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  • The sun illuminates a snow-capped mountain rising above small cumulus clouds, dark foothills, a mixed evergreen and deciduous forest, a grassy field and a gravel beach.

    A wrinkle beneath the icy face of Alaska

    December 12, 2025

    A few days ago, the forces beneath Alaska rattled people within a 500-mile radius: A magnitude 7 earthquake ripped under Hubbard Glacier.
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  • A person walks through snowfall under lighted streetlamps on the UAF campus.

    UAF 2025-26 winter break office closures set

    December 12, 2025

    Most offices at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø will close for the winter break from Dec. 25, 2025, to Jan. 4, 2026. Some offices will also close or have reduced hours Dec. 15-24. Some public venues will be open during parts of the break.
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  • A large, square four-story building housing the UAF Community and Technical ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and painted beige with blue trim on a snowy street.

    Cooperative Extension's Tanana District office moving to new location

    December 12, 2025

    The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Cooperative Extension Service office for the Tanana District, now located at the old University Park building at 1000 University Ave., is moving to a new space in the new year. The office is relocating to Room 205 in the UAF Community and Technical ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø at 604 Barnette St. in downtown Fairbanks.
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  • These two growth plates from the University of Alaska Museum of the North, originally thought to be from ancient woolly mammoths, were later determined to be from whale species.

    Mammoth mystery takes an unexpected turn

    December 12, 2025

    ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø researcher Matthew Wooller and a large international team have studied the remains of more than 300 mammoths during the past three years. None of them have delivered a journey quite like samples UAMN3760 and UAMN3724.
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  • A man in a knit cap and blue puffer jacket holds a GPS reader while standing outdoors near a mountain range

    Presentation planned on GPS use for recreation

    December 11, 2025

    A free in-person and virtual presentation will discuss how to use a GPS receiver for navigation and safer backcountry travel. Nelson Crone, farm director at the Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center in Palmer, will provide a basic overview of GPS use for navigation, plus tips and best practices for recreational travel in Alaska.
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  • The West Ridge research area at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø nestles against frosted woodlands in November 2025. Photo by Eric Marshall

    Alaska climate report: November anything but normal

    December 11, 2025

    November brought two wildly differing snow stories to Alaska, according to the monthly summary from the Alaska Climate Research Center at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Geophysical Institute.
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  • A bunch of freshly harvested carrots are washed off

    State, Cooperative Extension offer free grower safety course

    December 10, 2025

    The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation and the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Cooperative Extension Service will hold a Produce Safety Alliance grower training in January.
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  • ACEP internship program builds Alaska’s next workforce

    December 10, 2025

    The Alaska Center for Energy and Power summer internship program is accepting applications for summer 2026. The program offers undergraduate interns opportunities to engage in projects in marine, geothermal or high-latitude solar energy, heat pumps, cyberinfrastructure and data analysis.
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  • The July 9, 1962, Starfish Prime explosion above the Pacific Ocean.

    Research offers defense against energized space electrons

    December 09, 2025

    Research at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Geophysical Institute is advancing the ability to quickly clean up Earth's radiation belts from a flood of energetic electrons created by an extraordinary solar blast or a nuclear explosion in space.
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  • A man in a red knit cap, standing in a grassy fields with mountains and the ocean behind him, holds a dirty, white cylindrical piece of equipment, about a foot long, with an electrical cord hanging from it.

    The people behind earthquake early warning

    December 04, 2025

    When you follow scientists in the Alaska wilderness, you'll almost certainly get alder-snagged.
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  • A person uses cutters and wire to shape a tree during a bonsai workshop

    Hands-on workshop introduces ancient art of bonsai

    December 04, 2025

    The word "bonsai" means "tree in a dish or tray," and the practice invites participants to slow down and cultivate patience. A hands-on, two-day workshop sponsored by the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Cooperative Extension Service will teach participants about the ancient art.
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  • Three people smile insides a yellow tent, inside a building. They hold a poster that reads Alaska Voices. The tent is labeled the Alaska Voices Story Telling Tent.

    'Alaska Voices' shares climate adaptation stories

    December 03, 2025

    The second season of the podcast "Alaska Voices" brings listeners into the lives of Alaskans dealing with one of the most rapidly changing environments on Earth.
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  • A shovel stands on a snowy rooftop with snow-covered cars and houses in the background.

    Anchorage researcher to discuss results of snow load survey

    December 02, 2025

    A recent survey shows 70% of Anchorage residents are concerned about heavy snow loads on roofs, and a significant number are hiring help to address these concerns. In a webinar hosted by the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Cooperative Extension Service, Jennifer Schmidt, associate professor of natural resource management and policy at the University of Alaska Anchorage Institute of Social and Economic Research, will discuss the results of the survey.
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  • A diagram shows how air movement causes wires to bounce.

    The mystery of the dancing wires

    December 01, 2025

    In this quiet, peaceful time of year, with all the noisy birds flown south and all the scary bears in hillside dens, little things catch our attention. Like wires that move as if by magic.
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  • Headshot photo of CTC dean candidate, Kevin Alexander.

    CTC dean candidates to make public presentations

    November 25, 2025

    Kevin Alexander and Brenda Madore, candidates for dean of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Community and Technical ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, will give public presentations Monday, Dec. 1, and Tuesday, Dec. 2.
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