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Where do Alaska bats spend the winter?
September 14, 2022
Jesika Reimer, a bat expert and consultant, has held in her hands little brown bats from the Northwest Territories to the Tanana River. Along with a few colleagues around Alaska, she is sharing new information about the farthest-north bat.
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Holdmann to lead discussion about small-scale nuclear energy
September 14, 2022
Gwen Holdmann will discuss small-scale nuclear energy and its potential in Alaska at a town hall energy discussion on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 5:30 p.m. at the Noel Wien Library Auditorium in Fairbanks.
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Cooperative Extension offers classes on food prep, preservation
September 13, 2022
University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension agent Sarah Lewis and Anchorage program manager Gina Dionne will offer a series of Tuesday evening online classes on preparing and preserving foods for the holidays.
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Certified food protection manager training class scheduled
September 12, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will offer a two-day food protection manager training class on Oct. 17-18.
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UAF, Latitude 65 to launch Nanook 65 Golden Ale
September 09, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has teamed up with Fairbanks' Latitude 65 Brewing Company on a new beer that will boost scholarships for Alaska Nanooks student-athletes.
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An attempt to demystify the mysterious
September 08, 2022
NEAR GAKONA, ALASKA -- In this wild place where dump truck drivers once tipped load after load of gravel onto the moss to make roads and building pads, scientists rolled open an iron gate one recent Saturday afternoon.
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Presentation to discuss resurrecting the woolly mammoth
September 08, 2022
Technology startup company Colossus Biosciences and national organization The Explorer's Club will host a presentation about the company's work toward resurrecting the woolly mammoth.
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Frigid but not rigid -- researchers discover surprising plant phenomenon
September 06, 2022
Peter Ray and Syndonia Bret-Harte have studied Arctic plants for a combined 50 years. But they recently found there was still more to learn when an accidental experiment led to a surprising discovery about how such plants behave in the snow.
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Students find sky-high excitement with UAF drone center
September 02, 2022
ACUASI's visit to Delta Junction Junior High School — home of the Grizzlies — was part of ACUASI’s effort to get young people interested in science, technology, engineering and math.
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September museum programs explore water
September 01, 2022
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is focusing on the theme of water during family programs in September.
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Chasing the sun from New York to Alaska
September 01, 2022
When I left my sister's house in Brooklyn yesterday afternoon, I was 4,200 miles from my home. That's a long way, but I slept in my Fairbanks bed before the next sunrise.
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UAF scientists lead Arctic section of State of the Climate report
August 31, 2022
University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists at the International Arctic Research Center are among world experts leading the State of the Climate report, which summarizes global environmental conditions in 2021.
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UAF names 2021-2022 honors students
August 26, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced the students named to the deans’ and chancellor’s lists for the fall 2021 and spring 2022 semesters. The lists recognize students’ outstanding academic achievements.
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Adopt a woolly mammoth and win!
August 25, 2022
A University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist wants to find out when the last woolly mammoth fell to the grass in Alaska. He is asking for help from an unusual source: people like you.
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Museum of North launches Adopt a Mammoth program
August 25, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks is inviting the public to go woolly mammoth hunting. The newly launched Adopt a Mammoth program encourages sponsorship of each of the roughly 1,500 teeth, tusks and bones in the University of Alaska Museum of the North's collection.
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