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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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