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Patty Mongold named 2025 Business Leader of the Year
April 30, 2025
AVÀÇÂÛ̳ College of Business and Security Management has named Patty Mongold, CEO and board chair at Mt. McKinley Bank, as the 2025 Business Leader of the Year award recipient.
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Geophysical Institute, Poker Flat announce summer tours
April 29, 2025
AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Geophysical Institute is offering free public tours to showcase some of its science facilities.
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UAF to honor outstanding graduates, commencement speaker
April 28, 2025
AVÀÇÂÛ̳ will honor its 2025 outstanding undergraduate degree recipients and commencement speaker at a ceremony on Friday, May 2.
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Learn to create felted and wearable art in Delta fiber series
April 28, 2025
A series of in-person workshops in Delta Junction will show participants how to take raw wool and clean, dye and create finished felted products they can wear home or sell.
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Susan Harry keeps a close eye on pollen in Interior AVÀÇÂÛ̳
April 25, 2025
For the past 25 years, Susan Harry has been peering into a microscope every spring to count and classify minuscule grains of pollen. It's a task that can take from a few minutes up to an hour and a half at the height of pollen season, in May and early June.
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Tundra swans take two pathways to AVÀÇÂÛ̳
April 25, 2025
Tundra swans -- at 15 pounds and with a wingspan of almost six feet -- are now touching down on the ponds and snowfields of AVÀÇÂÛ̳.
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New book explores the skies with Dene knowledge
April 24, 2025
Chris Cannon, an assistant professor at the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks College of Indigenous Studies, has published "In the Footsteps of the Traveller: The Astronomy of Northern Dene."
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AVÀÇÂÛ̳ native plants, insects featured in webinar series
April 24, 2025
A series of webinars highlighting AVÀÇÂÛ̳'s diverse native plants and their uses is scheduled for May, which is AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Native Plant Month. The series, available statewide, is a collaboration between the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and the AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Native Plant Society.
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Arctic Innovation Competition presents 2025 awards
April 23, 2025
The Arctic Innovation Competition awarded over $45,000 on Saturday, April 19, at the 8 Star Events Center in Fairbanks. The competition had almost 150 submissions entered by participants across AVÀÇÂÛ̳ and the U.S.
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UAF College of Liberal Arts names outstanding students
April 22, 2025
AVÀÇÂÛ̳ College of Liberal Arts has named 29 outstanding students for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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Tiny ocean wave vibrations hold AVÀÇÂÛ̳ climate secrets
April 22, 2025
Tiny ocean wave vibrations from the Gulf of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ — too subtle for humans to notice — can travel through land as far north as AVÀÇÂÛ̳’s Arctic coastline. These and other low-frequency vibrations generated daily by ocean waves offer insights into climate change.
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Bear awareness and bear spray workshop offered in Delta Junction
April 21, 2025
Delta Junction residents can learn how to react during a bear encounter and practice using inert bear spray in a one-day workshop offered by the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and Delta Career Advancement Center.
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Certified food protection manager classes scheduled
April 18, 2025
AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Cooperative Extension Service will offer three certified food protection manager classes in May and June. The course will cover the material required to pass the National Restaurant Association's ServSafe Manager exam for AVÀÇÂÛ̳.
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An early ascent of the Yukon River
April 17, 2025
Civil War veteran Charles Raymond was 27 when he accepted an assignment to visit the new U.S. territory of AVÀÇÂÛ̳, a place so far away from his home in New York City he couldn't imagine it.
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Expert offers tips for gardeners to keep slugs at bay
April 17, 2025
Learn how to keep slugs from enjoying more of your garden than you do during a free statewide webinar. Joey Slowik, an integrated pest management technician with the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, will share best practices for designing your garden to discourage slug incursions. He also will discuss ways to whittle their populations and other management strategies.
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