UAF to close offices, reduce hours during winter break
Most offices at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will be closed for the winter break, Dec. 25, 2017, through Jan. 2, 2018. Many will also be closed or have reduced hours from Dec. 20-22 and Jan. 3-5....
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Driven by open ocean, Arctic continues to warm
Photo by Ned RozellNorthern sea ice forms a ridge off the coast of Alaska. NEW ORLEANS — At this gathering of thousands of scientists at a horseshoe bend in the lower Mississippi River, a few talked...
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Rising permafrost temperatures could bring widespread thawing
Photo courtesy of Vladimir RomanovskyUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks researcher Vladimir Romanovsky investigates a hole near Fairbanks where the underlying permafrost thawed. More such disruptions could...
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Science and art combine to convey wildfire’s effects
Photo courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey/NASA/LandsatUAF researchers collaborated with a composer to meld remotely sensed imagery of wildfires, such as this example, with original music. They presented...
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Tickets available for 2018 Business Leader of Year event
Photo courtesy of the Everts familyCliff and Rob Everts in 2011 Tickets are on sale for the University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Management’s 42nd Business Leader of the Year dinner and award...
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UAF to host Sparktacular Celebration on New Year’s Eve
UAF photo by Todd Paris Fireworks explode on Dec. 31, 2013, near the Alaska Satellite Facility’s new 11-meter antenna on UAF’s West Ridge during the annual New Year’s Eve Sparktacular Celebration...
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Summit aims to train fishing’s next generation
Photo by Deborah Mercy Fishermen purse seine in Prince William Sound. The Alaska Young Fishermen’s Summit, held in early December, aims to develop a new generation in an aging industry....
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Research reveals evidence of new population of ancient Native Americans
Illustration by Eric S. Carlson in collaboration with Ben A. PotterA scientific illustration of the Upward Sun River camp in what is now Interior Alaska. Genetic analysis of ancient DNA from a...
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The most remote place in the U.S.
Map by Dorte DissingThe most remote places in Alaska. Richard Forman, a Harvard professor of landscape ecology, once visited a mangrove swamp in the Florida Everglades that he described as the most...
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People return to flawed places because they do
Ned Rozell photoDeb Long in the courtyard outside her New Orleans home. NEW ORLEANS — As a child, Deb Long spent many hours at the post office in Ester, Alaska. Her mother Ruth was the postmaster...
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Dippers swim Alaska rivers throughout winter
Photo by Ned Rozell An American dipper perches on the Sanctuary River’s ice in Denali National Park. On the upper Chena River in the heart of a cold winter, a songbird appeared on a gravel bar next to...
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Tuition-free expeditions for girls seek applications
Photo by Alexandra Ravelo A participant in Girls on Ice Alaska learns how to ice climb out of a crevasse on a glacier. Inspiring Girls Expeditions is accepting applications through Jan. 19, 2018, for...
View ArticleUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks makes list of best online degrees
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has been included on four of U.S. News & World Report’s 2018 lists of the best online college programs. UAF appears on the following lists: Best Online Bachelor’s...
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Explore the aurora at the museum this month
Photo courtesy of NASA The northern lights float in the sky over the Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks on Feb. 16, 2017. The University of Alaska Museum of the North is exploring the aurora...
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Image of Porcupine caribou herd travels across country
Photo by Ned RozellJohn Wright, center, stands next to his 1979 panoramic photo of the Porcupine caribou herd in the University of Alaska Museum of the North. There are no photographs of bison...
View ArticleBlue and Gold Gala to celebrate UAF, honor award winners
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will recognize distinguished faculty, alumni, friends and supporters at its Blue and Gold Gala, which will be held at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 9 at the Carlson Center. The...
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UAF alumna Glenn looks to hometown for water data project
Photo by Tom Moran Roberta Glenn gives a presentation on Arctic Water Resources Vulnerability Indexes at UAF’s West Ridge Research Building in 2016. Download text and photo captions here. For Roberta...
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Museum sleepover now open for registration
Kids ages 7-13 are invited to a sleepover at the University of Alaska Museum of the North from 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16, to 9 a.m. the next day. Each child must be accompanied by an adult, and each adult...
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Your hair knows where you’ve been
Photo by Ned RozellMichelle Chartrand performs isotopic analyses on human hair to find out more about a person’s whereabouts and diet. Sprouting from your head at the rate of more than 3 inches a year,...
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Volunteers needed to collect winter buds of lowbush cranberry
Photo by Pam DiggleThis image from a scanning electron microscope reveals the details in a lowbush cranberry flower bud. The secret to knowing when wild berries will ripen each summer and fall may be...
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