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ACUASI adds new drones for cargo trials
October 14, 2025
Two large-payload unmanned aircraft have joined the fleet of the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks' drone industry development program. They will be used to test cargo deliveries and emergency responses.
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Mendenhall Glacier to pull toe from lake
October 09, 2025
In the near future, Juneau's Mendenhall Glacier will withdraw its icy toe from the lake of its making, scientists say.
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Food preservation, healthy living classes offered in Anchorage
October 09, 2025
The University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and the Anchorage Museum's Seed Lab are offering five in-person food preservation and healthy living classes in Anchorage this month.
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UAF receives $3.26 million grant for tribal heart health research
October 09, 2025
The National Institutes of Health has awarded the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks a $3.26 million grant for a new research project to address coronary heart disease among Yup'ik ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Native people in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region.
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Scientists aim to map Mount Edgecumbe volcano's upper plumbing
October 09, 2025
Mount Edgecumbe volcano in Southeast ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ sits in a place where a volcano shouldn't really be sitting. Research underway with new federal funding aims to solve that mystery.
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Biologist to discuss ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ's bats in free webinar
October 08, 2025
An ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ wildlife biologist will lead a free lunch-and-learn webinar on bats in ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ hosted by the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service. Arin Underwood, who works with the Threatened, Endangered and Diversity Program with the ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Department of Fish and Game, will discuss ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ's tiny flying mammals.
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ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ climate report: Sea ice growth and other winter transitions
October 08, 2025
Sea ice has returned to its annual growing season, though it's a slow turnaround as usual. The Arctic sea ice extent likely reached its 2025 seasonal minimum Sept. 10, at 1.85 million square miles.
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UAF to host Indigenous Peoples Day events Oct. 13
October 08, 2025
The University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks will celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day with several events and activities on Monday, Oct. 13.
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Free workshop lays out ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ's new homemade food rules
October 06, 2025
In 2024, the ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Department of Environmental Conservation made significant changes to its cottage food industry rules, which are now called the homemade food exemption. Sarah Lewis, a University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service health, home and family development agent, will explain the changes in a free in-person and online workshop.
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October museum program focuses on mysteries
October 06, 2025
The University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Museum of the North family program will explore mysteries in October.
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October 03, 2025
While applying to attend John McPhee's writing seminar at Princeton University in the fall of 2017, Ben Weissenbach wrote his 86-year-old instructor "I want to follow in your footsteps, literally." In completing his first book, "North to the Future: An Offline Adventure Through the Changing Wilds of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ," Weissenbach penned a compelling portrayal of wild places that are similar but not identical to the ones McPhee explored in his classic 1977 book "Coming into the Country."
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State alerts beekeepers of discovery of 'economically significant' pest
October 03, 2025
A beetle that harms honey bees has been found in ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ, according to the ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Division of Agriculture. Small hive beetles eat pollen, bee eggs, larvae and pupae (bee brood), and honey inside the hive. Their activity turns the honey foul and slimy. Their presence can lead to colony loss and reduced honey production, resulting in financial losses for the beekeeper.
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Free class offers tips for preserving the harvest
October 03, 2025
Registration is open for a free, informative class on the best practices to keep your home-grown or farmers market produce as fresh as possible for as long as possible. Alex Wilson, agriculture education coordinator for ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Pacific University, will share her expertise and the tools and tips for preserving garden-fresh produce after the harvest season.
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In-person food preservation workshops offered in Palmer
October 02, 2025
Four in-person food preservation workshops are scheduled this month in Palmer as part of a partnership between the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Pacific University's Kellogg Campus. Sarah Lewis, an Extension health, home and family development agent, will teach the classes.
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Webinar offers insight into friendly, and finicky, houseplants
October 01, 2025
Houseplants can help ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æns get their gardening fix even on the darkest winter days. In a free statewide webinar offered by the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, learn about which plants are easy to maintain and which can be finicky.
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