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2025 ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Sea Grant State Fellowship cohort

2025 ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Sea Grant State Fellows announced

Eleven new ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Sea Grant State Fellows are preparing to start work at the ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Fisheries Development Foundation, ADF&G, ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Mariculture Alliance, NOAA, Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ, and ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Sea Grant. Learn more about the fellows and the organizations they will be working with.


Graduate TA Orientation

Working as a Teaching Assistant this term? The Center for Teaching and Learning invites you to its two hybrid orientation sessions. Read more and register.


Join the UAF ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness on Friday, Aug. 22 from noon to 1 p.m. for this month's NWS Climate Outlook Briefing. Rick Thoman will review recent and current climate conditions around ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ, discuss forecasting tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for September and the fall season. Join the gathering online to learn what’s happened and what may be in store with ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æâ€™s seasonal climate. Register for the online event on the .


Zoom clips enabled

Zoom Clips were enabled for all UA Zoom users on Aug. 17. Clips is a stand-alone recorder (audio, video, desktop/content) that is available when not in a meeting. Learn more about the feature.


Southeast ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ landslide

Tsunami-causing slide was largest in decade, earthquake center finds

Sunday's massive tsunami-causing landslide in Southeast ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ 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 ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Earthquake Center. Read more from the analysis.


A bearded man with a baseball cap, Sam Knapp, works in a large vegetable garden

Fairbanks farmer, author to discuss storing vegetables through the winter

Join Fairbanks farmer and author Sam Knapp as he breaks down the process of selecting, harvesting, processing and storing vegetables in a free statewide webinar hosted by the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service. Learn more and register.

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The airstrip at Deadhorse, ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ.

State of the climate continues to track global change

The American Meteorological Society released its annual State of the Climate report this week, providing a comprehensive overview of global conditions in 2024. University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Fairbanks scientists contributed data and analysis for the Arctic and ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ regions, as they have for years. Read more from the annual report.


A backpacking tent sits in the shadows of an evergreen forest next to a grassy opening that provides a view of a rocky ocean shoreline, a small forested island and a distant cape.

If a mountain fell in the wilderness...

Camped on an island in Southeast ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ a few mornings ago, Sasha Calvey heard a commotion outside her tent. Learn more about the experience she and her friends experienced while on a summer-long paddling trip from Washington state to Glacier Bay in ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ.Ìý


An Ester Volunteer Fire Department engine joins efforts to suppress the Nenana Ridge Complex fires on July 2, 2025. Photo courtesy of the ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Division of Forestry

ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ climate report: Above and below normal, July had it all

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 ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Climate Research Center. The center, part of the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Fairbanks, released its July summary earlier this month. Read more details from the climate report.


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