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  • A person holds a small nugget of biochar material

    Expert to demonstrate how to produce biochar in Sitka

    July 13, 2026

    A Utah State University biochar expert will demonstrate how to produce the soil amendment on Thursday in Sitka. Darren McAvoy, a USU Cooperative Extension associate professor of forestry, will use tree trimmings, scrap wood and plant material to produce biochar. The demonstration is hosted by the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service office in Sitka.

  • Children wade in a muddy pool after slding down a hillside.

    Mud Day returns at Georgeson Botanical Garden

    July 13, 2026

    The Georgeson Botanical Garden is hosting a free, family-friendly day of fun in the mud from 11-3 p.m. on Saturday, July 18. The Mud Day event, which celebrates the Babula Children's Garden, includes a mud pit, a slip-and-slide, and arts and crafts.

  • Bright yellow sunflowers flank a farm field with people walking past in the background.

    ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ agricultural science on display at 2026 field days

    July 08, 2026

    ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ agricultural and natural resource researchers will give presentations on their work during two field days at ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'s experiment farms in July. UAF's Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension invites farmers, gardeners and community members to tour the fields and farms and learn through presentations, tours and discussions at these free educational events.

  • A blooming, healthy garden in a high tunnel

    Soil workshop on tap for Sitka gardeners

    July 08, 2026

    A Juneau gardener will share tips for creating productive soil during a lunchtime workshop at the Jarvis Street Community Gardens in Sitka.

  • Two stacked seismograms from ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Earthquake Center station NEA2 compare two central ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ earthquakes. The Sept. 19, 2022, magnitude 4.5 earthquake, top, shows only regular background noise before the main shock, which is typical of earthquakes. The Aug. 20, 2025, magnitude 4.2 earthquake, bottom, shows three components before and during the main shock: a high-frequency foreshock, an unusual very-low-frequency earthquake and the earthquake itself.

    Unusual seismic signal detected in 2025 central ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ earthquake

    July 07, 2026

    An unusual seismic signal recorded less than a minute before a widely felt magnitude 4.2 earthquake in central ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ may have given scientists a rare look at how earthquakes begin.

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  • A person holds a small nugget of biochar material

    Expert to demonstrate how to produce biochar in Sitka

    July 13, 2026

    A Utah State University biochar expert will demonstrate how to produce the soil amendment on Thursday in Sitka. Darren McAvoy, a USU Cooperative Extension associate professor of forestry, will use tree trimmings, scrap wood and plant material to produce biochar. The demonstration is hosted by the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service office in Sitka.

  • Week's events: Corlis Taylor, book bans, summer arts fest musicians

    July 13, 2026

    ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here's what's happening during the week of July 13-19.

  • A mosquito stands on the edge of a golden leaf, in a close-up photograph that reveals the insect's

    Time capsule: Mosquito molestation motivates minor migrations

    July 13, 2026

    Enough mosquitoes perch on my tent these nights that they could airlift Jane and me to their favorite bog if they all latched on and lifted at once. Fortunately, mosquitoes don't have very big brains.

  • Children wade in a muddy pool after slding down a hillside.

    Mud Day returns at Georgeson Botanical Garden

    July 13, 2026

    The Georgeson Botanical Garden is hosting a free, family-friendly day of fun in the mud from 11-3 p.m. on Saturday, July 18. The Mud Day event, which celebrates the Babula Children's Garden, includes a mud pit, a slip-and-slide, and arts and crafts.

  • Bright yellow sunflowers flank a farm field with people walking past in the background.

    ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ agricultural science on display at 2026 field days

    July 08, 2026

    ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ agricultural and natural resource researchers will give presentations on their work during two field days at ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'s experiment farms in July. UAF's Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension invites farmers, gardeners and community members to tour the fields and farms and learn through presentations, tours and discussions at these free educational events.

  • A blooming, healthy garden in a high tunnel

    Soil workshop on tap for Sitka gardeners

    July 08, 2026

    A Juneau gardener will share tips for creating productive soil during a lunchtime workshop at the Jarvis Street Community Gardens in Sitka.

  • UAF names spring 2026 honors students

    July 08, 2026

    The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ has announced the students named to the deans' and chancellor's lists for the spring 2025 semester.

  • Rural ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Honors Institute celebrates 44th graduation

    July 07, 2026

    The Rural ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Honors Institute will hold its 44th annual graduation July 9 at 1 p.m. in Schaible Auditorium on the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Troth Yeddha' Campus. The ceremony will stream live on Facebook.

  • Two stacked seismograms from ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Earthquake Center station NEA2 compare two central ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ earthquakes. The Sept. 19, 2022, magnitude 4.5 earthquake, top, shows only regular background noise before the main shock, which is typical of earthquakes. The Aug. 20, 2025, magnitude 4.2 earthquake, bottom, shows three components before and during the main shock: a high-frequency foreshock, an unusual very-low-frequency earthquake and the earthquake itself.

    Unusual seismic signal detected in 2025 central ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ earthquake

    July 07, 2026

    An unusual seismic signal recorded less than a minute before a widely felt magnitude 4.2 earthquake in central ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ may have given scientists a rare look at how earthquakes begin.

  • A student in UAF CTC's study-abroad program reviews prepared food in the kitchen during a class.

    UAF CTC expands culinary partnership with university in Italy

    July 06, 2026

    UAF CTC has expanded its partnership with The American University of Florence, giving culinary and hospitality students a direct pathway to degrees in Italy.

  • People walk between arrays of solar panels, picking berries and taking photos.

    New handbook explores Arctic energy shifts

    July 06, 2026

    A new book featuring the work of multiple ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ researchers maps the complex landscape of energy use and security in the Arctic.

  • Flying for science (and the occasional sled dog)

    July 02, 2026

    A Cessna 185 zigzagged a tight back-and-forth pattern along ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'s southern coast earlier this summer, the pilot intent on his mission to measure the ocean's response to summer glacier melt. ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ State Climatologist Martin Stuefer gazed down from the belly of the plane via a hyperspectral imaging camera he had mounted there.

  • A group of men stands near sawhorses with wooden boards on top as another man gestures while explaining the properties of the wood.

    Lumber grading training scheduled for Sitka

    July 01, 2026

    The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Lumber Grading program will hold a free certification course in Sitka from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15. The program, part of the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service, is designed to allow small and medium-scale sawmill operators to produce dimension lumber for home construction in ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥.

  • Week's events: Emily Ennis, heart health, library stories, marimba

    July 01, 2026

    ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here's what's happening during the week of July 6-12.

  • Artist's watercolor reconstruction of Clovis behaviors around 13,000 years ago. Two women, one holding an infant, consume mammoth meat near a hearth. A man in the foreground is working on stone projectiles. In the background, several adults butcher a juvenile and an adult mammoth. Several large dogs, similar to huskies, beg for meat.

    First Americans hunted largest game through Western Hemisphere

    July 01, 2026

    New research led by a ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ archaeologist reveals that the earliest Native Americans had highly specialized diets, primarily hunting the largest animals on the landscape, and they targeted these megafauna consistently from ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ to South America.

  • Four gentle hands reach into a small puddle.

    Conversations to connect us -- 'ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Voices' on public radio

    June 30, 2026

    "ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Voices" is back on the radio across the state this summer. Airing on four public stations, the six-episode series highlights climate adaptation lessons.

  • Three jars of salmon sit on a home kitchen counter in front of a pressure cooker in preparation for canning.

    Safe preservation methods extend the fish catch

    June 29, 2026

    The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service will host a free statewide webinar on properly preserving the fish bounty for future use. Fairbanks-based home, health and family development agent Leslie Shallcross will discuss how to preserve fish through canning, smoking or freezing via Zoom. The webinar is from noon-1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8.

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A magazine for alumni and friends of the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ | Summer 2026

Kwigillingok Elder David John speaks as part of a panel at the Western ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Interdisciplinary Science Conference in Bethel, ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥, April 7, 2026. To the left of the photo is Kwigillingok Elder Fred Phillip. To the right is Kipnuk Elder Tim Samson and Jessica Lewis-Nicori, originally from Chefornak.

In Bethel, weathering the storm through science and stories
John Davies visits the Arctic Research Park on the Fairbanks campus in April 2026. As a seismologist, he worked and studied for many years at the Geophysical Institute, located in the Elvey Building (with the blue satellite dish). UAF photo by Eric Engman.

From seismologist to statesman
Bruce Cech interviews UAF men’s basketball head coach George Roderick at the Big Island Invitational in Hilo, Hawaii, in 1995.

The voice that bridges the miles
Scenic view of Troth Yeddha' campus.

Welcoming new leadership at ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥â€™s university
UAF students (from left) Cole Houser, Jesse Tyrrell, Lilly Varney and Jackson Nelson celebrate Giving Day with Nook at Alyeska Tire, one of this year's challenge sponsors, in March.

Students embrace hands-on philanthropy
From left, Denise Thorsen, associate dean of academics for UAF’s College of Engineering and Mines, visits with donors Rachel and Richard Kacsur at a lab in late 2025.

Turning retirement assets into opportunity
Rosie Fordham, right, leads the pack of runners up the first hill of the 3-lap, 6K women's course as ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ cross-country runners compete in the Blue & Gold race against University of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Anchorage the morning of Sept. 13, 2025, on the UAF Competition Trails.

A season of athletic success
KUAC television videotapes and other materials await sorting in 2024 for possible inclusion in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting at the Library of Congress.

Like turning your television on in the past