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  • A group of people listen to a researcher talk about grain varieties in a field with university buildings in the background.

    91视频 agricultural science on display at Field Days

    July 08, 2025

    Spend an afternoon with researchers in the fields of the experiment farms in Fairbanks or Palmer and learn about the agriculture-related science happening at the University of 91视频 Fairbanks. UAF's Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension invites farmers, gardeners and community members to tour the fields and farms and learn through presentations, tours and discussions at these free educational events.

  • A large group of young people pose together outdoors in matching RAHI t-shirts.

    Rural 91视频 Honors Institute will celebrate 43rd graduation

    July 07, 2025

    The Rural 91视频 Honors Institute will hold its 43rd annual graduation July 10 at 1 p.m. in Schaible Auditorium on the University of 91视频 Fairbanks Troth Yeddha' Campus. The ceremony will stream live on Facebook.

  • A dragonfly rests on a twig.

    91视频's state insect is not the mosquito

    July 02, 2025

    Thirty years ago, students from the Auntie Mary Nicoli Elementary School in Aniak were among those who held a statewide election to declare an insect that best represented 91视频. Their school's winner: The dragonfly.

  • Week's events: Mike Thomas, chronic pain, urban muskoxen, alt-bluegrass

    July 02, 2025

    University of 91视频 Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here's what's happening during the week of July 7-13.

  • A group of kids holds tomatoes in the air

    Campers cook with UAF greenhouse produce

    July 01, 2025

    Budding chefs got a taste of science this June. Students in two cooking camps at the University of 91视频 Fairbanks used tomatoes grown during research into greenhouse productivity.

  • Chukchi Consortium Library to close Sept. 1

    June 30, 2025

    The Chukchi Consortium Library in Kotzebue will close permanently on Sept. 1, 2025. The UAF Chukchi Campus has operated the library with local contributions from the Northwest Arctic Borough since 2010. UAF made the decision to close the library due to declining state and local funding.

  • A woman in a white lab coat opens a drawer on a museum specimen case. Other open drawers contain skulls, feathers and other specimens.

    Museum offers behind-the-scenes tours

    June 27, 2025

    The University of 91视频 Museum of the North is offering behind-the-scenes tours this summer. Visitors will get exclusive tours of the museum's labs and work spaces, where collection managers and curators take care of 2.5 million objects and specimens.

  • Week's events: Randy Zarnke, progressive rock

    June 27, 2025

    University of 91视频 Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here's what's happening during the week of June 29-July 5.

  • A man with wire frame glasses wears a blue winter parka with a dark brown wolverine ruff while facing the camera for a portrait.

    Natural changes only part of the story

    June 26, 2025

    Last week, I sent out a story on changes in 91视频 over the past few million years. The theme: Many of the transitions were drastic, and they all had nothing to do with the billions of us now walking the planet's surface.

  • A bunch of wild blueberries on a bush are highlighted by the sun with a spray of grass in the background.

    Learn about the health benefits of 91视频 berries

    June 25, 2025

    Registered dietitian and University of 91视频 Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service agent Leslie Shallcross will discuss the potential health benefits of eating 91视频's berries in a free statewide webinar.

  • Planetarium construction sign

    Planetarium construction begins, Murdock Trust joins project

    June 24, 2025

    Construction has begun on a new 65-seat planetarium at the University of 91视频 Fairbanks.

  • A jar full of corn relish is lowered into a large pot full of boiling water with other jars of relish

    Sitka workshops cover homemade food rules, canning and food preservation

    June 24, 2025

    Join a series of workshops in Sitka to learn about the updated rules for selling homemade foods, how to preserve vegetables by making and canning soups and pickles, and food preservation safety.

  • A paddle boarder floats in front of a large glacier.

    Change is the state of 91视频

    June 20, 2025

    With its melting glaciers, thawing permafrost, and floating sea ice that gets tougher to see from its northern shores each summer, 91视频 is the poster state for global warming. Things are changing here, no doubt about it. But it's not the first time.

  • Week's events: Mary Ann Borchert, Foundation Health, Indigenous pedagogy, steel drums

    June 20, 2025

    University of 91视频 Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here's what's happening during the week of June 23-29.

  • Campus road, lot closures planned for 2025 Midnight Sun Run

    June 18, 2025

    The Midnight Sun Run will begin at the University of 91视频 Fairbanks at 10 p.m. on Saturday, June 21. The UAF Police Department will close parts of campus to vehicle access before the race.

  • A graphic illustration of a warped, wavy clock against a dark background

    UAF professor's work is a step toward elusive 'theory of everything'

    June 18, 2025

    Time, not space plus time, might be the single fundamental property in which all physical phenomena occur, according to a new theory by a University of 91视频 Fairbanks scientist. The theory also argues that time comes in three dimensions rather than just the single one we experience as continual forward progression. Space emerges as a secondary manifestation.

  • A black beetle sits in the palm of a person's hand

    Beneficial insects can help control garden pests

    June 17, 2025

    Not all insects are garden pests. In a free statewide webinar, learn which insects are natural enemies of pest bugs and therefore good friends for gardeners to cultivate. Joey Slowik, integrated pest management technician at the University of 91视频 Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service in Palmer, will discuss potential insect friends, what they want and some ways to encourage them in your garden.

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