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  • Four graduates in caps and gowns sit in a row, smiling at the camera, holding their diploma covers. One student wears a lei, and another wears an ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ native beaded fur cap.

    UAF to host 103rd commencement ceremony

    April 30, 2025

    The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ will honor the Class of 2025 during its 103rd commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 3, at 1 p.m. at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks.

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    UAF student wins press club public service award

    April 30, 2025

    ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ student Lina Mariscal has received the 2025 ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Press Club Public Service Award. She is one of a dozen UAF students who received awards at the press club's annual conference earlier this month.

  • several students stand with Patty Mongold outside of Mt. McKinley bank building

    Patty Mongold named 2025 Business Leader of the Year

    April 30, 2025

    The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ College of Business and Security Management has named Patty Mongold, CEO and board chair at Mt. McKinley Bank, as the 2025 Business Leader of the Year award recipient.

  • Elvey Building at UAF

    Geophysical Institute, Poker Flat announce summer tours

    April 29, 2025

    The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Geophysical Institute is offering free public tours to showcase some of its science facilities.

  • A collage of four head-and-shoulders portraits: Darya Kholodova, Sebastian Toscano-Arteaga, Sarah Manriquez, Kyle Banning

    UAF to honor outstanding graduates, commencement speaker

    April 28, 2025

    The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ will honor its 2025 outstanding undergraduate degree recipients and commencement speaker at a ceremony on Friday, May 2.

  • Three pairs of colorful felted slippers with designs woven in them

    Learn to create felted and wearable art in Delta fiber series

    April 28, 2025

    A series of in-person workshops in Delta Junction will show participants how to take raw wool and clean, dye and create finished felted products they can wear home or sell.

  • A microscope slide showing objects of different colors, shapes and sizes

    Susan Harry keeps a close eye on pollen in Interior ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥

    April 25, 2025

    For the past 25 years, Susan Harry has been peering into a microscope every spring to count and classify minuscule grains of pollen. It's a task that can take from a few minutes up to an hour and a half at the height of pollen season, in May and early June.

  • Tundra swans take two pathways to ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥

    April 25, 2025

    Tundra swans -- at 15 pounds and with a wingspan of almost six feet -- are now touching down on the ponds and snowfields of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥.

  • head and shoulders portrait of Chris Cannon

    New book explores the skies with Dene knowledge

    April 24, 2025

    Chris Cannon, an assistant professor at the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ College of Indigenous Studies, has published "In the Footsteps of the Traveller: The Astronomy of Northern Dene."

  • Sunlight highlights flowers on the end of a willow stem

    ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ native plants, insects featured in webinar series

    April 24, 2025

    A series of webinars highlighting ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'s diverse native plants and their uses is scheduled for May, which is ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Native Plant Month. The series, available statewide, is a collaboration between the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service and the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Native Plant Society.

  • Man on left and woman on right hold up giant check. In between them are three men and one woman pointing to the check and smiling for the camera.

    Arctic Innovation Competition presents 2025 awards

    April 23, 2025

    The Arctic Innovation Competition awarded over $45,000 on Saturday, April 19, at the 8 Star Events Center in Fairbanks. The competition had almost 150 submissions entered by participants across ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ and the U.S.

  • Multiple recipients of the UAF College of Liberal Arts' Outstanding Student Award for the 2024-2025 academic year gather on the Dine 49 steps in Wood Center on April 18, 2025. From left: Patrick Deslaurier, Trevor Chrzan, Lizzy Hahn, Kjrsten Schindler, Kevin Carroll, Sarah Dexter, Hazel Probst, Sophia Martin, Katie Craney, Xochitl Martinez, Jaylon Pate, Ben Lucia, Evelina Savonin. UAF Photo by Leif Van Cise.

    UAF College of Liberal Arts names outstanding students

    April 22, 2025

    The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ College of Liberal Arts has named 29 outstanding students for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Gulf of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ storm satellite image

    Tiny ocean wave vibrations hold ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ climate secrets

    April 22, 2025

    Tiny ocean wave vibrations from the Gulf of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ — too subtle for humans to notice — can travel through land as far north as ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥â€™s Arctic coastline. These and other low-frequency vibrations generated daily by ocean waves offer insights into climate change.

  • A man's hand is placed next to a large bear print on a muddy area

    Bear awareness and bear spray workshop offered in Delta Junction

    April 21, 2025

    Delta Junction residents can learn how to react during a bear encounter and practice using inert bear spray in a one-day workshop offered by the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service and Delta Career Advancement Center.

  • Certified food protection manager classes scheduled

    April 18, 2025

    The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service will offer three certified food protection manager classes in May and June. The course will cover the material required to pass the National Restaurant Association's ServSafe Manager exam for ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥.

  • On a river, a stern-mounted paddlewheel drives a large white boat with three main stories. Passengers line the foredecks above the first and second stories. Smoke pours from a stack that rises above a fourth-story wheelhouse near the boat's fore end. The boat pushes a smaller open barge.

    An early ascent of the Yukon River

    April 17, 2025

    Civil War veteran Charles Raymond was 27 when he accepted an assignment to visit the new U.S. territory of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥, a place so far away from his home in New York City he couldn't imagine it.

  • Several slugs climb over a lettuce plant in a field

    Expert offers tips for gardeners to keep slugs at bay

    April 17, 2025

    Learn how to keep slugs from enjoying more of your garden than you do during a free statewide webinar. Joey Slowik, an integrated pest management technician with the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service, will share best practices for designing your garden to discourage slug incursions. He also will discuss ways to whittle their populations and other management strategies.

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