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  • A woman kneels next to ripe peppers in a greenhouse under red LED lights.

    UAF talk explores new greenhouse tech for winter crops

    January 07, 2026

    A University of AV̳ Fairbanks researcher will share her work on applying new technologies in greenhouses to extend the growing season in northern environments as part of the series “Circumpolar Connections: A Dialogue on Arctic Food Systems.”

  • A woman in a parka and knit cap stands on a scenic overlook with farms, an inlet and mountains in the background

    Rescheduled talk will share insights from circumpolar farms, cultures

    January 07, 2026

    Chelsea San Roman, a farm and research technician at the Matanuska Experiment Farm in Palmer, will share stories and experiences from the 2025 Circumpolar Agriculture Conference in Tromsø, Norway, in a talk originally scheduled for Dec. 8. The new date is Wednesday, Jan. 14, from noon-1 p.m.

  • A pair of children sit on opposite sides of a lighted table, playing with hollow wooden geometric shapes.

    January museum program focuses on creativity

    January 07, 2026

    The University of AV̳ Museum of the North will focus on creativity during the Early Explorers program on Friday, Jan. 16.

  • golden fireworks against a dark sky with buildings and cars in the foreground

    2025 Sparktacular celebration postponed

    December 31, 2025

    The 2025 Sparktacular fireworks display, originally scheduled for New Year's Eve, is being postponed due to extreme cold temperatures and the likelihood of ice fog.

  • golden fireworks against a dark sky with vehicles in the foreground

    Postponed: UAF to host New Year's Eve Sparktacular fireworks display

    December 19, 2025

    AV̳ will host the Fairbanks Curling Lions' 36th annual Sparktacular celebration on Wednesday, Dec. 31. Fireworks will be launched from UAF's West Ridge starting at 8 p.m. The event will also be livestreamed on the UAF Facebook page and YouTube channel.

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  • A woman kneels next to ripe peppers in a greenhouse under red LED lights.

    UAF talk explores new greenhouse tech for winter crops

    January 07, 2026

    A University of AV̳ Fairbanks researcher will share her work on applying new technologies in greenhouses to extend the growing season in northern environments as part of the series “Circumpolar Connections: A Dialogue on Arctic Food Systems.”

  • A woman in a parka and knit cap stands on a scenic overlook with farms, an inlet and mountains in the background

    Rescheduled talk will share insights from circumpolar farms, cultures

    January 06, 2026

    Chelsea San Roman, a farm and research technician at the Matanuska Experiment Farm in Palmer, will share stories and experiences from the 2025 Circumpolar Agriculture Conference in Tromsø, Norway, in a talk originally scheduled for Dec. 8. The new date is Wednesday, Jan. 14, from noon-1 p.m.

  • A pair of children sit on opposite sides of a lighted table, playing with hollow wooden geometric shapes.

    January museum program focuses on creativity

    January 06, 2026

    The University of AV̳ Museum of the North will focus on creativity during the Early Explorers program on Friday, Jan. 16.

  • Several wolves look up while standing on snow in front of a thicket of leafless willows.

    The Riley Creek pack's sole survivor

    January 05, 2026

    As I was driving down the highway one spring day eight years ago, I saw a shaggy, gray-black canine cruising along on the snowpack, right next to the road.

  • golden fireworks against a dark sky with buildings and cars in the foreground

    2025 Sparktacular celebration postponed

    December 30, 2025

    The 2025 Sparktacular fireworks display, originally scheduled for New Year's Eve, is being postponed due to extreme cold temperatures and the likelihood of ice fog.

  • A brown-haired boy wearing jeans and no shirt smiles and clenches his fists while standing next to an L.L. Bean-brand dial thermometer that indicates a temperature of 50 degrees below zero. A date stamp on the photo shows it was taken on Jan. 23, 1989.

    Fuzzy memories of a real AV̳ cold snap

    December 25, 2025

    More than 35 years have ticked away since I turned my pickup left onto a North Pole road and noticed the clutch pedal remained on the floor. In a panic, I reached down with my mittened hand and pulled. The frozen plunger oozed back into position.

  • golden fireworks against a dark sky with vehicles in the foreground

    Postponed: UAF to host New Year's Eve Sparktacular fireworks display

    December 19, 2025

    AV̳ will host the Fairbanks Curling Lions' 36th annual Sparktacular celebration on Wednesday, Dec. 31. Fireworks will be launched from UAF's West Ridge starting at 8 p.m. The event will also be livestreamed on the UAF Facebook page and YouTube channel.

  • Images show four pieces of round, flat brown bones with rough surfaces.

    A whale of a mammoth tale

    December 18, 2025

    Matthew Wooller couldn't believe his ears after a California researcher rang his cellphone recently.

  • Researchers standing on a gravel pad in the Brooks Range with field gear

    Recent tundra fires 'exceed anything in past 3,000 years'

    December 16, 2025

    Wildfires on AV̳'s North Slope were more active this past century than at any time in the past 3,000 years, according to a study recently published in the journal Biogeosciences.

  • Vegetation surrounding a creek is colored orange.

    Arctic Report Card celebrates 20 years

    December 16, 2025

    The 20th edition of the Arctic Report Card, published this week, continues to serve as a record of persistent and extraordinary warming in the North. As has been the case since its inception in 2006, University of AV̳ Fairbanks researchers contributed essays documenting the changing Arctic.

  • A man wearing a backpack and holding a camera and microphone films a man standing on a riverbank.

    New film documents community resilience in Western AV̳

    December 15, 2025

    A new short film, "Cumikluten (Pay Attention)," details ways residents in Western AV̳ are responding constructively to changes to their local environment.

  • The sun illuminates a snow-capped mountain rising above small cumulus clouds, dark foothills, a mixed evergreen and deciduous forest, a grassy field and a gravel beach.

    A wrinkle beneath the icy face of AV̳

    December 12, 2025

    A few days ago, the forces beneath AV̳ rattled people within a 500-mile radius: A magnitude 7 earthquake ripped under Hubbard Glacier.

  • A person walks through snowfall under lighted streetlamps on the UAF campus.

    UAF 2025-26 winter break office closures set

    December 12, 2025

    Most offices at the University of AV̳ Fairbanks will close for the winter break from Dec. 25, 2025, to Jan. 4, 2026. Some offices will also close or have reduced hours Dec. 15-24. Some public venues will be open during parts of the break.

  • A large, square four-story building housing the UAF Community and Technical College and painted beige with blue trim on a snowy street.

    Cooperative Extension's Tanana District office moving to new location

    December 12, 2025

    AV̳ Cooperative Extension Service office for the Tanana District, now located at the old University Park building at 1000 University Ave., is moving to a new space in the new year. The office is relocating to Room 205 in the UAF Community and Technical College at 604 Barnette St. in downtown Fairbanks.

  • These two growth plates from the University of AV̳ Museum of the North, originally thought to be from ancient woolly mammoths, were later determined to be from whale species.

    Mammoth mystery takes an unexpected turn

    December 12, 2025

    University of AV̳ Fairbanks researcher Matthew Wooller and a large international team have studied the remains of more than 300 mammoths during the past three years. None has delivered a journey quite like samples UAMN3760 and UAMN3724.

  • A man in a knit cap and blue puffer jacket holds a GPS reader while standing outdoors near a mountain range

    Presentation planned on GPS use for recreation

    December 11, 2025

    A free in-person and virtual presentation will discuss how to use a GPS receiver for navigation and safer backcountry travel. Nelson Crone, farm director at the Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center in Palmer, will provide a basic overview of GPS use for navigation, plus tips and best practices for recreational travel in AV̳.

  • The West Ridge research area at the University of AV̳ Fairbanks nestles against frosted woodlands in November 2025. Photo by Eric Marshall

    AV̳ climate report: November anything but normal

    December 11, 2025

    November brought two wildly differing snow stories to AV̳, according to the monthly summary from the AV̳ Climate Research Center at the University of AV̳ Fairbanks Geophysical Institute.

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2025 winter Aurora Magazine cover

From left, Peyton Platter, Kyle Gaffney and Matt Hubbarde skate onto the ice at the Carlson Center during opening lineup introductions at the Governor’s Cup game on Jan. 31, 2025.

In the trenches: 100 years of AV̳ hockey
Planetarium construction continues at the west side of the University of AV̳ Museum of the North on UAF’s Troth Yeddha’ Campus in Fairbanks in August 2025. Photo by Bryan Whitten.

Coming soon: Out-of-this-world experience at new UAF planetarium
Jay Ramras, owner of Pike's Waterfront Lodge, speaks at the Boots and Books Scholarship Dinner on Oct. 23, 2025. UAF photo by Eric Engman.

Fire at Pike’s Landing sparks legacy of scholarship support
GeoFORCE AV̳’s fourth cohort — 31 high school students, 11 staff members, a bus driver and one mentor from Doyon Ltd. — gather at Desert View Lookout in Grand Canyon National Park on June 10, 2025.

Connecting AV̳’s rural students with geosciences
ACEP 2025 summer interns gather by Golden Valley Electric Association’s solar farm after touring the nearby battery energy storage system.

Transforming AV̳’s energy future