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Study aims to reduce fuel oil use in remote Arctic
July 29, 2022
Researchers will study whether heaters that store renewable electric energy might substantially reduce fuel oil burned in remote Arctic homes, under a new project led by a ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ team.
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Week's events: Arts talk, Dr. Zink, voting lecture, jazz music
July 29, 2022
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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UAF Day at the fair scheduled for Aug. 2
July 28, 2022
The ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ will host UAF Day at the Tanana Valley State Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 2. UAF employees, students, alumni and friends will receive $1 off admission by wearing UAF apparel or showing their PolarExpress card.
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UAF engineering building to be named for Joe Usibelli
July 27, 2022
The ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ will name its engineering building for UAF alumnus, philanthropist and miner Joseph E. Usibelli.
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A field guide to old coffee cans
July 27, 2022
A Bureau of Land Management archaeologist created a guide to identify the old Hills Bros. cans found at old cabin sites across Interior Alaska.
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Scientists to set sail in search of Bering Sea's stormy past
July 26, 2022
A team of scientists will soon head to the Aleutian Islands aboard the research vessel Sikuliaq on a voyage to reconstruct the region's ancient history of powerful storms.
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Fisheries and marine sciences degree now available online
July 25, 2022
The ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ is offering a new option within its undergraduate degree program that lets students study remotely and on a flexible schedule.
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Week's events: Shirley Gordon, eye health lecture, air quality talk, bluegrass tunes
July 22, 2022
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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UAF crew, unmanned aircraft help protect endangered right whales
July 21, 2022
The Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration is back in Canada to help prevent endangered North Atlantic right whales from colliding with vessels in the busy Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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New method can improve explosion detection
July 21, 2022
Computers can be trained to better detect distant nuclear detonations, chemical blasts and volcano eruptions by learning from artificial explosion signals, according to a new method devised by a ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ scientist.
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Workshops focus on firewood, biochar and private woodlands
July 20, 2022
Learn all about firewood in three workshops sponsored by the ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ Cooperative Extension Service. The workshops will cover topics such as managing private woodlands, stacking and storing wood, and creating biochar to boost vegetable production.
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UAF scientist proud of his work on Webb telescope
July 18, 2022
Gunther Kletetschka of the ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ Geophysical Institute worked on developing the telescope's magnetically controlled microshutters, which helped make those images possible.
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Week's events: Tourism talk, pandemic response, Alaska innovation, Emily Anderson
July 15, 2022
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 17-24.
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110 years since the largest Alaska eruption
July 14, 2022
To put the largest eruption in Alaska's written history in context, Robert Griggs pondered what might have happened if the volcano was located on Manhattan Island.
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University of Alaska launches new master's degree in marine policy
July 14, 2022
Working on marine issues often requires knowledge of both natural and social sciences, and the ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ and the University of Alaska Southeast can provide it through their new Master of Marine Policy degree.
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