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Launch of third NASA rocket completes complex aurora mission
April 01, 2025
The third and final NASA sounding rocket in a mission to better understand how the aurora affects the upper atmosphere launched at 1:33 a.m. Saturday and dispersed white vapor tracers high over central ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥.
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Control strategies for pretty, but invasive, orange hawkweed
April 01, 2025
Don't be fooled by orange hawkweed, a dainty little orange flower that can take over your pasture, lawn or wildflower garden. In a free statewide webinar, learn how orange hawkweed's biology makes it so invasive and how to use that biology to control it.
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Museum family programs highlight trees in April
April 01, 2025
Family programs at the University of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Museum of the North will focus on trees during April.
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Sample Cajun etouffee in Sitka cook-off
March 31, 2025
Join the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service in Sitka for a Cajun cuisine cooking competition: The Sitka Etouffee-Off.
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Microplastics contaminate spotted seal diets in remote ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ waters
March 31, 2025
Spotted seals in some of the most remote marine areas around ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ are consuming significant amounts of microplastics in their diets, according to a new ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥-led study.
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Workshop discusses science behind selecting vegetable varieties
March 31, 2025
Learn about the hardiness, yield and taste of different varieties of 10 common garden vegetables during an in-person workshop in Delta Junction.
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Journalism, the First Amendment and covering Trump
March 28, 2025
A roundtable of journalists and ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ faculty members will discuss the media's role as President Donald Trump seeks to remake the federal government and punish perceived enemies in the press and judiciary.
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Learn the basics of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ gardening in workshop series
March 28, 2025
Grow your gardening knowledge in this series of 11 weekly webinars covering the basics of growing vegetables in ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥. Casey Matney, the Kenai-based agriculture and horticulture agent with the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service, will lead the free classes.
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Snow's absence and welcome presence
March 28, 2025
Rick Thoman noted in a recent report that the paucity of 2024-2025 snowfall in Anchorage and other Southcentral ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ locations may be unprecedented in the era of modern records.
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UAF donors contribute $812,373 during Giving Day 2025
March 27, 2025
More than 1,100 ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ supporters donated $812,373 during the fifth annual UA Giving Day event March 25-27. The event set another participation record for UAF, with 1,150 donors making gifts to more than 80 scholarships, programs and initiatives over the course of 49 hours.
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'ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'s Changing Wildfire Environment' report updated
March 27, 2025
The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ has released an updated report highlighting recent wildfire trends in ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥, their impacts to humans and wildlife, and how science can improve wildfire management decisions. "ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'s Changing Wildfire Environment 2.0" provides people with timely, reliable and understandable information in a visually appealing and concise format.
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Two NASA rockets launch from Poker Flat, third rocket expected
March 25, 2025
Two NASA sounding rockets launched from Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks early Tuesday morning in a mission aimed at learning more about how the aurora affects the upper atmosphere.
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Making sense of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'s changing environment
March 25, 2025
Changes in ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'s environment are evident all across the state, but the details vary greatly. In a webinar hosted by the Anchorage office of the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service, UAF climate specialist Rick Thoman will share a broad overview of observed changes around ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥, from snow and ice to heat and wildfire.
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Sikuliaq operating agreement extended through 2028
March 24, 2025
The U.S. National Science Foundation has funded the first year of a new $53.8 million, four-year cooperative agreement with the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ to continue operating the research vessel Sikuliaq through the end of calendar year 2028. The global-class ice-capable research vessel, which is owned by NSF, has been operated by the UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences since it was constructed in 2014.
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Registration open for three-day pesticide training course
March 24, 2025
A three-day online workshop, available statewide, is scheduled in April for people who wish to become certified pesticide applicators in ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥. The classes are designed to help participants understand and pass the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Department of Environmental Conservation exam.
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