Climate change threatens seal hunting by Indigenous Alaskans
August 24, 2021
Climate change has severely reduced the length of the seal hunting season in a rural Alaska village, potentially threatening a key feature of the community's Indigenous way of life.
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Beavers not always to blame for beaver fever
August 19, 2021
Beavers usually get the rap for spreading Giardia (beaver fever), but researchers say we blame beavers too often.
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Pine grove near Yakutat is farthest north
August 12, 2021
Gaglioti walked in rubber boots on a green, squishy carpet of muskeg -- a wild garden of water-loving plants growing on acidic soil that has for centuries prevented the encroachment of giant rainforest trees.
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Study takes unprecedented peek into life of 17,000-year-old mammoth
August 12, 2021
Using isotopic data in a tusk, an international research team has retraced the astonishing lifetime journey of an Arctic woolly mammoth.
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UAF Geophysical Institute to mark 75 years with public celebration
August 11, 2021
Come help the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute celebrate its 75th anniversary.
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UAF researcher sails north in search of deep-sea answer
August 11, 2021
Geophysics professor Bernard Coakley is trying explain the formation of the large Arctic Ocean feature known as the Amerasia Basin.
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The closest people to an 8.2 earthquake
August 05, 2021
What if the country's largest earthquake in the last half century happened as you were getting ready for bed in the only cabin on a tiny island in the North Pacific?
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UAF launches 12-week geographic information systems certificate
August 04, 2021
Filling a growing need for a workforce that can understand and interpret spatial data to reveal patterns and relationships, University of Alaska Fairbanks has created an online, 12-week professional certificate in geographic information systems as part of its edX partnership.
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Scientists look for cause of recent kittiwake die-off
July 28, 2021
A team of scientists from the University of Alaska and other organizations are investigating a seabird die-off in the Gulf of Alaska.
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One Health alumna provides veterinary care in Southwest Alaska
July 22, 2021
Laurie Meythaler-Mullins is one of the first two graduates of the University of Alaska Fairbanks' new master's degree program in One Health, and she's already putting her degree to good use.
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