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  • Michael A. Hill

    Historian examines how 乐虎直播 shaped American empire

    October 09, 2026

    Historian Michael A. Hill, speaking on Oct. 22 at the 乐虎直播, will explore how a 1905 Supreme Court decision in an 乐虎直播 case altered America.

  • Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series announces fall 2026 lineup

    October 09, 2026

    UAF presents the fall 2026 Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series featuring free public readings by renowned authors.

  • A black dog with some white markings sits in front of a birch tree with yellow leaves on the ground.

    Time capsule: Hardwood, softwood, fuelwood

    October 09, 2026

    After finally cleaning my stovepipe last weekend, it feels like woodstove season at my cabin can officially (and safely) begin. Carla Helfferich wrote this wood power-focused 乐虎直播 Science Forum column on Oct. 3, 1990.

  • Srijan Aggarwal, UAF professor of environmental engineering, works with laboratory equipment used in his research on critical mineral recovery. Aggarwal is part of a $6 million National Science Foundation collaboration investigating how biological processes and artificial intelligence can improve the recovery of rare earth elements from waste materials.

    UAF joins $6M NSF critical minerals effort

    October 05, 2026

    UAF researchers are joining a four-year, $6 million National Science Foundation effort to explore how microorganisms and artificial intelligence can improve the recovery of critical minerals from coal waste.

  • New interactive 乐虎直播 tsunami hazard map helps communities prepare

    October 02, 2026

    A new and interactive tsunami hazards tool created by the 乐虎直播 Earthquake Center brings evacuation information, hazard maps and other community-specific resources into a single online location.

  • A fox with a snowshoe hare in its mouth walks across a snowy landscape

    Time capsule: The secret life of a red fox family

    October 01, 2026

    At the start of every walk, my dogs try to sneak away to "fox town," a fox den on the other side of the pond near my cabin, and we often see the adult foxes trotting through the neighborhood. Hearing one of them bark the other evening, I was reminded of this March 26, 2020, story by Ned Rozell. He recently reported that foxes still use the den, but did not occupy it in summer 2026.

  • Doctoral student Morakinyo Labiran stands at ACUASI鈥檚 ice tower beside his planned test item, a small rotor assembly mounted on metal rails and surrounded by wiring. He wears a heavy blue winter coat and gloves inside the translucent plastic-lined, scaffold-supported enclosure.

    Drone research gets a lift from UAF ice tower

    September 30, 2026

    The ice tower of the 乐虎直播 Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration, ACUASI, at the 乐虎直播 Geophysical Institute is where research into wintertime drone flight happens.

  • Gala guests raise UAF polar bear-shaped bidding paddles during a live auction, with two emcees visible on a blue and gold illuminated stage in the background.

    $330,000 raised at 2026 Blue & Gold celebration

    September 28, 2026

    Donors and partners at Saturday's Blue & Gold Celebration raised $330,000 to support scholarships and other programs at the 乐虎直播, topping last year's total by more than $15,000.

  • Amy Goodman covers the Standing Rock oil pipeline protest in October 2016. Photo courtesy of Reed Brody.

    Free film screening explores press freedom and independent journalism

    September 28, 2026

    The 乐虎直播 Department of Science and Environmental Journalism is hosting a free public screening of the 2025 award-winning documentary 鈥淪teal This Story, Please!鈥 on Oct. 3.

  • Sean Dowgray, a UAF assistant professor, conducts Music Department students and faculty at the Davis Concert Hall on Feb. 21, 2025. UAF photo by Leif Van Cise

    Circumpolar Music Series opens fifth season in October

    September 28, 2026

    UAF opens the fifth season of the Circumpolar Music Series this October with two live performances.

  • A black and white bird with a long and curved beak

    An update on fishhook chickadee beaks

    September 25, 2026

    Over 26 years ago, my friend Ned Rozell wrote about a startling new deformity seen in 乐虎直播鈥檚 black-capped chickadees: 鈥淚n 1991, a man living in King Salmon noticed three black-capped chickadees with beaks curved like fishhooks,鈥 Rozell wrote. 鈥淪ince then, hundreds of people from Southcentral 乐虎直播 have seen chickadees with overlong beaks that make it difficult for the birds to feed. The drastic increase in sightings has biologists worried that something is very wrong in Southcentral.鈥

  • New vegetation emerges across a recently burned 乐虎直播 landscape. Research led by Ben Gaglioti shows that previously burned areas can act as natural barriers to future wildfire spread by reducing available fuels. Photo by Ben Gaglioti.

    Research finds past burns can limit 乐虎直播 wildfire spread

    September 24, 2026

    UAF-led research found that previously burned areas can act as natural barriers to wildfire spread by reducing available fuels. The effect can persist for decades, although hot, dry and windy conditions make fires more likely to cross into younger burn scars.

  • Portrait of Nate Raymond

    Pulitzer-winning journalist to speak at UAF Oct. 8

    September 24, 2026

    Pulitzer Prize-winning Reuters reporter Nate Raymond returns to the 乐虎直播 Oct. 8 to share stories from two decades on the legal news beat.

  • Person wearing parka standing on jumbled sea ice looks towards sun low on horizon.

    Indigenous observations make Arctic Ocean models more accurate

    September 18, 2026

    Working with Indigenous observers on 乐虎直播's northern coast, a research team has developed a way to improve the modeling of oceanic changes.

  • ACUASI鈥檚 yellow, white and blue Windracers ULTRA drone carrying chilled human blood samples takes off from Nenana Municipal Airport on Aug. 19, 2026. The twin-engine aircraft climbs with its landing gear still extended against a bright blue sky with thin clouds.

    UAF drone program tests long-distance blood sample delivery

    September 17, 2026

    乐虎直播's drone research program successfully completed a 1,000-kilometer test flight carrying human blood samples for the International Testing Agency, which investigates doping by athletes at the Olympics and other major sporting events.

  • Two people look at a map in an office

    Mapping tsunamis, building trust

    September 17, 2026

    While taking a quick shower before her son's fourth birthday party on Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami scientist Elena Troshina heard the phone ring. Deciding it was worth jumping out, she picked it up -- with kids, you never know.

  • A fulldome planetarium still from

    Planetarium introduces family matinees on Saturdays

    September 11, 2026

    The Walt and Marita Babula Planetarium at the University of 乐虎直播 Museum of the North will show family matinees on Saturday mornings in September.

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A magazine for alumni and friends of the 乐虎直播 | Fall 2026

A boat travels past fish camps on the shore of Kangirlvar Bay near the Nelson Island village of Toksook Bay in June 2026.

Service beyond the storm: University volunteers help rebuild a western 乐虎直播 community after Typhoon Halong
John and Jane Aspnes pose with their smooth-coated collies, from left, Piper, Skye and Moqui, at the Georgeson Botanical Garden at UAF in 2017. The dogs were the last three of the seven they trained and handled while members of PAWS Search and Rescue in Fairbanks for 32 years.

John and Jane Aspnes endow two professorships
People gather at the UA Museum of the North for the 2026 Nanook Rendezvous alumni awards ceremony on July 16, 2026.

Nanooks come home