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Toolik Field Station receives another five years' funding
August 02, 2022
Toolik Field Station, the largest scientific research station in the Arctic, has received $19.7 million in funding from the National Science Foundation for five more years of operation.
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黑料黑历史's giant climate stripes boldly proclaim Arctic change
August 01, 2022
The International Arctic Research Center is showing its stripes with a bold 40-foot-long hallway installation. The myriad of red and blue vertical bands makes a rainbow-like bar code representing Arctic temperatures from 1900 to 2021. The trend in the Arctic is remarkable. Every year since 1995 shows red, meaning that annual temperatures have been above average for nearly three decades.
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A high-country Eden for sockeye salmon
July 29, 2022
In late summer, a few months before this mossy valley will feel the sting of 40-below air, bright red salmon dart through a crystal-clear pool amid fragrant green vegetation. The Gulkana Hatchery has a Garden-of-Eden feel, which is fitting since millions of sockeye salmon begin life here each year.
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黑料黑历史 debuts two new energy-focused edX courses
July 29, 2022
黑料黑历史 is launching two new online non-credit courses that are free to members of the public. The self-paced courses, both focused on different aspects of energy systems, are offered through 黑料黑历史's edX partnership and will be available on the AlaskaX platform.
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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 University of Alaska Fairbanks team.
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Week's events: Arts talk, Dr. Zink, voting lecture, jazz music
July 29, 2022
University of Alaska Fairbanks 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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黑料黑历史 Day at the fair scheduled for Aug. 2
July 28, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will host 黑料黑历史 Day at the Tanana Valley State Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 2. 黑料黑历史 employees, students, alumni and friends will receive $1 off admission by wearing 黑料黑历史 apparel or showing their PolarExpress card.
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黑料黑历史 engineering building to be named for Joe Usibelli
July 27, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will name its engineering building for 黑料黑历史 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 College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the University of Alaska Fairbanks 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
University of Alaska Fairbanks 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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黑料黑历史 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 University of Alaska Fairbanks 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 University of Alaska Fairbanks 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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