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Rural ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Honors Institute celebrates class of 2022
July 11, 2022
The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ will celebrate the achievements of the Rural ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Honors Institute class of 2022 on July 14 with a hybrid in-person and virtual graduation ceremony.
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Week's events: Bishop McCormick, diagnostic imaging, drones, marimba music
July 08, 2022
ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here is what's happening during the week of July 10-16.
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A half century in a difficult, dynamic place
July 07, 2022
Dan Mann hands me a clump of orange dirt the size of an almond. He instructs me to put it in my mouth. "What's it taste like? Does it crunch?"
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Birdwatching brings millions of dollars to ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥
July 06, 2022
New research by the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ and Audubon ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ found that nearly 300,000 birders traveled to the state and spent about $378 million in 2016. Birdwatching supported roughly 4,300 jobs in ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ that year.
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Week's event: Bagpipe music with Red Hackle Pipe Band
July 01, 2022
ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here is what's happening during the week of July 3-9.
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Mining's effect on fish warrants better science-based policies
July 01, 2022
A new paper published in Science Advances synthesizes the impact of metal and coal mines on salmon and trout in northwestern North America
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Matanuska Experiment Farm honored for century of tracking weather
June 30, 2022
On July 6, the National Weather Service will honor the Matanuska Experiment Station and Extension Center for its century of participation in the Cooperative Observer Program.
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Salmon nose deep into ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ ecosystems
June 30, 2022
During a good year in Bristol Bay, a surge of more than 100 million pounds of sockeye salmon fights its way upstream, spawns, and dies. In Bristol Bay and elsewhere in ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥, this incredible pulse of salmon carcasses enriches streams and rivers and makes young salmon hardier.
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Research shows need to improve prediction of Arctic melt ponds
June 30, 2022
New research shows two widely used computer models that predict summer melt pond formation on sea ice greatly overestimate their extent, a key finding as scientists work to make accurate projections about Arctic climate change.
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Mathematician to give talk on geometry and the arts
June 29, 2022
A visiting mathematics professor will explore the role of geometry in the development and aesthetics of the visual arts during a talk at the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ at 7 p.m. on July 10.
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In-person food preservation classes offered in Anchorage
June 28, 2022
Leif Albertson will teach a series of in-person, hands-on classes on food preservation this summer.
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Study shows chemical's extent in Fairbanks winter air
June 27, 2022
A chemical compound discovered in 2019 in Fairbanks' wintertime air accounts for a significant portion of the community's fine particulate pollution, according to new research that seeks to better understand the causes and makeup of the dirty air.
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Georgeson Botanical Garden celebrates pollinators
June 27, 2022
A new exhibit at Georgeson Botanical Garden highlights the role of pollinators: bees, birds, butterflies, bats, beetles, moths, wasps and flies.
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Week's events: Mary Shields, sleep science, space weather, eclectic music
June 24, 2022
ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here is what's happening the week of June 26-July 2.
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Bonsai trees tell of winters long past
June 23, 2022
Winter storms spinning off the Gulf of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ have sculpted these hemlocks on the outer coast of Glacier Bay National Park into mountain men waving at you, the letter Z, and umbrellas.
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