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Regents approve UAF College of Indigenous Studies
May 23, 2024
The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ College of Rural and Community Development is now the College of Indigenous Studies. The University of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Board of Regents unanimously approved the name change at its May 23 meeting in Anchorage.
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A backyard science expedition, in diapers
May 23, 2024
A fist-size opening in the forest floor exhausted so much air this spring that it built its own chimney of frost. A university researcher -- and her kids -- helped investigate.
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Healthy Living lecture series begins June 4
May 23, 2024
The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ will host the 14th annual Healthy Living lecture series starting on June 4. The free series offers a variety of presentations by ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ medical specialists and experts.
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LARS to host annual Birthday Bash for new calves
May 22, 2024
The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥' Large Animal Research Station will introduce its new reindeer and muskox calves at its annual Birthday Bash from noon-4 p.m. on June 1.
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2024 Legacy Lecture to feature Jo Heckman
May 22, 2024
The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ 2024 Legacy Lecture will honor Jo Heckman at 7 p.m. Monday, June 3, in the BP Design Theater, Room 401 of the Usibelli Building.
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UAF offers free summer shuttle for visitors
May 21, 2024
The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ will have a free shuttle for summer visitors.
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UAF to offer two new Athabascan language courses this fall
May 17, 2024
The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Native Language Center at the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ will offer two new Native language courses for the fall 2024 semester.
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UAF, Toolik Field Station join Arctic climate initiative
May 17, 2024
The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ will help host and support a new $15-million federal initiative to better understand the resilience of Arctic organisms and ecosystems amid rapid climate change. Bringing together experts from 14 institutions, the Evolving Meta-Ecosystems Institute will focus on improving scientific and public understanding of how Arctic ecosystems are responding -- and will continue to respond -- as their environment shifts.
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Microplastics low and high in ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥
May 17, 2024
A group of scientists from UAF's Water and Environmental Research Center in 2020 and 2021 sampled snow and freshwater from more than 70 locations on a south-to-north transect, mostly along highways. Their recently published study showed plastic fragments everywhere they sampled, from the Kenai Peninsula to the North Slope.
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Vanairsdale named 2024 UAF Business Leader of the Year
May 16, 2024
The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ College of Business and Security Management has named Tracy Vanairsdale as the recipient of the 2024 UAF Business Leader of the Year award.
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Music in the Garden concerts begin Thursday, May 23
May 15, 2024
The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Music in the Garden concert series will kick off Thursday, May 23, at the Georgeson Botanical Garden. Part of UAF's Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning, the concert series offers 12 weeks of family-friendly performances on Thursday evenings throughout the summer.
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Tour the Fairbanks office of the National Weather Service
May 14, 2024
Have you ever wanted to see what the inside of the local National Weather Service looks like? On Thursday, May 16, you will have your chance during Arctic Research Open House.
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Solar storm -- not HAARP -- creates intense auroral display
May 13, 2024
Night skies over the weekend erupted with vivid colors and awed people all around the globe as the solar wind from a severe geomagnetic storm produced by our sun entered Earth's upper atmosphere and created auroral displays. The spectacular aurora sparked questions about possible connections to recent experiments by the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HAARP.
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Research event gives visitors a backstage pass to science fun
May 13, 2024
The rock-n-roll themed event -- Tundra Struck -- will offer the community a peek behind the curtain to see why the results of UAF research reverberate around the world.
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Kuskokwim Campus celebrates 50th commencement ceremony
May 13, 2024
The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Kuskokwim Campus honored the Class of 2024 during its 50th commencement ceremony on Tuesday, May 7, at the Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center in Bethel.
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