Clik here to view.
Roadhouse provides a rest along the trail
Photo by Ned RozellRika’s Roadhouse sits on the bank of the Tanana River near the town of Delta Junction. RIKA’S ROADHOUSE — Sitting in the shade of a poplar, I watch the Tanana River flow by. It’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Award and posthumous doctorate honor Bernice Joseph
Bernice Joseph The late Bernice Joseph’s legacy as a higher-education visionary and an indigenous scholar has been honored by the creation of an award in her memory and the presentation of a posthumous...
View ArticleUAF research hub seeks to help Alaska communities stop suicides
University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers have received a $4.25 million federal grant to help Alaska Native communities use the most effective ways of preventing suicides. The UAF Institute of Arctic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pleistocene painting showcases life in ancient Alaska
A large painting now on display at the University of Alaska Museum of the North depicts a scene from Alaska during the Pleistocene epoch, around 20,000 years ago. The painter, Fairbanks artist Randall...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Volunteers add knowledge, diversity to KUAC FM
Photo by Nancy Tarnai Lori Neufeld, left, brainstorms with on-air volunteer Nora Foster in the KUAC FM studio. At KUAC FM, skilled volunteers are thrilled to be in the studio when the “on air” light...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A wilderness feel along an industrial path
Photo by Ned Rozell Ned Rozell’s packraft rests on the bank of the Salcha River. The raft enabled Rozell and Cora the dog to cross the Salcha River about 9 miles upstream from the Richardson Highway...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Study: Halibut charters adapt to economics and regulations
Photo by Anne BeaudreauThis halibut sculpture decorates the Homer Spit. Increasing fuel prices and new regulations have caused halibut charter fishermen to change fishing locations, according to a new...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New tools help fight wildfire with satellite imagery
Image provided by Jay Cable, Geographic Information Network of AlaskaThis satellite image of the Toik Hill fire, south of Stebbins and St. Michael, Alaska, was taken June 8. This type of image is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Training may help save entangled whales
Photo by Melissa Good, NOAA Permit #18786 An ailing humpback whale floats after becoming tangled in commercial crab pots near Unalaska in 2015. A storm delayed an entanglement response team, and three...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A restock and recharge along the pipeline’s path
Photo by Ned RozellTamarack trees growing in the swampy areas of the Interior along the trans-Alaska pipeline have recovered from a larch sawfly invasion of the 1990s. FAIRBANKS — I left my home here...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Extension provides help processing fish
Photo by Edwin RemsbergPalmer agent Julie Cascio with the UAF Cooperative Extension Service demonstrates how to smoke salmon. Dipnetters and anglers can look to the University of Alaska Fairbanks...
View ArticleRegents hear FY18 budget plan, approve budget contingency option
Striking a relieved but somber tone, University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen presented the university’s fiscal year 2018 budget to the UA Board of Regents at its special meeting today. On Wednesday,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
High summer along the pipeline’s path
YUKON RIVER — It’s high summer, past the solstice. Everything is alive here on the path of the trans-Alaska pipeline. Since I started this hike across Alaska on the last day of April in Valdez, the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Text messages alert researchers to Bogoslof eruptions
Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak and USCG Cutter Mellon A small side vent on the northwest shore of Bogoslof Island, shown in this May 8, 2017, photo, formed during one of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UAF’s Decision Theater North uses tech to connect
UAF photo by Todd Paris Alaska NSF EPSCoR Associate Project Director Pips Veazey makes a presentation in Decision Theater North in January 2016. Download text and photo captions here. The name...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Students make satellite facility data accessible
UAF GI photo by Elle FournierFrom left, Kirk Hogenson, Alaska Satellite Facility software engineer; ASF student employees Hal Dimarchi, William Horn and Rohan Weeden; and ASF director Nettie...
View ArticleClik here to view.
From fish waste to Fido snacks
Chris Sannito’s dog Sammy is really happy that his owner has developed a tasty pet treat made out of pollock skins. Informal taste tests by Sammy and other Kodiak canines indicate the treats — although...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Crystals help volcanoes cope with pressure
UAF photo by Todd Paris University of Alaska Fairbanks doctoral student Amanda Lindoo pulls a rod containing a snapshot of magma from a furnace in the experimental petrology lab under the watchful gaze...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Exhibit will highlight human connections to Aleutian Islands
Photo by Brenda Konar Ribbon kelp creates a forest in the Aleutians Islands. An upcoming exhibit at the Museum of the Aleutians in Unalaska will explore such coastal environments and human dependence...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New language developed in UAF linguistics course
Photo by Sean Holland Robin Shoaps, a University of Alaska Fairbanks assistant professor of anthropology and linguistics, leads a class in her course titled Klingon, Elvish and Dothraki: The Art and...
View Article