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Pesticide applicator training classes scheduled for January, April
January 11, 2023
A three-day certified pesticide applicator training course is scheduled for Jan. 31-Feb. 2, with a second course planned for April 25-27. The University ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will teach the classes via Zoom.
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UAF climate scholars meet with U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg
January 11, 2023
UAF climate scholars met with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg in January, as part of a course led by UAF Climate Scholars Program Faculty Fellow Kristin Timm focusing on energy, policy, and climate communication.
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January museum programs explore the ice age
January 06, 2023
The University of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Museum of the North's January hands-on programs will focus on the ice age.
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Finding a midwinter night's roost
January 06, 2023
During the darkest days of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'s winter, black-capped chickadees stuff themselves with enough seeds and frozen insects to survive 18-hour nights.
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Report of frog's death greatly exaggerated
January 06, 2023
Things didn't look good for the five frozen wood frogs.
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Tuition-free girls' science, art expeditions seeking applicants
December 30, 2022
Inspiring Girls* Expeditions is inviting applications for summer 2023 tuition-free, backcountry science and art education programs.
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NASA and HAARP conclude asteroid experiment
December 29, 2022
A powerful transmitter in remote ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ sent long wavelength radio signals into space Tuesday with the purpose of bouncing them off an asteroid to learn about its interior. Results of Tuesday’s experiment at the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program research facility at Gakona could aid efforts to defend Earth from larger asteroids that could cause significant damage.
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UAF to host New Year's Eve Sparktacular fireworks display
December 21, 2022
The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ will host the Fairbanks Curling Lions' 33rd annual Sparktacular celebration on Saturday, Dec. 31. Fireworks will be launched from UAF's West Ridge starting at 8 p.m.
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HAARP to bounce signal off asteroid in NASA experiment
December 21, 2022
An experiment to bounce a radio signal off an asteroid on Dec. 27 will serve as a test for probing a larger asteroid that in 2029 will pass closer to Earth than the many geostationary satellites that orbit our planet.
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In-person food preservation classes offered in Anchorage in January
December 19, 2022
Join Leif Albertson for a series of in-person, hands-on classes in January to learn how to preserve meat, poultry and game; can fish; pickle vegetables; and make homemade yogurt.
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Seabird deaths part of Arctic Report Card
December 19, 2022
What smart people predicted in 2006, during the first Arctic Report Card press conference, is still trending the same way: We are living in a much-warmer far north.
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UAF offices closed for the winter break
December 16, 2022
Most offices at the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ will close for the winter break from Dec. 23, 2022, to Jan. 2, 2023. Some offices will also close or have reduced hours Dec. 19-22 and Jan. 3-6.
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Project to study side-by-side food, solar energy production
December 16, 2022
A ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ research team wants to find out how well one plot of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ land can produce both solar power and vegetables.
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Certified food protection manager training class set for February
December 14, 2022
The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service will offer a certified food protection manager training on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023.
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What ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ns can learn from the Arctic Report Card
December 13, 2022
ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ns can learn much about their state in the 2022 Arctic Report Card released nationwide this week.
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