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Wagaman named director of UAF Cooperative Extension Service
August 13, 2025
Jennifer Wagaman has been named director of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Cooperative Extension Service, part of the Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension.
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Tsunami-causing slide was largest in decade, earthquake center finds
August 12, 2025
Sunday's massive tsunami-causing landslide in Southeast Alaska likely sent more than 100 million cubic meters of debris into an icy fjord and onto a prominent glacier in one of the largest slides in at least 10 years, according to analysis by the Alaska Earthquake Center.
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Alaska climate report: Above and below normal, July had it all
August 12, 2025
Nome was a hot place to be in early July. The temperature was 20 degrees above normal at one point during that period, according to the monthly summary of the Alaska Climate Research Center. The center, part of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, released its July summary earlier this month.
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Week's events: Dan O'Neill, AI for healthcare, Yup'ik dance, string band
August 08, 2025
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 series' final week of Aug. 11-17.
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August 08, 2025
It has been a rainy week in middle Alaska. Blah. But perhaps I judge liquid precipitation a bit harshly.
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Currant-centered workshops offer hands-on experiences
August 08, 2025
A series of workshops before and during the third annual Far North Currant Festival will give participants hands-on opportunities to learn about, cook with and taste currants. The festival itself is a free, family-friendly event from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 23.
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Tickets available for UAF Business Leader of Year event
August 07, 2025
Tickets are on sale for the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Business and Security Management's 47th Business Leader of the Year dinner and award ceremony, honoring Patty Mongold, Mt. McKinley Bank's CEO.
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Free tool helps small communities pick renewable energy sources
August 07, 2025
A free tool developed by a ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø researcher can help communities with small-scale power grids plan for different energy resources.
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Learn the step-by-step process of saving garden seeds
August 06, 2025
Join Kristin Haney, director of Growing Ester's Biodiversity Seed Library, for a free statewide Zoom webinar on saving seeds from your garden.
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Petersburg youths can learn to cook garden-fresh dishes
August 06, 2025
Middle and high school students are invited to a free Cooking (in) the Garden series at the Petersburg School and Community Garden. Students will make various savory and sweet recipes using items harvested directly from the garden and greenhouse.
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Research shows early quake warning system could provide critical seconds
August 05, 2025
A proposed earthquake early warning system could have provided several Alaska communities an alert of 10 seconds or more ahead of strong shaking from the magnitude 7.3 quake that occurred south of Sand Point near the tip of the Alaska Peninsula in mid-July.
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NextGen students to give overview of summer internships
August 04, 2025
This summer, 14 ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students participated in the NextGen Internship Program, which is designed to introduce students to food and agricultural careers. Learn about their experiences during a free statewide webinar hosted by the UAF Cooperative Extension Service on Wednesday, Aug. 13, from 4-6 p.m.
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Currants, once banned, are having a revival
August 01, 2025
Currants were banned in the United States for 55 years, but are now an emerging berry crop around the country, including Alaska. Join Lily Hislop, the currant and elderberry breeder for the Savanna Institute, in a free webinar as she explains why currants were banned, how that ban was lifted and the berries' future.
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Week's events: Nicky Eiseman, daily exercise, Indigenizing research, jazz
August 01, 2025
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 Aug. 4-10.
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The war within the aspen leaves
August 01, 2025
On one of the friendliest platforms imaginable, a ferocious battle rages. While mowing its way through the surface of a trembling leaf, an aspen leaf miner meets one of its kind. Instead of offering a nuzzle of recognition, the tiny caterpillar tears into the other with its sickle-like mouthparts, while trying to avoid a fatal gash from the other.
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