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  • A shaggy black Icelandic sheep with horns sits on a pile of straw

    Risk management workshop planned in Delta Junction

    February 14, 2025

    91ÊÓƵ 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."

  • A man, Tim Kock, in a red and blue checked shirt and graying facial hair looks at the camera

    Cooperative Extension director candidate talks set for Feb. 25

    February 13, 2025

    The finalist for the director position of the University of 91ÊÓƵ 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.

  • Rocket launches from Poker Flat Research Range

    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.

  • a man stands between two women in graduation regalia holding a blue banner that reads CBSM College of Business and Security Management uaf.edu/cbsm

    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 91ÊÓƵ Fairbanks College of Business and Security Management's accreditation for the next six years.

  • A woman in an orange safety vest sprays pesticide on roadside weeds

    Workshops offered for pesticide applicators, landscapers

    February 11, 2025

    The annual 91ÊÓƵ Certified Pesticide Applicator Workshop is a professional development opportunity that provides continuing education units for 91ÊÓƵ-certified pesticide applicators and related arborist/landscape professionals to maintain their certifications. It is hosted by the University of 91ÊÓƵ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service.

  • UAF to host Engineering Open House Feb. 22

    February 10, 2025

    91ÊÓƵ 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.

  • A smiling man in a knit cap and puffy blue jacket stands in a snowy field

    Crone named director of Matanuska Experiment Farm

    February 10, 2025

    Nelson Crone, a longtime 91ÊÓƵn and University of 91ÊÓƵ Fairbanks graduate, has been named director of the UAF Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center in Palmer.

  • As viewed from an aircraft, a vast glacier winds through a mountainous valley, starting at high snow-covered peaks in the background and ending in a splayed terminus among snow-free peaks in the foreground.

    The threat within an 91ÊÓƵ mountain

    February 06, 2025

    Mount Churchill stands in a white corner of the 91ÊÓƵ 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.

  • A line of birch trees in a snow-filled field is illuminated by tiny lights at dusk.

    Celebrate the Snow Moon with OneTree 91ÊÓƵ

    February 05, 2025

    The February full moon is called the Snow Moon, and OneTree 91ÊÓƵ is inviting snow lovers to celebrate it by skiing out to the University of 91ÊÓƵ Fairbanks' T-Field.

  • At a work table, a young child sits on an adult's lap, drawing with brightly colored ice cubes on a piece of paper.

    February museum programs explore ice

    January 31, 2025

    The University of 91ÊÓƵ Museum of the North will focus on ice during family programs in February.

  • A man in a ballcap, shades, a blue shirt and khaki shorts sits on a rock high above a lake surface covered in broken sheets of ice.

    Thirty years of writing about 91ÊÓƵ science

    January 30, 2025

    When I was drinking coffee with a cab-driving-author friend of the same vintage last week, he said of my occupation: "It's the best job in 91ÊÓƵ."

  • Glacial runoff entering Kachemak Bay, 91ÊÓƵ

    Research reveals extent of Kachemak Bay's surface cloudiness

    January 30, 2025

    Scientists have produced the most comprehensive analysis to date of glacier-driven cloudiness on the surface of Kachemak Bay, home to a rich variety of marine life and an important fish and shellfish rearing area.

  • Image from course video

    UAF offers free online courses about unmanned aircraft systems

    January 28, 2025

    The public can learn the history, basics and engineering of unmanned aircraft systems through two free online courses offered by the University of 91ÊÓƵ Fairbanks Center for Teaching and Learning.

  • Thaw pond

    Thawing permafrost causes ground to sink in cold regions

    January 24, 2025

    More needs to be done to better understand rapidly changing Arctic landscapes that are sinking as climate-driven permafrost thaw penetrates deeper, according to new research by University of 91ÊÓƵ Fairbanks scientists and others.

  • Three young people stand next to giant holiday ornaments with the Coca-Cola logo on them.

    Fairbanks open house highlights 4-H opportunities, activities

    January 24, 2025

    Find out what 4-H is all about during an open house hosted Feb. 1 by clubs in the Tanana District, headquartered in Fairbanks. Clubs meet monthly to work on projects such as sewing, cooking, arts and crafts, livestock, horses, and more. These projects help youths learn life skills to help them be ready for the future and make a difference today.

  • A road winds through a wide, sparsely wooded valley blanketed in snow. Mountains rise from forested foothills to snow domes in the background.

    Dangerous cold across the land

    January 23, 2025

    During this time when peak cold often arrives in the northern hemisphere, 91ÊÓƵ today celebrates the king-of-the-cold's birthday.

  • At left, Daryl Farmer, professor of English and director of the Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series, interviews Leigh Newman, a National Book Award-honored author, on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, in Schaible Auditorium. UAF College of Liberal Arts photo by Sarah Manriquez.

    Visiting writers series announces spring 2025 events

    January 23, 2025

    Authors from 91ÊÓƵ and beyond will share their works as part of the Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series through April at the University of 91ÊÓƵ Fairbanks.

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