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  • an artist's rendering of a brown building with large glass windows

    Regents approve Indigenous studies center, planetarium at UAF

    February 23, 2024

    The University of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Board of Regents on Friday approved two projects that will reshape the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Troth Yeddha' Campus.
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  • Old farm equipment lies in a grassy field with hills in the background.

    Delta Farm Forum highlights Interior ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ agriculture

    February 23, 2024

    The 52nd annual Delta Farm Forum will take place Saturday, March 2, in Delta Junction. The forum is a community event combined with an update on local agricultural information.
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  • A man pokes a ski pole into a shallow pool of water surrounded by dead grass where heat from the water has melted back the surrounding snow. Spruce forest and a birch-covered hill are in the background.

    ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ hot springs, far and wide

    February 22, 2024

    After a few hours of skiing through deep snow, Forest Wagner and I smelled a tuna sandwich. We knew we were closing in on warm pools of water.
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  • Tyler Kirk holds his newly published book, “After the Gulag: A History of Memory in Russia’s Far North,†at the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies’ 55th annual conference in Philadelphia on Dec. 5, 2023. Photo courtesy of Tyler Kirk.

    Book explores ex-prisoners' lives after the Soviet gulag

    February 22, 2024

    A ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ faculty member has published a book that explores how Soviet political prisoners navigated life after release. Tyler Kirk, assistant professor of history and Arctic and Northern studies, will host a book launch gathering at 7 p.m. Feb. 29 in the Usibelli Building’s BP Design Theater on the UAF Troth Yeddha’ Campus in Fairbanks.
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  • Seth Kantner

    Authors Kantner and McGuire will read from award-winning works

    February 22, 2024

    ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ authors Seth Kantner and Rosemary McGuire will read from their works at the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ on Feb. 28 at 6 p.m.
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  • Landslide at Taan Fjord

    New detection method aims to warn of landslide tsunamis

    February 21, 2024

    ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ researchers have devised a way to remotely detect large landslides within minutes of occurrence and to quickly determine whether they are close to open water and present a tsunami hazard.
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  • Bus 142 sits on a flatbed trailer inside a large workshop bay.

    McCandless Foundation gives $125,000 to build pavilion for Bus 142

    February 20, 2024

    A $125,000 donation from the Christopher Johnson McCandless Memorial Foundation will allow the University of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Museum of the North to construct an open-air pavilion for the display of Bus 142, made famous by the book and film, "Into the Wild."
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  • a woman in a nordic folk costume sits in a garden with a harp

    Music series showcases circumpolar cultures

    February 20, 2024

    Several public events, including performances, demonstrations and presentations, will showcase the rich musical traditions of the circumpolar North through the end of March.
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  • Nanosatellite

    UAF students win funds from Air Force to build a nanosatellite

    February 20, 2024

    A team of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ students will build the Air Force a nanosatellite roughly the size of an ordinary loaf of sliced bread to show that communications technology of large satellites can be packed into a small space and deliver much more data.
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  • The Bazinga team from Discovery Peak Charter School in North Pole celebrates winning the 2023 ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Science Olympiad. Middle school students and their team coach are smiling and high-fiving each other and Nook the UAF mascot. The image is slightly blurred with all the moving figures and a moment of active rejoice. The students are wearing team t-shirts and Science Olympiad award medallions. 
Photo by Greg Russo.

    Middle schools to compete in ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Science Olympiad

    February 19, 2024

    The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Science Olympiad will convene Feb. 23-24 at the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥.
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  • Ice fog in Fairbanks

    Research: Home heating fuels Fairbanks direct sulfate pollution

    February 19, 2024

    Use of residential heating fuel is the main contributor of primary sulfate pollution in Fairbanks' wintertime air, according to research conducted during an international science program in the community in 2022.
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  • Pietsch (man) with a dog licking his face.

    Study aims to understand cognitive decline in older dogs

    February 16, 2024

    A ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ researcher has launched a study of cognitive decline in older ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ dogs.
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  • Pond in ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'s Arctic created by beaver pond.

    Scientists, others to discuss impact of beaver movement into Arctic

    February 16, 2024

    Scientists and others from remote communities across western ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ and northern Canada concerned about the migration of beavers into the Arctic will gather at the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ later this month.
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  • Sunshine lights fog in a wide valley with mountains in the background. A plume from a power plant rises above the fog.

    Ice fog not often a part of northern life

    February 15, 2024

    An old friend -- a character not seen in these parts for a few years -- showed up last week in Fairbanks.
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  • A college student helps a Boy Scout and other children construct a paper rocket.

    UAF to host engineering open house Feb. 24

    February 15, 2024

    The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ College of Engineering and Mines will host its annual Engineering Open House on Saturday, Feb. 24, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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