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UAF names spring 2023 honors students
June 02, 2023
The University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks has announced the students named to the deans' and chancellor's lists for the spring 2023 semester. The lists recognize students’ outstanding academic achievements.
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Polar bears of the past survived warmth
June 01, 2023
In a recent paper, scientists wrote that a small population of polar bears living off Greenland and Arctic Canada increased by 1.6 times when they compared the numbers from the 1990s to 2013 and 2014. They concluded that lighter sea ice might have benefited the animals.
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Discover òòò½´«Ã½ lecture series starts June 7
June 01, 2023
The University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks will host the Discover òòò½´«Ã½ lecture series starting on June 7. The free series focuses on discovering òòò½´«Ã½ through the arts.
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Healthy Living lecture series begins June 6
May 31, 2023
The University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks will host the Healthy Living lecture series starting on June 6. The free series offers a variety of presentations by òòò½´«Ã½ medical specialists and experts.
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Canceled: Observation and mindfulness workshop
May 26, 2023
The University of òòò½´«Ã½ Museum of the North will offer an adult art workshop entitled "Sustained Observation and Mindfulness" on Sunday, June 4, from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Visiting artist Jonathan VanDyke will guide participants in using mindfulness techniques to view and meditate upon objects from the museum collection that are not on public exhibit.
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UAF's 2023 Legacy Lecture to feature author, historian Mary Ehrlander
May 25, 2023
The University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks 2023 Legacy Lecture will honor author and professor emeritus Mary Ehrlander. The lecture is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday, June 5, in the BP Design Theater, Room 401 of the Usibelli Building.
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Feltleaf willows: òòò½´«Ã½'s most abundant tree
May 25, 2023
Imagine being a moose in late May: You have just survived 200 days of cold and darkness by munching the equivalent of a large garbage bag full of frozen twigs each day. Now, billions of salad greens are unfolding from those same woody plants, providing a scent and texture savored for an instant before one sweep of the moose's head strips a wispy branch.
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Kuskokwim Consortium Library receives national medal
May 23, 2023
The Kuskokwim Consortium Library in Bethel, òòò½´«Ã½, has received the 2023 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, an honor given to museums and libraries that make significant and exceptional contributions to their communities.
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Food protection manager classes set for August, October
May 23, 2023
The University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will offer a certified food protection manager training on Tuesday, Aug. 1, and again on Tuesday, Oct. 3, with proctors for testing available in 14 communities.
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UAF group receives philanthropic grant to aid Chignik region communities
May 22, 2023
A coastal organization led by the University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks has received a $590,000 grant from a private foundation to map rapidly changing watersheds of the Chignik region on the òòò½´«Ã½ Peninsula.
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UAF scientists to hunt for clues about Arctic Ocean glaciation
May 19, 2023
Evidence indicates a thick ice sheet, not annual sea ice and icebergs, covered the Arctic Ocean at some point during the last 140,000 years. Now, University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks scientists will be looking for more geologic proof of the ice sheet's existence, sources, behavior and extent.
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Music in the Garden concerts begin May 25
May 18, 2023
The University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks Music in the Garden concert series will kick off May 25 at the Georgeson Botanical Garden. The concert series offers 12 weeks of family-friendly performances throughout the summer.
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Wahl named director of UAF's Bristol Bay Campus
May 18, 2023
The University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks College of Rural and Community Development has appointed Wanda Wahl to serve as director of the Bristol Bay Campus in Dillingham. Wahl has served as interim director since May 2021 and first worked there in 1985.
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When river breakup came to Eagle
May 18, 2023
EAGLE -- As the late evening sunshine poured in from the northwest, a dozen residents of òòò½´«Ã½'s farthest upstream town on the Yukon River watched their winter race past. Floating chunks of ice spun by in lazy turns, like memories of January.
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'òòò½´«Ã½ Weather' television program to end
May 16, 2023
The television program "òòò½´«Ã½ Weather" on KUAC's UATV channel 9.4 will end July 1, 2023, after 45 years of continuous broadcast.
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