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Alaska agricultural science on display at 2026 field days
July 08, 2026
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø agricultural and natural resource researchers will give presentations on their work during two field days at Alaska's experiment farms in July. UAF's Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension invites farmers, gardeners and community members to tour the fields and farms and learn through presentations, tours and discussions at these free educational events.
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Soil workshop on tap for Sitka gardeners
July 08, 2026
A Juneau gardener will share tips for creating productive soil during a lunchtime workshop at the Jarvis Street Community Gardens in Sitka.
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UAF names spring 2026 honors students
July 08, 2026
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø has announced the students named to the deans' and chancellor's lists for the spring 2025 semester.
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Rural Alaska Honors Institute celebrates 44th graduation
July 07, 2026
The Rural Alaska Honors Institute will hold its 44th annual graduation July 9 at 1 p.m. in Schaible Auditorium on the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Troth Yeddha' ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. The ceremony will stream live on Facebook.
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Unusual seismic signal detected in 2025 central Alaska earthquake
July 07, 2026
An unusual seismic signal recorded less than a minute before a widely felt magnitude 4.2 earthquake in central Alaska may have given scientists a rare look at how earthquakes begin.
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UAF CTC expands culinary partnership with university in Italy
July 06, 2026
UAF CTC has expanded its partnership with The American University of Florence, giving culinary and hospitality students a direct pathway to degrees in Italy.
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New handbook explores Arctic energy shifts
July 06, 2026
A new book featuring the work of multiple ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø researchers maps the complex landscape of energy use and security in the Arctic.
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Flying for science (and the occasional sled dog)
July 02, 2026
A Cessna 185 zigzagged a tight back-and-forth pattern along Alaska's southern coast earlier this summer, the pilot intent on his mission to measure the ocean's response to summer glacier melt. Alaska State Climatologist Martin Stuefer gazed down from the belly of the plane via a hyperspectral imaging camera he had mounted there.
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Lumber grading training scheduled for Sitka
July 01, 2026
The Alaska Lumber Grading program will hold a free certification course in Sitka from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15. The program, part of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Cooperative Extension Service, is designed to allow small and medium-scale sawmill operators to produce dimension lumber for home construction in Alaska.
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Week's events: Emily Ennis, heart health, library stories, marimba
July 01, 2026
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here's what's happening during the week of July 6-12.
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First Americans hunted largest game through Western Hemisphere
July 01, 2026
New research led by a ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø archaeologist reveals that the earliest Native Americans had highly specialized diets, primarily hunting the largest animals on the landscape, and they targeted these megafauna consistently from Alaska to South America.
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Conversations to connect us -- 'Alaska Voices' on public radio
June 30, 2026
"Alaska Voices" is back on the radio across the state this summer. Airing on four public stations, the six-episode series highlights climate adaptation lessons.
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Safe preservation methods extend the fish catch
June 29, 2026
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Cooperative Extension Service will host a free statewide webinar on properly preserving the fish bounty for future use. Fairbanks-based home, health and family development agent Leslie Shallcross will discuss how to preserve fish through canning, smoking or freezing via Zoom. The webinar is from noon-1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8.
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Week's events: Lectures pause; Music in the Garden continues
June 26, 2026
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here's what's happening during the week of June 29-July 5.
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Art-and-science exhibit depicts farming and permafrost interactions
June 25, 2026
An art-and-science exhibit explores the complexities of permafrost and its effects on farmers' lives. Installed along the path on West Tanana Drive, which parallels the Georgeson Botanical Garden, is the Permafrost Grown Art and Science Walk. This exhibit showcases art made by farmers and ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø researchers who participated in Permafrost Grown, a project studying the interactions between permafrost and agriculture.
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