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Bering Land Bridge wasn't such a dry place
February 21, 2025
Poking holes in the sea floor that used to be part of the Bering Land Bridge, researchers have found that large swaths of it were floodplains pocked with bogs and ponds that may have restricted passage of animals like the woolly rhino and short-faced bear.
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Sitka workshops focus on heart-healthy desserts
February 20, 2025
Learn to make vegan, gluten-free and refined sugar-free desserts that are so delicious you won't believe they are healthy for your heart. Two dessert workshops, hosted by the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, will be led by Paula Veshti, who is enrolled in the dietetics master's degree program at the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Anchorage.
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ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ-developed volcano monitoring system will expand across U.S.
February 20, 2025
A new radar-based volcano monitoring system developed by the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks and U.S. Geological Survey will expand across the U.S. and beyond. The expansion, funded by NASA, could lead to earlier detection of volcanic unrest.
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UAF names 2025 honorary degree, service award recipients
February 19, 2025
The University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks has selected eight people to honor during its 2025 commencement weekend in May.
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Get a head start on summer with a garden plan
February 18, 2025
Want to grow your own food this summer? Now is a great time to plan your garden, incorporating your goals for growing your own food in the space you have available. In this webinar, Heidi Rader, a professor with the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, will offer gardening advice.
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Poll finds ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æns trust their university for energy information
February 17, 2025
A recent poll of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æns found that the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ is the most trusted organization for the public on the topic of energy supply.
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UAF culinary program bistro opens for spring season
February 17, 2025
The Borealis Bistro, a lunch service provided by the UAF Community and Technical College culinary arts program, will be open to the public from Feb. 27-May 1.
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Risk management workshop planned in Delta Junction
February 14, 2025
The University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service is hosting an agricultural risk management workshop in Delta Junction. Jeff Tranel and John Hewlett of RightRisk LLC will discuss "Enterprise Analytics: Transforming Records into Results."
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Cooperative Extension director candidate talks set for Feb. 25
February 13, 2025
The finalist for the director position of the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will make two presentations on campus Tuesday, Feb. 25. Tim Kock (pronounced "cook") will discuss how the Cooperative Extension Service can meet its stakeholders' needs during the next decade.
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First rocket campaign of 2025 concludes at Poker Flat range
February 12, 2025
Two NASA aurora research rockets launched from Poker Flat Research Range earlier this month provided good data for learning more about the fastest observable variations of the solar wind-driven light displays.
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UAF College of Business and Security Management's accreditation extended
February 11, 2025
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business has extended the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks College of Business and Security Management's accreditation for the next six years.
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Workshops offered for pesticide applicators, landscapers
February 11, 2025
The annual ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Certified Pesticide Applicator Workshop is a professional development opportunity that provides continuing education units for ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ-certified pesticide applicators and related arborist/landscape professionals to maintain their certifications. It is hosted by the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service.
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UAF to host Engineering Open House Feb. 22
February 10, 2025
The University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks College of Engineering and Mines will host its annual Engineering Open House on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Usibelli Building on the Troth Yeddha’ Campus in Fairbanks.
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Crone named director of Matanuska Experiment Farm
February 10, 2025
Nelson Crone, a longtime ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æn and University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks graduate, has been named director of the UAF Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center in Palmer.
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The threat within an ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ mountain
February 06, 2025
Mount Churchill stands in a white corner of the ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ map, deceptive in its cold, windblown silence. At least twice in the last few thousand years, the peak's ice-covered caldera has spewed ash that reached as far as Ireland and piled up to force northern animals out of the territory.
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