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Geophysical Institute, Poker Flat Research Range announce summer tours

May 26, 2026

The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Geophysical Institute is offering free public tours this summer to showcase some of its science facilities. Two different guided tours are available. One consists of a visit to four sites in the Geophysical Institute home base in the Elvey Building on UAF's Troth Yeddha' Campus. The other is an outdoor walking tour at Poker Flat Research Range, located at Mile 30 Steese Highway.

2026 Tall Timbers interview series begins June 8

May 26, 2026

The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ will launch the 2026 Fairbanks Tall Timbers interview series on June 8. The nine-week series is presented by UAF Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning and honors people with longtime service to the Fairbanks community.

UAF, National Laboratory of the Rockies extend partnership

May 22, 2026

The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ has signed a new five-year partnership plan with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Laboratory of the Rockies.

ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ shorebird suffering from troubled Asia winter grounds

May 22, 2026

The population of a plump northern ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ shorebird weighing just over 2 ounces has been declining for decades. Reversing that decline will require additional conservation efforts at some of the birds' East Asia wintering grounds, according to new research.

2026 Discover ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ lecture series starts June 3

May 22, 2026

The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ will host the Discover ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ lecture series starting on June 3. The 2026 series is presented by UAF Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning in cooperation with the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library.

Mind-bending science for this science layman

May 21, 2026

In my daily "science class," I am always the student hoping for a passing grade from the scientist whose work I'm writing about.

2026 Healthy Living lecture series begins June 2

May 21, 2026

The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ will host the Healthy Living lecture series starting on June 2. The free series offers a variety of presentations by ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ medical specialists and experts.

2026 crop science conference set at UAF in June

May 21, 2026

The 2026 Western Society of Crop Science annual conference will be held in Fairbanks on June 23-24. The conference will take place at the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥. It will bring together plant science students, faculty and researchers from public and private institutions across a broad geographic region of North America.

2026 Legacy Lecture to feature Leonard Kamerling

May 20, 2026

The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ 2026 Legacy Lecture will honor Leonard Kamerling at 7 p.m. Monday, June 1, in the auditorium at the University of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Museum of the North.

UAF Toolik Field Station open for Visitor's Day

May 19, 2026

Toolik Field Station will host a Visitor's Day on Saturday, June 6, 2026, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Study: Tiny rodent-like mammals outlasted Arctic dinosaurs

May 18, 2026

More than 70 million years ago, the Arctic was a lively place for some of Earth's ancient mammals. Today, their fossil teeth are offering clues about where they came from and how they outlived the dinosaurs.

ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ climate report: April brought sharp weather swings

May 18, 2026

April was a month of meteorological change in ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥, as expected each year. What stood out this time, however, was the wide range of conditions during those changes.

Time Capsule: The world according to a dog's nose

May 15, 2026

When a Lab vacuums the ground with her nose and her tail moves like a helicopter blade, you know a grouse is about to fly. When the dog stops like a dragonfly, then runs off sniffing an invisible path, a snowshoe hare has crossed your trail.

Music in the Garden concerts begin Thursday, May 21

May 15, 2026

The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Music in the Garden concert series will kick off Thursday, May 21, at the Georgeson Botanical Garden. Part of UAF's Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning, the concert series offers 13 weeks of family-friendly performances on Thursday evenings throughout the summer.

Mission to study solar flares launches from Poker Flat

May 15, 2026

A NASA sounding rocket launched from Poker Flat Research Range at 11:23 a.m. Thursday in a continuing mission that uses X-rays to study the sun.

Food safety, preservation classes planned in Haines, Skagway

May 12, 2026

The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service will hold a series of food safety and preservation workshops in Haines and Skagway in May. Sarah Lewis, professor of Extension, will lead the workshops.

UAF, Defense Innovation Unit launch collaboration

May 08, 2026

U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan today announced a newly inked collaboration between the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ and the federal Defense Innovation Unit.