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UAF to honor graduate award winners, student speaker, outstanding students
April 30, 2026
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will honor its 2026 outstanding undergraduate degree recipients and commencement speaker at a ceremony on Friday, May 1. In addition, UAF schools and colleges have named their outstanding students for the 2025-2026 academic year.
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Meeting deadlines and interesting people
April 30, 2026
The deadline has been my quietly relentless muse for the last 30 years. She used to give me headaches. But then I met her so many times that the headaches stopped.
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Poker Flat to launch rocket to image solar flares
April 30, 2026
The fifth flight of a NASA-led mission using X-rays to learn more about the sun is scheduled for a daytime launch from Poker Flat Research Range during the first two weeks of May.
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UAF to host 104th commencement ceremony
April 29, 2026
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will honor the Class of 2026 during its 104th commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 2, at 1 p.m. at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks.
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UAF chancellor finalists, campus visit dates announced
April 29, 2026
Four finalists in the search for a new chancellor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will visit Fairbanks and the Troth Yeddha' Campus the week of May 4-8. Each finalist will spend a day meeting with various campus groups and will participate in two open forums in the Schaible Auditorium and online.
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Bishop Rock's oversized effect on breakup
April 24, 2026
A few weeks ago, as my friend Forest and I rode our bikes on the vast white sheet of the frozen Yukon River downstream of Galena, the river forced us into a 90-degree hard left. There, the channel suddenly necked down from being almost a mile wide to just a quarter mile.
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Public TV's joegardener to speak at Alaska gardening conference
April 23, 2026
The 2026 Alaska Master Gardener Conference, hosted by the UAF Cooperative Extension Service in Juneau, will feature Alaska experts on such topics as peonies, figs, native plants and poppies. Internationally renowned gardening expert Joe Lamp'l, the Joe behind joegardener, is the keynote speaker.
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Meg Nordale named 2026 Business Leader of the Year
April 23, 2026
The University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Business and Security Management has named Meg Nordale, president of GHEMM Co., as the 2026 Business Leader of the Year award recipient.
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Webinars highlight Alaska Native Plant Month
April 22, 2026
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, in collaboration with the Alaska Native Plant Society, is hosting a series of free webinars to highlight native plants and animals and the challenges they face. All webinars will be from noon-1 p.m. on Wednesdays during May, which is Alaska Native Plant Month.
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Webinar to discuss ways to reduce firewood drying time
April 22, 2026
It can take significant time and effort to turn an Interior Alaska spruce or birch tree into dry firewood, but a recent study demonstrates ways to shorten and improve the efficiency of the process. Georgia Houde will discuss the findings of the study conducted by University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers Jessie Young-Robertson and Matt Robertson in a free webinar from noon-1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29.
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Alaska climate report: March 2026 saw dangerous weather
April 21, 2026
March brought a series of dangerous and disruptive weather events across Alaska. Severe cold combined with powerful storms to affect communities statewide, according to the monthly summary from the Alaska Climate Research Center.
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Seminar explores Alaska's agriculture and mariculture connections
April 21, 2026
A discussion between a University of Alaska Fairbanks mariculture specialist and a UAF livestock nutritionist will dive into how the mariculture industry can support Alaska agriculture.
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Arctic Innovation Competition presents 2026 awards
April 20, 2026
A residential boiler economizer designed to improve heating efficiency in rural Alaska won first place in the 2026 Arctic Innovation Competition main division finals on April 18.
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UAF, NASA produced fact-filled coloring book about the sun
April 20, 2026
A new sun-based and science-focused coloring book produced by the University of Alaska Fairbanks in collaboration with NASA is now available.
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Biking trail ends at the western coast
April 17, 2026
Winter finally ran out on us. After 515 miles and more than three weeks of pedaling and pushing our fat bikes, we decided to fly home to Fairbanks.
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