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Healthy Living lecture series begins June 7
May 31, 2022
The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ will host the Healthy Living lecture series starting on June 7, offering a variety of presentations by ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥n medical specialists and experts.
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Steve Frank featured in 2022 UAF Legacy Lecture
May 27, 2022
The 2022 Legacy Lecture will honor businessman, legislator and ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ alumnus Steve Frank at 7 p.m. Monday, June 6, at UAF's Murie Building auditorium.
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The worst fire year we can remember
May 27, 2022
In a gorgeous warm May this year, we have not yet sniffed the bitter scent of flaming spruce. When we do, some of us will think back to a year that still haunts us.
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Food preservation workshops set for Kenai Peninsula communities
May 26, 2022
The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service will host a series of food preservation classes, including one about canning fish, and offer other services in Homer and Soldotna in June.
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UAF team lauded for innovative home design
May 25, 2022
Using shipping containers and energy-efficient techniques, a team of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ students has created a prize-winning new design for rural ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ housing construction.
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Local firefighters to conduct exercise on UAF campus
May 24, 2022
Firefighters from four local fire agencies will be on the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ campus on Friday, May 27 from noon - 4 p.m. for a wildland firefighting exercise.
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UAF makes ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'s first large drone flight from international airport
May 23, 2022
An unmanned aircraft owned and operated by the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ flew from the general aviation area of Fairbanks International Airport on Sunday. The flight was the first civilian large drone operation from an international airport in ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥.
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University, partners deploy carbon dioxide-sensing underwater glider
May 23, 2022
ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ has a new tool for tracking ocean acidification -- a 7-foot-long, bright pink Seaglider. The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ and its commercial partners are the first U.S. team to measure carbon dioxide, the driving factor in ocean acidification, with an unoccupied underwater vehicle.
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UAF hosts international remote sensing symposium
May 23, 2022
More than 100 scientists and policymakers from around the circumpolar North gathered at the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ last week for the 16th International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium
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Music in the Garden series begins May 26
May 19, 2022
The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Music in the Garden concert series will kick off on May 26 at the Georgeson Botanical Garden, offering 12 weeks of family-friendly performances throughout the summer.
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Wading into the icy Yukon River for science
May 19, 2022
U.S. Geological Survey hydrologist Heather Best stepped into the Yukon River. She held a 3-foot portion of grader blade. Running along the blade was river-measuring tube secured by hose clamps.
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Really Free Market returns to UAF on May 21
May 16, 2022
The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ will host the Really Free Market recycling event on Saturday, May 21, in the parking lot next to the Lola Tilly Commons.
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ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'s big river breaks up at Eagle
May 13, 2022
Breakup happened on the Yukon River at Eagle, the river's first settlement as it flows into the United States, at around 2 a.m. on Saturday, May 7, 2022.
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Annual UAF Arctic Research Open House set for May 19
May 12, 2022
Come learn about the incredible research happening at the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ during the 2022 Arctic Research Open House from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, May 19.
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Hunga volcano eruption provides an explosion of data
May 12, 2022
The massive Jan. 15, 2022, eruption of the Hunga submarine volcano in the South Pacific Ocean created a variety of atmospheric wave types, including booms heard 6,200 miles away in ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥. It also created an atmospheric pulse that caused an unusual tsunami-like disturbance that arrived at Pacific shores sooner than the actual tsunami. Those are among the many observations reported by a team of 76 scientists from 17 nations that researched the eruption's atmospheric waves.
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