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$1 million USDA investment supports food, energy sovereignty
August 03, 2023
A $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide continued support for a ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ project aimed at educating and preparing the next generation of Alaska Native agriculture leaders.
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Alaska blueberries are good for you. Right?
August 03, 2023
Bog blueberries are a favorite of Alaskans and grizzly bears, but the fact that some people across the Atlantic have long avoided them was a puzzle to Zuzana Vaneková.
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UAF geoscience students take to the Bering Sea
August 02, 2023
Seven ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ students will set sail on the research vessel Sikuliaq in August to study the plants, animals and humans that inhabited the Bering Land Bridge during the last ice age.
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Public invited to follow Bering Land Bridge research project
August 01, 2023
The public can follow a team of scientists aboard the research vessel Sikuliaq who will spend the month of August studying conditions that existed on the Bering Land Bridge during the last ice age.
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Alaskans can help identify invasive crab species
August 01, 2023
A new crab species was spotted in Alaska for the first time last year, and it has the potential to disrupt native species and ecosystems. Alaska Sea Grant is asking Alaskans to help monitor the invasive European green crab on local beaches.
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Polar Aeronomy and Radio Science Summer School returns to HAARP
July 28, 2023
More than 50 researchers will be in Alaska in August for the resumption of a science summer school that culminates with experiments at the High-frequency Active Aurora Research Program facility operated by the ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ Geophysical Institute.
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Week's events: Ron Inouye, cardiovascular health, Denali in collodion photos, eclectic tunes
July 28, 2023
¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ 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 31-Aug. 6.
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Long-pondered return to a pile of rocks
July 27, 2023
FIREWEED ROCK GLACIER -- "I've been thinking of this stuff for the last 20 years," says Adam Bucki. My friend, soon to be 50, was in his 20s the last time he stood on this massive pile of pointy rocks that oozes slowly downhill.
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UAF Day at the fair scheduled for Aug. 1
July 25, 2023
UAF Day at the Tanana Valley State Fair will include UAF activities throughout the fairgrounds. UAF employees, students, alumni and friends will receive $1 off admission by wearing UAF apparel or showing their PolarExpress card.
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Research elevates Arctic Indigenous voices to understand climate change
July 25, 2023
Indigenous Alaskans have shared nearly 10,000 observations about the rapidly changing Arctic during the past decade in a partnership with university scientists presented in a recent paper.
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UAF introduces new graduate courses in health care administration
July 24, 2023
The ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ of Business and Security Management is introducing new online graduate courses in health care management and leadership.
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Glaciers made of rock, ice and bear scat
July 21, 2023
The grizzly hadn't seen my dog or me, so I yelled and waved my arms. The bear stood, looked in our direction for three unforgettable seconds, then trotted up the valley.
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Learn to cook, preserve salmon in Sitka 'salmonganza'
July 21, 2023
Salmon is an Alaska staple, and a series of ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ Cooperative Extension workshops in Sitka will focus on salmon nutrition and how to cook and preserve the tasty and nutritious fish.
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Week's events: Wendell Schiffler, senior living choices, art talk, marimba music
July 21, 2023
¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ 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 24-30.
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Forester plans walks, talks on Kenai Peninsula
July 18, 2023
Learn about the Kenai Peninsula forests in interactive walks and talks with the ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ Cooperative Extension Service's outreach forester Glen Holt.
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