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Virtual workshops feature native Alaska plants and ecology
April 27, 2023
May is Native Plant Month and the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service's Anchorage Outreach Office is offering four virtual workshops, available statewide.
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Bear tracks on snow a sign of the season
April 27, 2023
During a trip to a cabin 7 miles from a paved Alaska road last weekend, my wife and I saw grizzly bear tracks in the snow.
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2023 UAF Arctic Innovation Competition winners announced
April 25, 2023
The University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Business and Security Management presented over $45,000 in cash prizes and awards during the 2023 UAF Arctic Innovation Competition on Saturday, April 22.
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Cooper, Ickert-Bond, George named 2023 Usibelli Award winners
April 24, 2023
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced the winners of the 2023 Emil Usibelli Distinguished Teaching, Research and Service Awards.
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Aurora expert helped expand Alaska tourism
April 21, 2023
Explore Fairbanks -- a local tourism booster -- is inducting Syun-Ichi Akasofu into its tourism hall of fame. Leaders there cited Akasofu's work in developing the local aurora tourism market, especially among Japanese people.
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UAF, Fort Wainwright formalize partnership agreement
April 19, 2023
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will provide environmental services to Fort Wainwright under a new partnership agreement.
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Cooperative Extension workshops set for Southeast Alaska communities
April 18, 2023
Prince of Wales Island residents can learn about growing, harvesting and preserving food safely in classes designed to increase local food security.
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Arctic Innovation Competition awards to be presented April 22
April 18, 2023
The University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Business and Security Management will present over $45,000 in cash prizes and scholarships at the Arctic Innovation Competition award ceremony Saturday, April 22, from 1-5 p.m. at the Wedgewood Resort.
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UAF esports to face Jamestown for Rocket League conference title
April 17, 2023
The University of Alaska Fairbanks' varsity esports Rocket League team will face University of Jamestown today in a battle for a conference championship title.
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Paleomagnetism aids research on the Northern Hemisphere Glaciation
April 14, 2023
A small piece of Pacific Ocean floor, brought up 10 years ago by a Chinese research vessel from a depth of 16,500 feet and 2,700 miles from the San Francisco coast, has a large story to tell.
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Identifying polar bears by their footprints
April 14, 2023
Scientists in northern Alaska are learning about polar bears by scraping snow samples from the tracks they leave behind.
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Research reveals geologic history of critical Alaska graphite deposit
April 13, 2023
A University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher is among the scientists who have revealed the metamorphic history of a high-grade graphite deposit on the Seward Peninsula. The Graphite Creek deposit is among the largest known of its kind in the United States.
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New hangar will make Nenana a base for drone cargo testing
April 12, 2023
Nenana's airport will be the site of a new 4,800-square-foot hangar for the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration. The hangar will serve as a base for drone cargo test flights between Fairbanks and the small city 54 miles to the southwest.
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UAF names fall 2022 honors students
April 09, 2023
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced the students named to the deans' and chancellor's lists for the fall 2022 semester.
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1,000 miles of Iditarod Trail by bike
April 07, 2023
Two staff members of the University of Alaska Fairbanks recently rode 1,000 miles across Alaska on bikes with tires as fat as a loaf of bread.
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