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91ÊÓƵ 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 91ÊÓƵ 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.

Rural 91ÊÓƵ Honors Institute will celebrate 43rd graduation

July 07, 2025

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

91ÊÓƵ'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 91ÊÓƵ. Their school's winner: The dragonfly.

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

July 02, 2025

University of 91ÊÓƵ 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.

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 91ÊÓƵ 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.

Museum offers behind-the-scenes tours

June 27, 2025

The University of 91ÊÓƵ 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 91ÊÓƵ 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.

Natural changes only part of the story

June 26, 2025

Last week, I sent out a story on changes in 91ÊÓƵ 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.

Learn about the health benefits of 91ÊÓƵ berries

June 25, 2025

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

Planetarium construction begins, Murdock Trust joins project

June 24, 2025

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

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.

Change is the state of 91ÊÓƵ

June 20, 2025

With its melting glaciers, thawing permafrost, and floating sea ice that gets tougher to see from its northern shores each summer, 91ÊÓƵ 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 91ÊÓƵ 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 91ÊÓƵ Fairbanks at 10 p.m. on Saturday, June 21. The UAF Police Department will close parts of campus to vehicle access before the race.

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 91ÊÓƵ 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.

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 91ÊÓƵ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service in Palmer, will discuss potential insect friends, what they want and some ways to encourage them in your garden.