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Vanairsdale named 2024 ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÉÏͶעapp Business Leader of the Year

May 16, 2024

The UAF Fairbanks College of Business and Security Management has named Tracy Vanairsdale as the recipient of the 2024 ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÉÏͶעapp Business Leader of the Year award.

Music in the Garden concerts begin Thursday, May 23

May 15, 2024

The UAF Fairbanks Music in the Garden concert series will kick off Thursday, May 23, at the Georgeson Botanical Garden. Part of ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÉÏͶעapp's Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning, the concert series offers 12 weeks of family-friendly performances on Thursday evenings throughout the summer.

Tour the Fairbanks office of the National Weather Service

May 14, 2024

Have you ever wanted to see what the inside of the local National Weather Service looks like? On Thursday, May 16, you will have your chance during Arctic Research Open House.

Solar storm -- not HAARP -- creates intense auroral display

May 13, 2024

Night skies over the weekend erupted with vivid colors and awed people all around the globe as the solar wind from a severe geomagnetic storm produced by our sun entered Earth's upper atmosphere and created auroral displays. The spectacular aurora sparked questions about possible connections to recent experiments by the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HAARP.

Research event gives visitors a backstage pass to science fun

May 13, 2024

The rock-n-roll themed event -- Tundra Struck -- will offer the community a peek behind the curtain to see why the results of ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÉÏͶעapp research reverberate around the world.

Kuskokwim Campus celebrates 50th commencement ceremony

May 13, 2024

The UAF Fairbanks Kuskokwim Campus honored the Class of 2024 during its 50th commencement ceremony on Tuesday, May 7, at the Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center in Bethel.

Diane O'Brien elected to the National Academy of Sciences

May 13, 2024

Diane, O'Brien, interim director of the Institute of Arctic Biology, is one of 120 newly elected members to the National Academy of Sciences that were announced at the organization's annual meeting.

Mountain goats live and die on the edge

May 09, 2024

Kevin White has placed his hands on the long, white fur of more than 400 Alaska mountain goats during the past 20 years. His diligence in studying this Ice Age wanderer of high, steep, country has led to a new understanding -- a surprising number of the creatures die by snow avalanche.

ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÉÏͶעapp biology student awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

May 09, 2024

UAF Fairbanks graduate student Jorda Kovash was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. She is one of two graduate students in the state of Alaska who received the prestigious award in the 2024 cycle.

ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÉÏͶעapp to host 15th annual Really Free Market Saturday, May 18

May 08, 2024

The UAF Fairbanks will host the Really Free Market recycling event on Saturday, May 18, at 10 a.m. in the parking lot next to the Lola Tilly Commons.

ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÉÏͶעapp undergraduate wins Goldwater Scholarship

May 07, 2024

UAF Fairbanks geosciences undergraduate Xochitl Muñoz has been named a 2024 Barry Goldwater Scholar. The Goldwater Scholarship program is designed to identify, encourage and financially support outstanding collegiate juniors and seniors pursuing research careers in the sciences, engineering and mathematics.

Ancient DNA reveals genetic resilience of Pacific walruses

May 06, 2024

DNA extracted from ancient bones has helped scientists at the UAF Fairbanks shed light on the surprising resilience of Pacific walruses in the face of historical overhunting.

Citizen science offers lessons in understanding Fairbanks' climate

May 06, 2024

Interior Alaska's long winters are the impetus for a lot of long-running citizen science. The Nenana Ice Classic is a 107-year-long climate record for Interior Alaska. But it's not the only citizen science effort in Fairbanks, which also boasts multi-decadal records for predicting green-up, when birch sap will start flowing, and when to stock up on allergy medications to get ready for pollen season.

Remote Alaska communities benefit from ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÉÏͶעapp renewable energy research

May 06, 2024

Renewable energy generation is increasing around the world. Alaska, while remote and in an Arctic climate, is no exception. Communities in Alaska, including remote localities that are far from big cities and often only accessible by air or boat, have some of the most innovative renewable energy technology.

ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÉÏͶעapp scientist's research answers big question about our system's largest planet

May 03, 2024

New discoveries about Jupiter could lead to a better understanding of Earth’s own space environment and influence a long-running scientific debate about the solar system’s largest planet.

Searching for microplastics on Denali

May 02, 2024

Two college students will soon be stuffing snow from the slopes of Alaska's highest mountain into Nalgene bottles. Their goal is to see if that precipitation contains tiny plastic particles that are ubiquitous everywhere else on Earth.

Mountain goats and the costs of living dangerously

May 02, 2024

Mountain goats use steep, exposed terrain to avoid carnivores such as wolves, but new research reveals a significant cost of this behavior: exposure to snow avalanches.