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May museum programs explore the rites of spring
The painting “Spring Green,” by Kes Woodward, is part of the UA Museum of the North collection. May programs at the museum explore spring. The University of Alaska Museum of the North is exploring...
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Wasting disease devastates Kachemak Bay sea star populations
Photo by Brenda KonarA sea star with wasting disease lies on Kachemak Bay’s shore in spring 2016. Wasting disease caused this star’s arm to disconnect from its body. In one year, sea stars have almost...
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Play geoscience ‘I spy’ on the Richardson Highway
Photos by Meghan Murphy Geoscience students gather at a roadside turnout during an April field trip to study geological features along the Richardson Highway. Are you tired of playing the same “I spy”...
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Anchorage students explore science and salmon at Westchester Lagoon
Alaska Sea Grant photo by Paula Dobbyn Fourth-grade students from Creekside Park Elementary School test the pH level of Chester Creek’s water on a recent field trip organized by Alaska Sea Grant and...
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UAF scientists offer ideas on tracking Arctic biodiversity
Changing food sources, shrinking ice, increasing diseases and invading southern species are taking their toll on Arctic marine animals. A new report from the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna, the...
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Mountains full of snow and birds
Photo by Ned Rozell A porcupine clings to a tree along the Wagon Trail through Keystone Canyon east of Valdez. In the early going of my second hike across Alaska along the route of the trans-Alaska...
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Grant aims to support STEM teacher preparation in Alaska
Photo by Ute KadenParticipants in a professional development seminar at the UA Museum of the North explore herbarium specimens. A University of Alaska faculty team will develop a new scholarship...
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Revisiting a dream, 20 years later
Photo courtesy Ned RozellNed Rozell and Cora in 2017. Twenty years ago, I was 34 when I walked away from a chain-link fence near Port Valdez and headed east. Those were the first steps on a summer-long...
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First steps from Valdez, in the snow
Photo by Kristen RozellFrom left, Ned Rozell and his friends Ian and Chris Carlson prepare to start hiking the path of the trans-Alaska pipeline in Valdez. Their dogs Cora, left, and Freya accompany...
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Brinkman seeks connections between people, wildlife
Photo by Ian Johnson UAF Assistant Professor of Wildlife Biology Todd Brinkman records characteristics of a recently thinned stand of forest as part of Sitka black-tailed deer research near Hoonah in...
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Chinese scientists visit UAF to learn from EarthScope project
Photo courtesy of EarthScope UAF professor Matthew Sturm discusses permafrost issues with the SinoProbe group and members of the EarthScope National Office. Scientists developing a project to study the...
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HAARP research attracts conspiracies, misunderstandings
UAF photo by Todd Paris The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program facility near Gakona features a 40-acre grid of towers to conduct research on the ionosphere. The facility was built and...
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Sea Grant places state fellows at agencies
Photo courtesy of UAF University RelationsAn iceberg lies frozen in place near the Mendenhall Glacier north of Juneau in Southeast Alaska. Alaska Sea Grant and partners have placed five fellows in...
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Johnsen announces Daniel White as new UAF chancellor
Dan White University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen announced today that has selected Daniel White to become the eighth chancellor of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. White will succeed UAF Interim...
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Gear has come a long way in 20 years
Photo by Ned RozellCora the dog descends into Haggard Creek on the path of the trans-Alaska pipeline. When I walked this same path 20 years ago, I averaged six miles each day. After a few weeks in 2017...
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UAF’s Lawlor earns NASA prize in Mars habitat contest
Jeff Richardson photo Orion Lawlor uses a hydraulic press to measure the strength of a 3-D printed beam. The test is one of many the UAF associate professor of computer science is conducting as part of...
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Machine shop prints femur model for Fairbanks surgeon
Photo by Josh HartmanIn the machine shop, (Left to right) Greg Shipman, Phil Woodard, Kurt Laiti, Jesse Atencio and Dale Pomraning stand in front of the 3D printers that they used to build the femur...
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New museum exhibit features polar bears
The Polar Passion exhibit features some of Grace Schaible’s collection of Inuit artwork from Nunavut in Northern Canada. The prints and drawings are internationally recognized for their cultural and...
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Sharing the trail with born Alaskans
Photo by Ned Rozell Anna Rozell exits the tent near Phelan Creek while joining her parents for nine days of hiking the path of the trans-Alaska pipeline. Who is this girl, hair in braids, emerging from...
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Study: China could buy more Alaska wild salmon
Photo by Qiujie “Angie” ZhengSalmon are displayed as ingredients in a seafood restaurant in China. A rising middle class, a growing economy and increasing concerns about food safety and pollution in...
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