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UAF-led team discovers ancient human footprint
Photo courtesy of Gerad SmithUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks doctoral candidate Gerad Smith does a final cleaning of an 1,800-year-old footprint in a University of Alaska Anchorage lab before making a...
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Ruddy ducks among many moving northward
Photo by Adam Grimm, USFWSA male ruddy duck swims in a lake within the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge. Every spring, millions of ducks touch down on Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, a spread...
View ArticleTesting ongoing at UAF heat and power plant
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will continue testing at its new combined heat and power plant through June. During testing, members of the public may observe short-duration releases of steam,...
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How many Alaska glaciers? There’s no easy answer
Photo by Sam HerreidYakutat Glacier flows into Harlequin Lake near the town of Yakutat in Southeast Alaska. Not long ago, a glaciologist wrote that the number of glaciers in Alaska “is estimated at...
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UAF’s first class of veterinary students makes history
Cathy Griseto photoThe first class of students in the UAF-CSU collaborative veterinary program pose with program administrators after their graduation ceremony in Fort Collins, Colorado in May....
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The sound of silence in Russell Fjord
Ned Rozell photoDead trees stand near a shoreline of Russell Fjord about 15 miles from the town of Yakutat. RUSSELL FJORD — Standing on this smooth gravel shoreline, 15 miles northeast of the town of...
View ArticleUAF to host meeting to discuss hockey venue
University of Alaska Fairbanks Chancellor Dan White will host a community meeting Tuesday, June 18, to discuss transitioning the Alaska Nanooks hockey team to the Patty Ice Arena. The meeting will...
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UAF announces new leadership for Nanooks athletics
Keith Champagne University of Alaska Fairbanks Chancellor Dan White has announced that Keith Champagne will take on a new role as leader of the Alaska Nanooks intercollegiate athletics program....
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Big whales eat tiny fish at hatchery buffets
Madison Kosma photoA humpback whale feeds on hatchery juvenile salmon. NOAA permit #18529. At the Hidden Falls Hatchery in Chatham Strait, three whales have tapped into a yearly all-you-can-eat buffet....
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Monitoring a mystery bird in Yakutat
Photo by Nate CattersonAn Aleutian tern flies near the town of Yakutat in Southeast Alaska. YAKUTAT — On sandy barrier islands between mountains and the sea, two different birds that look alike lay...
View ArticleUniversity Fire Department responds to fire at Princess Riverside Lodge
On Thursday, June 13, at approximately 8:30 p.m. the University Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire at the Fairbanks Princess Riverside Lodge on Pikes Landing Road in Fairbanks....
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New research shows an iceless Greenland may be in the future
Photo by Martin TrufferIlulissat, known as “the city of icebergs” sits adjacent to Greenland’s Ilulissat Glacier, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean. Such outlet glaciers lead ice sheet loss in...
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Course helps students combine art and business
Instagram screen shotThis collection of Instagram posts using the hashtag #artisapractice features images shared by students enrolled in Professional Practices for Visual Artists, a course offered by...
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A sleepless walk under the midnight sun
Photo by Ned RozellJay Cable of Fairbanks hikes a ridge of cottongrass on a trek from the Dalton Highway to Eureka. On a Saturday morning near summer solstice, nine people stood on a smoothed pile of...
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Alaska Sea Grant selects graduate students for fellowship
Photos courtesy of Alaska Sea GrantAlaska Sea Grant fellows for 2019-2020 are, from left, Meredith Pochardt, Madison Kosma and Katlyn Haven. Alaska Sea Grant has selected three individuals for its...
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Arctic webinar series explores renewable energy projects
The University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Alaska Center for Energy and Power is hosting a free webinar series this summer to discuss renewable energy projects. The series will feature Alaskans sharing how...
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UAF names spring 2019 honors students
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced the students named to the deans’ and chancellor’s lists for the spring 2019 semester. The lists recognize students’ outstanding academic achievements....
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From wet to dry, a question to improve global climate models
Photo by Julian DannInternational Arctic Research Center science communicator Heather McFarland joined the NGEE Arctic field crew this year. Here she uses a Magnaprobe to record the GPS location and...
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Village move intensifying in summer 2019
Photo by Molly RettigAaron Cooke, in the T-shirt and blue hat, poses in front of an efficient house he helped design after he and Newtok residents built it at the new village site of Mertarvik in 2016....
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UAF opens facilities to wildfire evacuees
The University of Alaska Fairbanks is offering free exercise opportunities and showers for evacuees of the Shovel Creek Fire. The UAF Student Recreation Center is waiving its day fees for evacuees who...
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