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Satellite data helps researchers observe methane release
Katey Walter Anthony photo University of Alaska Fairbanks student researchers Dragos Vas and Sudipta Sarkar measure methane bubbles emitting from an Interior Alaska lake. Satellite data has...
View ArticleLocal priorities could be key to global climate issues
University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists are presenting their work at the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in San Francisco this week. Here are some highlights of their research, as shared at...
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Climate change boosts risk of extreme wildfires
Philip Spor photo The Aggie Creek Fire near Fairbanks contributed to the second-largest fire season on record in 2015. A new report estimates that climate change had increased the risk of fires of that...
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UAF’s Baker uses fishing background to feed role as educator
Photo by Beverly Bradley As colleagues, Torie Baker (left) and Sunny Rice often collaborate on statewide initiatives in fishing business and direct marketing assistance. With the dual perspective of a...
View ArticleStudy eyes low-budget approach to volcano monitoring
University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists are presenting their work at the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in San Francisco this week. Here are some highlights of their research, as shared at...
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Aspiring chief scientists train at sea
University of Alaska Fairbanks environmental chemistry graduate student Megan Roberts cruised the waters between Hawaii and California in the Chief Scientist Training Cruise program aboard UAF’s R/V...
View ArticleFairbanks campus to close during winter break
Most offices at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will be closed for the winter break, Dec. 24, 2016, through Jan. 3, 2017. Many will also be closed or have reduced hours from Dec. 21-23 and Jan. 4-6....
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Lundgren honored as UAF business leader of the year
Photo by Greg MartinSteve Lundgren The University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Management will honor Steve Lundgren as its 41st business leader of the year during a dinner and award ceremony at 6 p.m....
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Free glaciology and marine programs for girls seek applications
Photo courtesy of Joanna Young Claudine Hauri, a UAF research assistant professor, and the Girls on Ice team climb during a trip to Gulkana Glacier in 2016. Program participants often learn...
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Unique conference brings science buzz to rural Alaska
Tom Moran photo UAF Bristol Bay Campus Associate Professor of Environmental Science Todd Radenbaugh discusses coastal erosion at Dillingham’s Kanakanak Beach during the 2016 WAISC. The Western Alaska...
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Art exhibit to display at inspiration source — Antarctica
Photo courtesy of Natalie Graff. Natalie Graff of Oregon found inspiration from a scientific field site in Antarctica to create this otherworldly mixed-media art piece called “Morning Clouds Over Tent...
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Climate change boosts risk of extreme wildfires
Philip Spor photo The Aggie Creek Fire near Fairbanks contributed to the second-largest fire season on record in 2015. A new report estimates that climate change had increased the risk of fires of that...
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UAF’s Baker uses fishing background to feed role as educator
Photo by Beverly Bradley As colleagues, Torie Baker (left) and Sunny Rice often collaborate on statewide initiatives in fishing business and direct marketing assistance. Download text and photo...
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Goodbye to a smiling giant of Alaska science
Photo courtesy of Merritt Helfferich Rosemarie and Neil Davis Neil Davis has died at 84, in his Fairbanks home. The scientist/author/doer was a graduate student and later director at UAF’s Geophysical...
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The rigors of research in the cold
Photo by Ned RozellFairbanks endures 40 degrees below zero, when the safest place for field scientists is in front of a computer. Rod Boertje knew it was getting cold when Park Service rangers took the...
View ArticleMuseum offers training for docents
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is looking for volunteer docents for its school tour programs this semester. Docents will use the museum’s exhibits and hands-on collection to teach...
View ArticleJanuary museum programs explore heritage
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is exploring heritage at hands-on programs during the month of January. Several state institutions are celebrating anniversaries this year, from the...
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Ahrns uses photos to convey ‘digestible weird science’
Jason Ahrns photo Jason Ahrns took this photo of the Horsehead and Flame nebulas with his D7000 on a special mount that counteracts the rotation of the Earth, so the camera spins exactly opposite the...
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Museum sleepover opens for registration
Registration is open for the Museum Sleepover on Feb. 18-19 for children 7-13 years old. The University of Alaska Museum of the North invites kids ages 7-13, along with an adult guardian, to a...
View ArticleUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks online programs rank among best
U.S. News & World Report recently included the University of Alaska Fairbanks in four of its 2017 lists of the best online programs. UAF appears on the following lists: Best Online Bachelor’s...
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