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Dinosaur study challenges Bergmann's rule
April 05, 2024
A new study led by scientists at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and the University of Reading calls into question Bergmann's rule, an 1800s-era scientific principle stating that animals in high-latitude, cooler climates tend to be larger than close relatives living in warmer climates.
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Siberian tiger takes final rest at museum
April 04, 2024
It's a safe bet that Aren Gunderson's Toyota Tundra is the only one in Fairbanks that has had its bed filled with a Siberian tiger.
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NASA rockets to gather sun data in rare daytime Poker Flat launches
April 04, 2024
Two rockets are set to launch within minutes of each other from Poker Flat Research Range this month in NASA's first campaign to study solar flares with instruments launched on sounding rockets.
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StrongPeople training class offered in Fairbanks
April 03, 2024
A workshop in Fairbanks will teach people how to lead a popular exercise program for midlife and older adults in Alaska communities.
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Science Potpourri is back with a bang April 13
April 03, 2024
The annual Science Potpourri returns on April 13, 2024. Designed to spark children's curiosity about the sciences, this free all-ages event will take place from noon-3 p.m. in the Reichardt Building on the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø' Troth Yeddha' ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.
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Seafood safety classes set for April 12 and 26
April 03, 2024
Alaska Sea Grant is offering two online seafood safety courses in April through the Alaska Seafood School, both available statewide. On April 12, Seafood Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point, Segment 2 practical training will be taught via Zoom. On April 26, Sanitation Control Procedures for Seafood Processors will also be taught via Zoom.
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April museum programs explore travel
April 02, 2024
Family programs at the University of Alaska Museum of the North will explore the theme of travel in April.
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Pesticide applicator training classes scheduled for April 23-25
April 01, 2024
A three-day certified pesticide applicator training course is scheduled for April 23-25. It will be taught by the University Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service via Zoom and is available statewide.
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UAF continues Giving Day record-breaking streak
March 28, 2024
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø supporters broke another record this year with more than 1,000 individual donations during the 49-hour UA Giving Day event March 26-28, an increase of more than 25% percent over 2023.
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Long winter bike ride aided by naps
March 28, 2024
If you could have read that frost-covered fat-biker's mind as he rolled toward McGrath, Alaska, "as if Velcroed to the snow," you might have suspected he was a scientist.
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Ice experts aid U.S. military in Arctic Ocean exercise
March 22, 2024
Finding a good spot for the U.S. military's biennial Operation Ice Camp falls to people at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Geophysical Institute.
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Boreal owls perform by daylight
March 21, 2024
On these March nights, a male boreal owl has been singing from a wooden owl box near our home. The late biologist Dave Klein attached the nest box to a black spruce tree north of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø ski trails many years ago.
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Applications open for 2024 Dalton Highway artist residency
March 20, 2024
Artists and writers can apply for the 2024 Dalton Highway artist-in-residence position, based this year at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’ Toolik Field Station.
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Food preservation classes planned in four Southcentral communities
March 19, 2024
Residents in four communities in Southcentral Alaska can learn how to preserve meat and vegetables in workshops led by the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Cooperative Extension Service.
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UAF space engineering program director wins NASA prize
March 19, 2024
The advisor of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø space engineering program is one of 20 winners of a NASA prize to expand the agency's engagement with people from populations underrepresented in space technology.
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