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Week's events: Aging in place lecture, portrait discussion
August 12, 2022
University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here is what's happening from Aug. 14-20, the final week of this summer's schedule.
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Secrets of an ancient horse of the Yukon
August 12, 2022
In the lab of Yukon government paleontologists are the remains of saber-toothed cats, bears with boxy faces that stood 8 feet tall, woolly mammoths and sloths the size of gorillas. Of all these time-hardened riches of the past, Elizabeth Hall has a cherished piece -- the fragment of a horse's foreleg that fits in the palm of her hand.
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Thawing Arctic hillsides are major climate change contributors
August 12, 2022
Thawing Arctic hillsides release a significant amount of organic carbon that has been locked in frozen ground for thousands of years but which now can contribute to an already warming climate, according to new research.
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HAARP to hold public open house Saturday, Aug. 27
August 11, 2022
The public will have opportunity to learn about how scientists study the Earth’s ionosphere, the region between Earth's lower atmosphere and the vacuum of space, at an Aug. 27, 2022, open house at the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program. The facility, widely known simply as HAARP, is in Gakona, AVÀÇÂÛ̳.
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Permafrost knowledge needed to support sustainable northern agriculture
August 10, 2022
Northern farming could experience huge growth in the 21st century as boreal regions warm. A new University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks-led study argues that a better understanding of how permafrost and agriculture interact is needed to make it happen.
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Cooperative Extension offers 12-month diabetes prevention program
August 10, 2022
AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Cooperative Extension Service is offering a yearlong program to help people at risk of developing diabetes lose weight and improve their health.
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Stories, maps and storymaps — UAF student supports community decision-making
August 08, 2022
A University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks master's degree candidate's work collects reports of warming temperatures, changing wind patterns, eroding coastlines and shifting sea ice across Arctic AVÀÇÂÛ̳.
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Naylor appointed as Chukchi Campus interim director
August 05, 2022
Minnie Naylor has been appointed to serve as the interim director of the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks Chukchi Campus in Kotzebue.
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Week's events: Mary Nordale, heart health lecture, film talk, bluegrass
August 05, 2022
University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here is what's happening during the week of Aug. 7-13.
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AVÀÇÂÛ̳ lexicon sinks in over the years
August 04, 2022
When my little Ford pickup chugged into AVÀÇÂÛ̳ 36 years ago this month, I didn't know a wheel dog from a dog salmon.
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UAF Geophysical Institute announces 2022 Schaible fellowship recipients
August 04, 2022
One student from AVÀÇÂÛ̳ and one from Switzerland have been selected as this year's recipients of a Geophysical Institute Schaible Fellowship.
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UAF police, NAMI Fairbanks host crisis intervention training
August 04, 2022
NAMI Fairbanks and the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks Police Department have partnered to host crisis intervention training on the UAF Troth Yeddha Campus this week.
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TCC, UAF co-host 38th annual AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Tribal Court Conference
August 03, 2022
TCC and UAF are partnering to host the 38th Annual AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Tribal Court Conference from Aug. 2-5, 2022, at Westmark's banquet room in Fairbanks.
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Toolik Field Station receives another five years' funding
August 02, 2022
Toolik Field Station, the largest scientific research station in the Arctic, has received $19.7 million in funding from the National Science Foundation for five more years of operation.
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UAF's giant climate stripes boldly proclaim Arctic change
August 01, 2022
The International Arctic Research Center is showing its stripes with a bold 40-foot-long hallway installation. The myriad of red and blue vertical bands makes a rainbow-like bar code representing Arctic temperatures from 1900 to 2021. The trend in the Arctic is remarkable. Every year since 1995 shows red, meaning that annual temperatures have been above average for nearly three decades.
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