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  • Rocket launches from Poker Flat Research Range

    First rocket campaign of 2025 concludes at Poker Flat range

    February 12, 2025

    Two NASA aurora research rockets launched from Poker Flat Research Range earlier this month provided good data for learning more about the fastest observable variations of the solar wind-driven light displays.

  • a man stands between two women in graduation regalia holding a blue banner that reads CBSM ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Business and Security Management uaf.edu/cbsm

    UAF ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Business and Security Management's accreditation extended

    February 11, 2025

    The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business has extended the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Business and Security Management's accreditation for the next six years.

  • A woman in an orange safety vest sprays pesticide on roadside weeds

    Workshops offered for pesticide applicators, landscapers

    February 11, 2025

    The annual Alaska Certified Pesticide Applicator Workshop is a professional development opportunity that provides continuing education units for Alaska-certified pesticide applicators and related arborist/landscape professionals to maintain their certifications. It is hosted by the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Cooperative Extension Service.

  • UAF to host Engineering Open House Feb. 22

    February 10, 2025

    The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Engineering and Mines will host its annual Engineering Open House on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Usibelli Building on the Troth Yeddha’ ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø in Fairbanks.

  • A smiling man in a knit cap and puffy blue jacket stands in a snowy field

    Crone named director of Matanuska Experiment Farm

    February 10, 2025

    Nelson Crone, a longtime Alaskan and ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø graduate, has been named director of the UAF Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center in Palmer.

  • As viewed from an aircraft, a vast glacier winds through a mountainous valley, starting at high snow-covered peaks in the background and ending in a splayed terminus among snow-free peaks in the foreground.

    The threat within an Alaska mountain

    February 06, 2025

    Mount Churchill stands in a white corner of the Alaska map, deceptive in its cold, windblown silence. At least twice in the last few thousand years, the peak's ice-covered caldera has spewed ash that reached as far as Ireland and piled up to force northern animals out of the territory.

  • A line of birch trees in a snow-filled field is illuminated by tiny lights at dusk.

    Celebrate the Snow Moon with OneTree Alaska

    February 05, 2025

    The February full moon is called the Snow Moon, and OneTree Alaska is inviting snow lovers to celebrate it by skiing out to the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø' T-Field.

  • At a work table, a young child sits on an adult's lap, drawing with brightly colored ice cubes on a piece of paper.

    February museum programs explore ice

    January 31, 2025

    The University of Alaska Museum of the North will focus on ice during family programs in February.

  • A man in a ballcap, shades, a blue shirt and khaki shorts sits on a rock high above a lake surface covered in broken sheets of ice.

    Thirty years of writing about Alaska science

    January 30, 2025

    When I was drinking coffee with a cab-driving-author friend of the same vintage last week, he said of my occupation: "It's the best job in Alaska."

  • Glacial runoff entering Kachemak Bay, Alaska

    Research reveals extent of Kachemak Bay's surface cloudiness

    January 30, 2025

    Scientists have produced the most comprehensive analysis to date of glacier-driven cloudiness on the surface of Kachemak Bay, home to a rich variety of marine life and an important fish and shellfish rearing area.

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    UAF offers free online courses about unmanned aircraft systems

    January 28, 2025

    The public can learn the history, basics and engineering of unmanned aircraft systems through two free online courses offered by the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Center for Teaching and Learning.

  • Thaw pond

    Thawing permafrost causes ground to sink in cold regions

    January 24, 2025

    More needs to be done to better understand rapidly changing Arctic landscapes that are sinking as climate-driven permafrost thaw penetrates deeper, according to new research by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø scientists and others.

  • Three young people stand next to giant holiday ornaments with the Coca-Cola logo on them.

    Fairbanks open house highlights 4-H opportunities, activities

    January 24, 2025

    Find out what 4-H is all about during an open house hosted Feb. 1 by clubs in the Tanana District, headquartered in Fairbanks. Clubs meet monthly to work on projects such as sewing, cooking, arts and crafts, livestock, horses, and more. These projects help youths learn life skills to help them be ready for the future and make a difference today.

  • A road winds through a wide, sparsely wooded valley blanketed in snow. Mountains rise from forested foothills to snow domes in the background.

    Dangerous cold across the land

    January 23, 2025

    During this time when peak cold often arrives in the northern hemisphere, Alaska today celebrates the king-of-the-cold's birthday.

  • At left, Daryl Farmer, professor of English and director of the Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series, interviews Leigh Newman, a National Book Award-honored author, on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, in Schaible Auditorium. UAF ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Liberal Arts photo by Sarah Manriquez.

    Visiting writers series announces spring 2025 events

    January 23, 2025

    Authors from Alaska and beyond will share their works as part of the Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series through April at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.

  • Image of a wildfire.

    When snow melts early, a big fire season could follow

    January 22, 2025

    An early exit of Alaska's spring snow means more acreage could burn during the coming wildfire season, which begins when the snow melts off, says new research from the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø

  • Franz Meyer at 2024 lecture

    33rd annual Science for Alaska talks and events announced

    January 22, 2025

    The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Geophysical Institute will host free public science talks over the next few weeks, featuring Alaska stories from author Ned Rozell, Alaska landscape changes as seen from space, a conversation with two UAF rocket scientists and Alaska's Mount Churchill volcano.

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