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Indigenous higher education consortium meeting registration opens
June 12, 2023
The World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium will host its annual general meeting on the Troth Yeddha' Campus of the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks from July 16-20, 2023.
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UAF-led team uncovers plant remediation effects on petroleum contamination
June 12, 2023
Initial choices about fertilization and grass seeding on petroleum contaminated soils could have a long-lasting effect on how plants and their associated microbes break down the pollution, a research team led by a University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks professor recently reported.
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Mt. Edgecumbe volcano research starts with bear encounter
June 12, 2023
The first volcano scientists of an international team deposited on a Southeast ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ island by helicopter Sunday quickly learned they had an unwanted presence to contend with: a grizzly.
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Week's events: Tall Timbers, hearing health, cartooning, bagpipes
June 09, 2023
University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here is what's happening during the week of June 12-18.
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A new teenager and her unusual bird
June 08, 2023
Hazel Sutton was eating lunch on an island at Tanana Lakes Recreation Area in Fairbanks with her family recently when a bird caught her eye.
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Oral histories highlight ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æns' climate change observations for World Ocean Day
June 08, 2023
The University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks Oral History Program and the National Park Service have created a series of web articles to highlight World Ocean Day June 8. "Conversations ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Change" focus on changing ice and ocean conditions and other climate change impacts seen by long-term residents and NPS ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Region employees in the coastal communities of Skagway and Nome.
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ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Native Language Center film wins Northwest Regional Emmy
June 08, 2023
The ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Native Language Center's film "Awake" has won a Northwest Regional Emmy through the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The film, produced by Channel Films in fall 2022, captures the past, present and future of language revitalization. It won in the long-form branded content category.
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Long-term study hopes to unlock secrets of Gulf of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ ecosystem
June 07, 2023
After more than a month apart, Gretel and Shackleton began their reunion with a slow dance. The autonomous underwater vehicles circled each other in the Gulf of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ in April, gathering data about ocean conditions: temperature, light, salinity, chlorophyll, fluorescence, and even acoustically determined densities of fish and zooplankton.
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Fairbanks Tall Timbers interview series begins June 12
June 06, 2023
The University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks will launch the Fairbanks Tall Timbers interview series on June 12. The eight-week series is presented by UAF Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning and honors unsung heroes in the Fairbanks community.
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Pogo loader donation benefits CTC diesel, heavy equipment program
June 06, 2023
A donated underground loader from Northern Star Resources - Pogo Mine will let University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks students train on the same modern equipment they are likely to encounter in their future jobs.
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Arctic ground squirrel hibernation trend could affect mating
June 02, 2023
As soils in Arctic ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ become warmer and freeze for shorter periods in winter, mating conditions for arctic ground squirrels are changing.
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New tool will help students who want to transfer to UAF
June 02, 2023
The Office of Admissions is launching a new transfer credit tool that will allow users to see how courses taken at other universities transfer to UAF.
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Week's events: Legacy Lecture, Dr. Zink, arts talk, jazz
June 02, 2023
University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here is what's happening during the week of June 5-11.
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UAF names spring 2023 honors students
June 02, 2023
The University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks has announced the students named to the deans' and chancellor's lists for the spring 2023 semester. The lists recognize students’ outstanding academic achievements.
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Polar bears of the past survived warmth
June 01, 2023
In a recent paper, scientists wrote that a small population of polar bears living off Greenland and Arctic Canada increased by 1.6 times when they compared the numbers from the 1990s to 2013 and 2014. They concluded that lighter sea ice might have benefited the animals.
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