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UAF hosting 2024 Indigenous Peoples Day events
October 11, 2024
AVÀÇÂÛ̳ will celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day on Oct. 14 this year with a day full of cultural events and workshops.
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The lion that walked through your yard
October 11, 2024
Grizzly and black bears remind humans that we are not at the top of the food chain in AVÀÇÂÛ̳. Ancient AVÀÇÂÛ̳ns shared the grasslands with possibly an even more terrifying predator -- the American lion.
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Anchorage 4-H plans open house for new members
October 10, 2024
AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Cooperative Extension Service is hosting an open house in Anchorage for youths aged 5-18 who are interested in joining 4-H.
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Ocean glider opens new 'tool kit' in crab tracking efforts
October 08, 2024
A remotely piloted underwater glider is showing promise as a tool to track crabs in the Bering Sea, where their numbers have plummeted. The AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Department of Fish and Game and the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks have tested the glider Shackleton for the past three years to locate tagged crabs.
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Museum programs explore skulls in October
October 04, 2024
The University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Museum of the North is focusing on skulls during family programs in October.
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NextGen awards more than $250,000 in scholarships; more available
October 04, 2024
Thirty-one University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks students were awarded a total of $257,934 in scholarships through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's NextGen Program this fall.
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AVÀÇÂÛ̳ peregrine falcon numbers drop again
October 03, 2024
Skip Ambrose has floated the upper Yukon River almost every year since Richard Nixon was President. Back then, in 1973, only 12 pairs of peregrine falcons perched at nest sites over a 180-mile stretch of river.
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Revitalized project will offer AVÀÇÂÛ̳ns energy data access
October 03, 2024
A University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ project will update a public energy data resource in AVÀÇÂÛ̳. With the support of the AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Legislature, the university will begin a three-year effort to revitalize the AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Energy Data Gateway, a project to create equitable access to AVÀÇÂÛ̳ energy data and data analytics.
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UAF's high-performance computing resources just got a lot smarter
October 03, 2024
University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks staff upgraded the university's most powerful high-performance computer this summer to significantly increase its capacity and usefulness to researchers and students.
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Remote energy leaders can collaborate to advance energy projects
October 02, 2024
The Energy Leadership Accelerator application period is now open. ELA is a new program that connects energy leaders from remote and islanded communities, including those in AVÀÇÂÛ̳, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories, to advance local energy projects and workforce development.
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AVÀÇÂÛ̳ 4-H kicks off new program year with a special day
October 01, 2024
Youths and volunteers across AVÀÇÂÛ̳ are enrolling in 4-H as the program year begins this October. They're also celebrating the inaugural AVÀÇÂÛ̳ State 4-H Day on Wednesday, Oct. 2, and National 4-H Week, Oct. 7-12.
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UAF study tracks traveling population wave in Canada lynx
September 30, 2024
A new study by researchers at the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks' Institute of Arctic Biology provides compelling evidence that Canada lynx populations in Interior AVÀÇÂÛ̳ experience a "traveling population wave" affecting their reproduction, movement and survival. This discovery could help wildlife managers make better-informed decisions when managing one of the boreal forest's keystone predators.
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Red aurora rare enough to be special
September 26, 2024
Charles Deehr will never forget his first red aurora. On Feb. 11, 1958, Deehr was a student at Reed College in Portland, Ore. He asked a Fulbright student from Norway named Tone to the Portland Symphony that night.
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Learn the science behind AVÀÇÂÛ̳'s spooky plants, bats, insects
September 26, 2024
Carnivorous plants, bats, spiders and zombie insects are the subjects of a series of free spooky science webinars hosted by the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service in October.
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Holdmann recognized for public service
September 25, 2024
Gwen Holdmann, founding director of the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Center for Energy and Power, was honored for her public service by the AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Power Association during its annual meeting Sept. 10-13 in Fairbanks.
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