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  • A woman, Caley Gasch, stands in front of snow-capped mountain with a shovel in her hands

    Palmer scientist to lead workshop on composting for beginners

    November 06, 2025

    Caley Gasch, a soil scientist with the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, will lead a workshop on the basics of composting, which creates a great soil amendment and keeps materials from going to the landfill.

  • An aerial shot of the frozen Tanana River, showing a large channel of open water.

    Study and report offer insights into ice conditions

    November 05, 2025

    As ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'s rivers begin serving as winter roads and trails, a new study from the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ helps explain why certain stretches of water never seem to freeze.

  • An adult and child sit at a table with measuring grids, paper and pencils. They are looking at and sketching a bone artifact.

    November museum programs explore archaeology

    November 04, 2025

    The University of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Museum of the North family programs will explore archaeology in November.

  • A woman, Glenna Gannon, kneels next to a row of ripening tomatoes in a high tunnel

    Researcher to discuss putting local food in local hands

    November 04, 2025

    A ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ professor will discuss putting local food in local hands during an ongoing seminar series. The presentation by Glenna Gannon, assistant professor of sustainable food systems with the UAF Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension, is part of "Circumpolar Connections: A Dialogue on Arctic Food Systems."

  • Faces on a beach in Southwest ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥

    October 30, 2025

    Walking a storm-scoured ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ beach, archaeologist Rick Knecht knelt to pick up a wooden figurine the size of his palm.

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  • A woman, Caley Gasch, stands in front of snow-capped mountain with a shovel in her hands

    Palmer scientist to lead workshop on composting for beginners

    November 06, 2025

    Caley Gasch, a soil scientist with the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, will lead a workshop on the basics of composting, which creates a great soil amendment and keeps materials from going to the landfill.

  • An aerial shot of the frozen Tanana River, showing a large channel of open water.

    Study and report offer insights into ice conditions

    November 05, 2025

    As ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'s rivers begin serving as winter roads and trails, a new study from the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ helps explain why certain stretches of water never seem to freeze.

  • An adult and child sit at a table with measuring grids, paper and pencils. They are looking at and sketching a bone artifact.

    November museum programs explore archaeology

    November 04, 2025

    The University of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Museum of the North family programs will explore archaeology in November.

  • A woman, Glenna Gannon, kneels next to a row of ripening tomatoes in a high tunnel

    Researcher to discuss putting local food in local hands

    November 04, 2025

    A ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ professor will discuss putting local food in local hands during an ongoing seminar series. The presentation by Glenna Gannon, assistant professor of sustainable food systems with the UAF Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension, is part of "Circumpolar Connections: A Dialogue on Arctic Food Systems."

  • Faces on a beach in Southwest ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥

    October 30, 2025

    Walking a storm-scoured ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ beach, archaeologist Rick Knecht knelt to pick up a wooden figurine the size of his palm.

  • New UAF planetarium

    UAF planetarium set for spring opening

    October 30, 2025

    A decades-long dream of a planetarium at the University of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Museum of the North will come to fruition this spring when the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ opens the new 65-seat facility to the public.

  • A line of killer whales swims in the Bering Sea, as viewed from the deck of a trawl vessel.

    UAF, trawlers team up to reduce killer whale entanglements

    October 28, 2025

    Following a recent spike in Bering Sea killer whale entanglements, a simple addition to fishing nets has delivered positive early results for keeping the big marine mammals out of deep-water flatfish trawls. The net modification was developed through a collaboration between ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ researcher Hannah Myers and the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Seafood Cooperative, which coordinates a fleet that targets groundfish such as flounder and sole.

  • Vegetables and flowers grow in raised beds in a sunny garden.

    Online ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ master gardener course open for registration

    October 27, 2025

    Registration is open for a new ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ master gardener course, which will be taught over Zoom. Casey Matney and Darren Snyder, agriculture and horticulture agents with the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service, will lead the course.

  • A bushy clump of ice filaments sits on a leafy forest floor.

    Hair ice enlivens an extended fall

    October 24, 2025

    Just when you thought you'd seen everything in the boreal forest, a reader points out white whiskers sprouting from the ground.

  • A man with his back to the camera operates a computer in a control room looking through a window at an MRI scanner with a patient inside.

    UAF summit to explore health care careers, education

    October 21, 2025

    Community members can explore an ever-expanding array of health careers and educational opportunities at the 14th annual ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Interior Medical Education Summit. The summit will feature demonstrations, panel discussions and hands-on activities to introduce attendees to various health care careers and education options. It will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25, in the Murie Building at the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥.

  • Snow covers a dahlia bloom

    2025 growing season one of the longest in Fairbanks history

    October 17, 2025

    The 2025 Fairbanks growing season officially ended on Sept. 24, according to measurements taken at the Fairbanks Experiment Farm on the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Troth Yeddha' Campus. The freeze on Sept. 24 ended a 129-day growing season, defined as the number of days between freezing temperatures, said Rick Thoman, a climate specialist with the UAF ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness.

  • Carl Schmitt and his ice particle imager

    Researcher helps examine puzzling Arctic Ocean ice fog

    October 17, 2025

    A type of cloud that forms low near ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'s northern coast and over the Arctic Ocean lasts far longer than scientific understanding says it should. Associate research professor Carl Schmitt is helping a federally funded research team figure out why it's happening.

  • Scientists in Swiss Alps

    Mountain glaciers will lose their insulating air layer

    October 16, 2025

    A natural cooling mechanism has been shielding the world's mountain glaciers from increasingly warm summer melt seasons, but new research by an international science team says the protective process will break down by mid-century.

  • An ash cloud boils from an erupting volcano, as viewed from an aircraft high above.

    ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ volcano as climate disrupter

    October 16, 2025

    A circular scar on ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'s face speaks to an event that may have contributed to the fall of societies on the far side of the world.

  • Children in Halloween costumes handle fossils and look at a large dinosaur skull in a museum, with a smiling adult.

    Museum of the North to host Halloween activities

    October 16, 2025

    The University of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Museum of the North will host its Halloween at the Museum celebration on Friday, Oct. 31, from 4 to 6 p.m.

  • A rope holds streamers of brown kelp over the ocean

    Researcher to discuss benefits of using kelp as fertilizer

    October 15, 2025

    Kelp shows great promise for improving soil health and crop production in ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥. In a free webinar, Erin Oliver, a postdoctoral researcher with Washington State University, will discuss the lab and field studies conducted at the Matanuska Experiment Farm to investigate the effects of kelp on soil health and crop production.

  • UAF names summer 2025 honors students

    October 15, 2025

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

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2025 fall Aurora Magazine cover

Toolik Field Station lies in the northern foothills of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥â€™s Brooks Range, on the shores of Toolik Lake, in August 2025.

Nurturing Arctic science — and scientists
Clockwise from left, Gerad Smith, Audra Darcy and Lauren Bridgeman excavate an archaeological site at Hollembaek Hill southeast of Delta Junction in 2023. The work was funded in part by an endowment created by long-time ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥n Nancy Eliason. Photo courtesy of Roger Topp.

She’s asking questions — and helping to answer them
Built from the land

Built from the land
ean Dowgray conducts John Luther Adams’ Dark Wind to life with Dario Martin (piano), April Jaille (bass clarinet), along with UAF students Madelyn Guffey (marimba) and Jack Greenwell (vibraphone) at the Circumpolar Music Series Winter Chamber Concert on February 21, 2025. UAF photo by Leif Van Cise.

Fondness for ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ leads to a melodic legacy
UAF alumni and staff gather for the campus tour during Nanook Rendezvous 2025. Back row, from left, are Nook, Kyle Agustines ’24, William Zybach ’81, Eleanor Smith ’75, Mary Donaldson, Wayne Donaldson ’80 and Robert Seitz ’68. Front row, from left, are UAF student assistant Keely Vatcher; Gwenetta Johnson ’96, ’99; Ray Alda ’21; Valerie Demming ’75, ’84; Rhonda Widener ’01; UAF alumni relations storytelling manager Katie Straub; and Judy Dellinger ’93.

Class notes and in memoriam