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  • A bicyclist rides a snowmachine trail as it winds through wind-sculpted snowdrifts on a frozen river on a sunny day. On the left, deciduous trees rise above a cutbank. On the right, farther away, a rocky bluff topped with spruce trees towers above the river. In the distance, a line of mixed forest marks a far bank.

    Bishop Rock's oversized effect on breakup

    April 24, 2026

    A few weeks ago, as my friend Forest and I rode our bikes on the vast white sheet of the frozen Yukon River downstream of Galena, the river forced us into a 90-degree hard left. There, the channel suddenly necked down from being almost a mile wide to just a quarter mile.

  • Bright flowers bloom at the base of a wooden Welcome to Juneau sign

    Public TV's joegardener to speak at ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ gardening conference

    April 24, 2026

    The 2026 ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Master Gardener Conference, hosted by the UAF Cooperative Extension Service in Juneau, will feature ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ experts on such topics as peonies, figs, native plants and poppies. Internationally renowned gardening expert Joe Lamp'l, the Joe behind joegardener, is the keynote speaker.

  • Meg Nordale stands with UAF students Jackson Nelson (left) and Lael Bartch (right) in front of a ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ step-and-repeat banner after being named the 2026 Business Leader of the Year.

    Meg Nordale named 2026 Business Leader of the Year

    April 23, 2026

    The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ College of Business and Security Management has named Meg Nordale, president of GHEMM Co., as the 2026 Business Leader of the Year award recipient.

  • A clump of wild iris with white blooms grows in front of a bed of ferns.

    Webinars highlight ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Native Plant Month

    April 22, 2026

    The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service, in collaboration with the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Native Plant Society, is hosting a series of free webinars to highlight native plants and animals and the challenges they face. All webinars will be from noon-1 p.m. on Wednesdays during May, which is ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Native Plant Month.

  • A woman, Georgia Houde, stands in front of a woodshed half-full of firewood.

    Webinar to discuss ways to reduce firewood drying time

    April 22, 2026

    It can take significant time and effort to turn an Interior ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ spruce or birch tree into dry firewood, but a recent study demonstrates ways to shorten and improve the efficiency of the process. Georgia Houde will discuss the findings of the study conducted by ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ researchers Jessie Young-Robertson and Matt Robertson in a free webinar from noon-1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29.

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  • A bicyclist rides a snowmachine trail as it winds through wind-sculpted snowdrifts on a frozen river on a sunny day. On the left, deciduous trees rise above a cutbank. On the right, farther away, a rocky bluff topped with spruce trees towers above the river. In the distance, a line of mixed forest marks a far bank.

    Bishop Rock's oversized effect on breakup

    April 24, 2026

    A few weeks ago, as my friend Forest and I rode our bikes on the vast white sheet of the frozen Yukon River downstream of Galena, the river forced us into a 90-degree hard left. There, the channel suddenly necked down from being almost a mile wide to just a quarter mile.

  • Bright flowers bloom at the base of a wooden Welcome to Juneau sign

    Public TV's joegardener to speak at ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ gardening conference

    April 23, 2026

    The 2026 ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Master Gardener Conference, hosted by the UAF Cooperative Extension Service in Juneau, will feature ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ experts on such topics as peonies, figs, native plants and poppies. Internationally renowned gardening expert Joe Lamp'l, the Joe behind joegardener, is the keynote speaker.

  • Meg Nordale stands with UAF students Jackson Nelson (left) and Lael Bartch (right) in front of a ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ step-and-repeat banner after being named the 2026 Business Leader of the Year.

    Meg Nordale named 2026 Business Leader of the Year

    April 23, 2026

    The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ College of Business and Security Management has named Meg Nordale, president of GHEMM Co., as the 2026 Business Leader of the Year award recipient.

  • A clump of wild iris with white blooms grows in front of a bed of ferns.

    Webinars highlight ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Native Plant Month

    April 22, 2026

    The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service, in collaboration with the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Native Plant Society, is hosting a series of free webinars to highlight native plants and animals and the challenges they face. All webinars will be from noon-1 p.m. on Wednesdays during May, which is ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Native Plant Month.

  • A woman, Georgia Houde, stands in front of a woodshed half-full of firewood.

    Webinar to discuss ways to reduce firewood drying time

    April 22, 2026

    It can take significant time and effort to turn an Interior ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ spruce or birch tree into dry firewood, but a recent study demonstrates ways to shorten and improve the efficiency of the process. Georgia Houde will discuss the findings of the study conducted by ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ researchers Jessie Young-Robertson and Matt Robertson in a free webinar from noon-1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29.

  • A round outdoor thermometer mounted on a snow-covered tree reads about minus 45 degrees Fahrenheit in a quiet, snow-blanketed forest of tall birch and spruce trees. Long blue shadows stretch across the deep snow under a clear sky. The image shows extreme cold conditions at a home in Two Rivers, ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥, on March 11, 2026.

    ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ climate report: March 2026 saw dangerous weather

    April 21, 2026

    March brought a series of dangerous and disruptive weather events across ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥. Severe cold combined with powerful storms to affect communities statewide, according to the monthly summary from the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Climate Research Center.

  • A composite image made of photos of Jim Vinyard standing in a field holding a baby goat and Amy Good wearing a wetsuit and standing on a boat, arms outstretched.

    Seminar explores ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'s agriculture and mariculture connections

    April 21, 2026

    A discussion between a ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ mariculture specialist and a UAF livestock nutritionist will dive into how the mariculture industry can support ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ agriculture.

  • Vjosa and Drini Pellumbi pose with a group of people. They hold an oversized presentation check for $15,000 from Usibelli Coal Mine and show off their award medals.

    Arctic Innovation Competition presents 2026 awards

    April 20, 2026

    A residential boiler economizer designed to improve heating efficiency in rural ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ won first place in the 2026 Arctic Innovation Competition main division finals on April 18.

  • Cover of a science-themed coloring book titled “Journey Through the Heliosphere: The Sun–Earth System in Color,†featuring a detailed, symmetrical illustration of the sun in warm reds, oranges, and yellows against a dark background, with NASA and UAF logos at the top. The image shows the cover of a new sun-based, science-focused coloring book produced by the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ in collaboration with NASA.

    UAF, NASA produced fact-filled coloring book about the sun

    April 20, 2026

    A new sun-based and science-focused coloring book produced by the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ in collaboration with NASA is now available.

  • A person rides a bicycle down a straight snowmachine trail across an open plain of snow, with a thin line of spruce trees on the horizon. Tripod trail markers poke out of the snow to the right of the trail.

    Biking trail ends at the western coast

    April 17, 2026

    Winter finally ran out on us. After 515 miles and more than three weeks of pedaling and pushing our fat bikes, we decided to fly home to Fairbanks.

  • A person in a lumber grading training class measures a defect on a board propped up on sawhorses

    Lumber grading training scheduled for Anchorage

    April 14, 2026

    The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Lumber Grading program will hold a free certification course in Anchorage from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 28. 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¥.

  • Audience members sit in reclined theater seats, looking up at a curved dome screen displaying a vivid space scene during a movie screening. The image shows the interior of the Walt and Marita Babula Planetarium, where attendees and guests enjoy a pre-opening screening on March 31, with the immersive projection filling the entire ceiling.

    Let the show begin! New planetarium at UAF ready to open

    April 14, 2026

    The Walt and Marita Babula Planetarium at the UA Museum of the North will open Saturday, April 25, International Astronomy Day.

  • Bright sunlight illuminates young birch leaves and pollen-coated catkins

    Webinar to review green-up forecast in Interior ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥

    April 13, 2026

    Tracking birch sap, green-up and pollen in ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'s boreal forest will be the main topics of a webinar at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 23. Fairbanks has a unique multidecadal record of green-up dates, which has been used to develop techniques for forecasting green-up and related events in ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'s boreal forest.

  • Sitting at a table covered with star-themed tablecloth, a child uses construction paper, crayons, string, glue and stick-on stars to create artwork.

    April museum programs explore outer space

    April 10, 2026

    Family programs at the University of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Museum of the North will focus on outer space in April.

  • Daniela Barrera-Guevara poses in front of a museum case containing the skeleton of a small dinosaur atop the skull of a larger, horned dinosaur.

    Daniela Barrera Guevara wins prestigious national scholarship

    April 10, 2026

    ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ paleontology student Daniela Barrera Guevara has received a 2026 scholarship from the Barry Goldwater Foundation, joining just over 500 such recipients nationwide. Barrera Guevara is the only paleontology student and ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥n among the 513 students from 482 academic institutions to receive the 2026 scholarships.

  • On snowy ground, two helmeted men stand over fat-tired bikes laden with camping gear while snow falls around them. Behind them is a grove of willows, beyond which a few small buildings are visible.

    Up a ramp, finally off the big river

    April 10, 2026

    A few hours ago, Forest Wagner and I shoved our loaded bikes up a ramp of snow and onto Front Street. After nine days and 265 miles, we are off ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'s largest frozen river.

  • A wide view of Columbia Glacier in ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ shows a broad river of ice flowing between dark, rocky mountains, with snow-covered peaks in the distance and floating ice in the water at the glacier’s front. Columbia Glacier, shown here in 2016, is about 20 miles west of Valdez and has been retreating since the early 1980s after roughly 200 years of stability.

    Seismic record analysis can reveal a glacier's past

    April 10, 2026

    The history of earthquake-like signals created by the crashing of glacial ice into the ocean can reveal how a glacier has changed over time, according to research by a ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ team.

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From left, Peyton Platter, Kyle Gaffney and Matt Hubbarde skate onto the ice at the Carlson Center during opening lineup introductions at the Governor’s Cup game on Jan. 31, 2025.

In the trenches: 100 years of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ hockey
Planetarium construction continues at the west side of the University of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Museum of the North on UAF’s Troth Yeddha’ Campus in Fairbanks in August 2025. Photo by Bryan Whitten.

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Jay Ramras, owner of Pike's Waterfront Lodge, speaks at the Boots and Books Scholarship Dinner on Oct. 23, 2025. UAF photo by Eric Engman.

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GeoFORCE ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥â€™s fourth cohort — 31 high school students, 11 staff members, a bus driver and one mentor from Doyon Ltd. — gather at Desert View Lookout in Grand Canyon National Park on June 10, 2025.

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