Mendenhall Glacier to pull toe from lake
October 09, 2025
In the near future, Juneau's Mendenhall Glacier will withdraw its icy toe from the lake of its making, scientists say.
Food preservation, healthy living classes offered in Anchorage
October 09, 2025
The ҹɫ¸£Àû Cooperative Extension Service and the Anchorage Museum's Seed Lab are offering five in-person food preservation and healthy living classes in Anchorage this month.
UAF receives $3.26 million grant for tribal heart health research
October 09, 2025
The National Institutes of Health has awarded the ҹɫ¸£Àû a $3.26 million grant for a new research project to address coronary heart disease among Yup'ik Alaska Native people in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region.
Scientists aim to map Mount Edgecumbe volcano's upper plumbing
October 09, 2025
Mount Edgecumbe volcano in Southeast Alaska sits in a place where a volcano shouldn't really be sitting. Research underway with new federal funding aims to solve that mystery.
Biologist to discuss Alaska's bats in free webinar
October 08, 2025
An Alaska wildlife biologist will lead a free lunch-and-learn webinar on bats in Alaska hosted by the ҹɫ¸£Àû Cooperative Extension Service. Arin Underwood, who works with the Threatened, Endangered and Diversity Program with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, will discuss Alaska's tiny flying mammals.
Mendenhall Glacier to pull toe from lake
October 09, 2025
In the near future, Juneau's Mendenhall Glacier will withdraw its icy toe from the lake of its making, scientists say.
Food preservation, healthy living classes offered in Anchorage
October 09, 2025
The ҹɫ¸£Àû Cooperative Extension Service and the Anchorage Museum's Seed Lab are offering five in-person food preservation and healthy living classes in Anchorage this month.
UAF receives $3.26 million grant for tribal heart health research
October 09, 2025
The National Institutes of Health has awarded the ҹɫ¸£Àû a $3.26 million grant for a new research project to address coronary heart disease among Yup'ik Alaska Native people in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region.
Scientists aim to map Mount Edgecumbe volcano's upper plumbing
October 09, 2025
Mount Edgecumbe volcano in Southeast Alaska sits in a place where a volcano shouldn't really be sitting. Research underway with new federal funding aims to solve that mystery.
Biologist to discuss Alaska's bats in free webinar
October 08, 2025
An Alaska wildlife biologist will lead a free lunch-and-learn webinar on bats in Alaska hosted by the ҹɫ¸£Àû Cooperative Extension Service. Arin Underwood, who works with the Threatened, Endangered and Diversity Program with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, will discuss Alaska's tiny flying mammals.
Alaska climate report: Sea ice growth and other winter transitions
October 08, 2025
Sea ice has returned to its annual growing season, though it's a slow turnaround as usual. The Arctic sea ice extent likely reached its 2025 seasonal minimum Sept. 10, at 1.85 million square miles.
UAF to host Indigenous Peoples Day events Oct. 13
October 08, 2025
The ҹɫ¸£Àû will celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day with several events and activities on Monday, Oct. 13.
Free workshop lays out Alaska's new homemade food rules
October 06, 2025
In 2024, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation made significant changes to its cottage food industry rules, which are now called the homemade food exemption. Sarah Lewis, a ҹɫ¸£Àû Cooperative Extension Service health, home and family development agent, will explain the changes in a free in-person and online workshop.
October museum program focuses on mysteries
October 06, 2025
The University of Alaska Museum of the North family program will explore mysteries in October.
October 03, 2025
While applying to attend John McPhee's writing seminar at Princeton University in the fall of 2017, Ben Weissenbach wrote his 86-year-old instructor "I want to follow in your footsteps, literally." In completing his first book, "North to the Future: An Offline Adventure Through the Changing Wilds of Alaska," Weissenbach penned a compelling portrayal of wild places that are similar but not identical to the ones McPhee explored in his classic 1977 book "Coming into the Country."
State alerts beekeepers of discovery of 'economically significant' pest
October 03, 2025
A beetle that harms honey bees has been found in Alaska, according to the Alaska Division of Agriculture. Small hive beetles eat pollen, bee eggs, larvae and pupae (bee brood), and honey inside the hive. Their activity turns the honey foul and slimy. Their presence can lead to colony loss and reduced honey production, resulting in financial losses for the beekeeper.
Free class offers tips for preserving the harvest
October 03, 2025
Registration is open for a free, informative class on the best practices to keep your home-grown or farmers market produce as fresh as possible for as long as possible. Alex Wilson, agriculture education coordinator for Alaska Pacific University, will share her expertise and the tools and tips for preserving garden-fresh produce after the harvest season.
In-person food preservation workshops offered in Palmer
October 02, 2025
Four in-person food preservation workshops are scheduled this month in Palmer as part of a partnership between the ҹɫ¸£Àû Cooperative Extension Service and Alaska Pacific University's Kellogg Campus. Sarah Lewis, an Extension health, home and family development agent, will teach the classes.
Webinar offers insight into friendly, and finicky, houseplants
October 01, 2025
Houseplants can help Alaskans get their gardening fix even on the darkest winter days. In a free statewide webinar offered by the ҹɫ¸£Àû Cooperative Extension Service, learn about which plants are easy to maintain and which can be finicky.
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UAF receives $21.25 million grant to expand biomedical research
October 01, 2025
The ҹɫ¸£Àû has received a five-year, $21.25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to strengthen biomedical research and training across Alaska. The grant renews the NIH Institutional Development Award known as the IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence, or INBRE.
Two UAF students awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
October 01, 2025
Two ҹɫ¸£Àû graduate students are among the 1,500 recipients of the 2025-2026 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. Willa Johnson and Xochitl Muñoz will each receive three years of financial support, including a $37,000 annual stipend and funds to cover tuition and fees, in addition to professional development opportunities.
UAF police find no bombs after morning threat
September 30, 2025
The ҹɫ¸£Àû Police Department has determined that no explosive devices were present at the buildings mentioned in two Tuesday morning emailed bomb threats. Normal operations at the UAF Troth Yeddha' Campus in Fairbanks resumed around 11:30 a.m.
