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Alaska’s longest-running weather station to be honored
A small, fenced-in area at the Fairbanks Experiment Farm contains the longest continuously running weather observation station in Alaska. The experiment farm began recording the weather on July 1,...
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Eyewitness to the peregrine falcon’s recovery
Photo by Ned RozellChris Florian and her husband Skip Ambrose stand next to the Yukon River across from cliffs where peregrine falcons nest. YUKON RIVER — “She’s starting to wail,” Chris Florian says,...
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New artwork on display in the museum café
This painting by Gail Priday, titled “Decomposing Birch,” will be exhibited at the UA Museum of the North through March 2019. An exhibit of paintings and woodcuts by Gail Priday has opened in the Café...
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Sikuliaq expands ways to study Gulf of Alaska ecosystems
New funding and the use of the research vessel Sikuliaq have revolutionized data collection in the Gulf of Alaska by increasing the space and workforce available to conduct complex experiments at sea....
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Study: Several scenarios for earliest migration to Americas remain viable
Photo by Ben PotterThis photograph of Interior Alaska’s Delta River valley was taken from the site of an early Paleoindian site in Beringia. A new study in the journal Science Advances argues that...
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New funding will improve Alaska volcano monitoring network
Photo by Max Kaufman, AVO/UAF GISeismologist John Power, with the U.S. Geological Survey and the Alaska Volcano Observatory, transfers data from the campaign broadband seismometer AU14 on the northeast...
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Alaska teacher to join international Arctic research expedition
Photo courtesy of Moira O’MalleyFairbanks teacher Moira O’Malley poses in front of the Arctic research ship Akademik Tryoshnikov, which she will live on for the next 55 days. Download story text here....
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Submarine ‘airplane’ revolutionizes measurement of seawater content
For 20 years, researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences and collaborators have gathered data along the Seward Line, a set of oceanographic survey...
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Northern snowshoe hares eat lots of dirt
Photo by Ned RozellA snowshoe hare in Wiseman licks the drippings tray from Clutch Lounsbury’s grill. The evidence is in: Snowshoe hares near Wiseman eat lots of dirt. “I have thousands and thousands...
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Heather Brandon to lead Alaska Sea Grant
Photo courtesy of Heather Brandon. The University of Alaska Fairbanks has chosen Heather Brandon as Alaska Sea Grant’s new director. Brandon is an environmental policy leader with experience in...
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Sikuliaq improves analysis of phytoplankton’s nutrient needs
For 20 years, researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences and collaborators have gathered data along the Seward Line, a set of oceanographic survey...
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‘Abrupt thaw’ of permafrost beneath lakes could significantly affect climate...
Photo courtesy of Katey Walter AnthonyMethane bubbles are trapped in the ice on a pond near Fairbanks, Alaska. Methane released by thawing permafrost from some Arctic lakes could significantly...
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Sikuliaq researchers find odd, abundant animal-plant plankton
For 20 years, researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences and collaborators have gathered data along the Seward Line, a set of oceanographic survey...
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Tapir’s jaw an ‘incredibly rare’ find
Photo by Ned RozellPatrick Druckenmiller of the UA Museum of the North holds a photo of a tapir and the 10 million-year-old fossilized tapir jaw discovered by a boy near Homer last year. Thanks to her...
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UAF establishes new department to support military students
UAF photo by JR AnchetaStudent assistant Cierra Blalock helps ROTC cadets Robert Olinger, center, and Dalton Stone, right, with paperwork at the UAF Department of Military and Veteran Services office....
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Study investigates shortcoming of ITQ systems for fisheries
Photo by Courtney CarothersA halibut fishing boat sits at a dock in Kodiak. Individual transferable quota systems for fisheries around the world may be ideal for some fisheries, but they can exclude...
View ArticleSpecial education program recognized for high quality standards
University of Alaska Fairbanks has become the first online special education program in the nation to earn the Quality Matters’ Online Program Design Certification. Quality Matters is an international,...
View ArticleSchool of Management to offer two new undergraduate degrees
The University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Management is offering two new undergraduate degrees starting this fall. The Bachelor of Applied Management (BAM) degree offers students with degrees or...
View ArticleYukon Drive road construction continues
Ongoing road construction at the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus will continue through this week. Much of Yukon Drive remains closed while contractors finish work between the west end of Yukon...
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Museum looking for volunteer docents
UAMN photoUA Museum of the North docents Tim Doran and Tish Perkins wait to greet students for a directed discovery tour. The University of Alaska Museum of the North is looking for volunteer docents...
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