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  • A person in a blue helmet and an orange windbreaker rides a fat-tired bike on a ice road plowed on a river, with drifted snow to the left and a snow berm to the right. Tall evergreens line the riverbank to the left, and hills rise in the distance.

    Rolling through a blank spot on the map

    April 03, 2026

    Beneath a bulbous waxing moon, we roll along on a ribbon of packed snow. The clear river ice beneath our tires is four feet thick.
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  • Two middle school students wearing lab coats look at five test tubes filled with liquids of different colors.

    Discovery Peak wins first in Alaska Science Olympiad

    April 03, 2026

    The Discovery Peak Charter School team from North Pole won first place in the 2026 Alaska Science Olympiad on Saturday, March 28. The annual science, technology, engineering and math tournament took place at the ҹɫ¸£Àû.
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  • A smiling woman, Jodie Anderson, stands outside under blue skies in front of a snow-covered mountain range.

    Palmer workshop focuses on food security through agriculture

    April 02, 2026

    A daylong workshop in Palmer will feature discussions and classes on how small-scale farming can strengthen Alaska's food system, providing Alaskans with the skills to start growing. The Food Security through Agriculture workshop is from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, at the Alaska State Fairgrounds and Rebarchek Farm, 2075 Glenn Highway, Palmer.
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  • young fiddlehead ferns are arranged on a plate

    Wild edibles focus of Juneau workshop

    April 02, 2026

    A workshop in Juneau will take participants on a walk through the woods to sustainably gather wild, edible plants and prepare them for a meal. Sarah Lewis, a ҹɫ¸£Àû Cooperative Extension Service professor, and Southeast Alaska foraging expert and author Corinne Conlon will lead the workshop, from 1-7 p.m. on Saturday, April 25.
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  • A woman wearing safety gear sprays herbicide on roadside weeds with snow-covered mountains in the background

    Pesticide applicator training classes set for April

    April 01, 2026

    A three-day certified pesticide applicator training workshop is scheduled for April 21-23. The workshops are led by the ҹɫ¸£Àû Cooperative Extension Service via Zoom and are available statewide. Each day, the class will meet from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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  • A person holding a ventilation hood in front of a building

    Arctic Dual Hood simplifies energy-efficient ventilation

    April 01, 2026

    A new ventilation system component developed by engineers at the ҹɫ¸£Àû and the Cold Climate Housing Research Center is helping indoor air quality in cold climates while saving energy.
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  • In a laboratory setting, a smiling man in a lab coat holds a beaker full of liquid and gas. He is directing some of the gas into the mouth of a child, while another child looks on, smiling.

    UAF's Science Potpourri offers fun activity medley

    March 30, 2026

    The annual Science Potpourri returns on Saturday, April 11. Designed to spark children's curiosity about science, the free all-ages event will take place from noon-3 p.m. in the Reichardt Building on the ҹɫ¸£Àû’ Troth Yeddha’ Campus. 
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  • Six smiling people wearing UAF clothing stand, three on each side, next to a polar bear mascot wearing an Alaska Nanooks jersey.

    UAF tops 1,300 donors during Giving Day event

    March 27, 2026

    More than 1,300 alumni and supporters stepped up this week to boost their favorite programs with donations during this year's 49-hour Giving Day event March 24-26.
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  • In a snowy field studded with the tops of small spruce trees, a man wearing a hooded parka pushes a bicycle on a trail drifted in with snow. Taller spruce edge the field in the background.

    Alaska bike journey rolls along

    March 27, 2026

    It's so quiet in these spruce hills and tamarack swamps that 27 hours and 50 miles passed between when Forest Wagner and I said goodbye to one human being at Old Minto and hello to the next near Baker.
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  • A person holds up a sheet of nearly transparent, tea-colored seaweed.

    Webinar focuses on Alaska's growing mariculture industry

    March 27, 2026

    In a free online presentation at noon on Wednesday, April 15, Melissa "Missy" Good with the ҹɫ¸£Àû Alaska Sea Grant will review how Alaska's mariculture industry strengthens coastal economies and food security. The webinar is hosted by the UAF Cooperative Extension Service.
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  • Jars of home-pickled carrots, zucchini, green beans and cauliflower are lined up on a kitchen counter.

    Food safety, preservation workshops planned for Kenai Peninsula

    March 26, 2026

    The ҹɫ¸£Àû Cooperative Extension Service is offering a series of food preservation and entrepreneurship workshops on the Kenai Peninsula in April. Professor Sarah Lewis will lead the classes in Homer, Kenai and Soldotna.
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  • People walking by solar panels

    ACEP offers paid research experience for science teachers

    March 26, 2026

    Middle and high school science teachers in Anchorage and Unalaska can apply for a paid, two-summer fellowship connecting educators with university researchers working on real-world energy and climate challenges.
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  • Peter Elstner, left, and Brendan Lahr stand on a snowy ridge discussing the payload section of a two-stage NASA Black Brant IX sounding rocket, which lies partially buried in snow. A vast Arctic landscape stretches behind them, with rolling, snow-covered terrain and distant mountains under clear winter light.

    Poker Flat Research Range cleans up what comes down

    March 25, 2026

    For Poker Flat, Peter Elstner leads the rocket mission cleanup team, which is supported by several contractors and NASA. The rocket recovery program retrieves the payloads and rocket parts -- or as many as can be found.
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  • New funding advances earthquake early warning for Alaska

    March 24, 2026

    Federal funding approved earlier this year will allow for the first implementation steps of the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system to begin in Alaska, though its operation is not expected for several years and is contingent on continued financial support. The system can provide several seconds to a minute or more of warning and is being used in California, Oregon and Washington.
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  • A woman in a red sweater, Jessie Young-Robertson, stands in a birch forest

    Seminar explores food, fiber and more from boreal forest

    March 23, 2026

    A ҹɫ¸£Àû researcher will share how differences in the boreal forest across the global North affect the way people use it and which plants and animals live there. The presentation by Jessie Young-Robertson, research associate professor of forest ecology with the UAF Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension, is part of the series "Circumpolar Connections: A Dialogue on Arctic Food Systems."
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