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  • University of òòò½´«Ã½ marine energy projects receive $1.5 million

    December 11, 2024

    The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $1.5 million to two University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks’ òòò½´«Ã½ Center for Energy and Power projects to advance marine energy research and education.
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  • A man adjusts the round door of a large freeze-dryer

    Webinar to discuss holiday food safety

    December 10, 2024

    Learn how to keep yourself and your family safe in a free online presentation given by Leif Albertson, a health, home and family development agent with the University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service. Albertson will summarize the proper cooking, cooling and reheating practices for keeping dishes and families safe.
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  • Caribou on a tundra hillside.

    Arctic Report Card spotlights caribou, seals and carbon

    December 10, 2024

    According to the 2024 Arctic Report Card, released this week by the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration and co-authored by ten University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks scientists, warming is affecting caribou populations, heat-trapping gas releases and many other parts of the ecosystem.
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  • A flock of colorful birds perch in a frosty birch tree

    Join OneTree òòò½´«Ã½ to celebrate solstice under a full moon

    December 09, 2024

    Enjoy a beautiful evening in OneTree òòò½´«Ã½'s birch grove under the full moon just before the winter solstice. Between 3:30-7 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 15, participants can learn about the long-term monitoring of birch trees in the University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks T-field and celebrate the tree stewardship that supports OneTree's mission.
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  • In between mountains, a broad column of smoke rises from a evergreen forest just beyond a highway lined with buildings.

    òòò½´«Ã½ continues to change, fast

    December 06, 2024

    With his eyes on òòò½´«Ã½ weather and climate for many years, Rick Thoman saw a need for a recent update on what is happening within America's largest state.
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  • a cross-country skier skis

    Nanook skiing hosting historic on-campus races

    December 05, 2024

    For the first time in decades, the òòò½´«Ã½ Nanooks ski teams are set to host races on the Troth Yeddha' Campus.
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  • Four children peer out of a simulated bear den.

    December museum programs explore winter

    December 05, 2024

    The University of òòò½´«Ã½ Museum of the North will focus on winter themes during family programs in December.
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  • Artist's watercolor reconstruction of Clovis behaviors around 13,000 years ago. Two women, one holding an infant, consume mammoth meat near a hearth. A man in the foreground is working on stone projectiles. In the background, several adults butcher a juvenile and an adult mammoth. Several large dogs, similar to huskies, beg for meat.

    Study reveals mammoth as key food source for ancient Americans

    December 04, 2024

    Scientists have uncovered the first direct evidence that ancient Americans relied primarily on mammoth and other large animals for food. Their research sheds new light on both the rapid expansion of humans throughout the Americas and the extinction of large ice age mammals.
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  • A person sits at the bottom of a square hole dug in the ground. He is holding an animal jaw bone.

    Study shows ancient human, canine relationship

    December 04, 2024

    Humans are no strangers to sharing their food with their dogs: Look no further than the average American dining room. As it turns out, that's been the case for millennia.
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  • Image shows layers of Earth's atmosphere

    NASA-funded project looks for answers about aurora's energy

    December 03, 2024

    Most electrons that create the aurora have a moderate amount of energy, but scientists want to know more about how electrons on either side on that scale -- more and less energy -- affect the electrical properties of the ionosphere, the part of Earth's upper atmosphere that is ionized by the sun.
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  • Aerial shot of a landslide that washed out homes and a section of highway.

    'òòò½´«Ã½'s Changing Environment' -- a new report

    December 03, 2024

    The University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks released a new report this week highlighting environmental changes and extremes that impact òòò½´«Ã½ns and their livelihoods. "òòò½´«Ã½'s Changing Environment" provides people with timely, reliable and understandable information on topics ranging from temperature and precipitation changes to salmon and polar bears.
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  • A boy peers through a circular wreath made with shiny bows and tree boughs

    Make wreaths, holiday ornaments with OneTree òòò½´«Ã½

    December 02, 2024

    Join OneTree òòò½´«Ã½ for an afternoon of making holiday wreaths and ornaments using tree boughs and other materials in the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) studio at 1850 Tanana Loop E. on the University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks Troth Yeddha' Campus.
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  • Four squirrels poke their heads in unison from the entry hole in a bird nest box made of boards and attached to a tree.

    The secret life of red squirrels

    November 27, 2024

    Stan Boutin has climbed more than 5,000 spruce trees in the last 30 years. He has often returned to the forest floor knowing if a ball of twigs and moss within the tree contained newborn red squirrel pups.
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  • Young king salmon swim in the Chena River, part of the Yukon River watershed, in 2011.

    King salmon declines linked to climate, smaller size

    November 26, 2024

    Researchers at the University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks linked the king salmon population declines to reduced body size and extreme climate conditions in the ocean and in rivers.
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  • Two women pull potatoes in a field with farm buildings and mountains in the background.

    Chef Amy to discuss healing and òòò½´«Ã½ Native traditional foods

    November 25, 2024

    Join the University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and chef Amy Foote for a lunch and learn session titled "Finding Healing in òòò½´«Ã½ Native Traditional Foods." Foote is director of cuisine for NANA Management Services and formerly was the executive chef at the òòò½´«Ã½ Native Medical Center in Anchorage.
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