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  • Head and shoulders photo of a man in a knit cap and light jacket in a fall landscape with the Alaska oil pipeline in the background.

    A rich career in a quirky place that fit

    November 15, 2024

    Brian Barnes did something outrageous earlier this week. The biologist drove to a movie theater. In the middle of the day. Barnes, 70, had time to catch a matinee in Fairbanks because after 38 years he recently retired from the University Alaska Fairbanks.
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  • A group of people stand in a field facing a person giving a presentation on the flowering plants behind with university buildings visible on the hill in the background.

    UAF boosts awareness of agriculture, food systems in Alaska

    November 14, 2024

    A combination of corporate support and the ҹɫ¸£Àû' commitment to science communication has allowed the Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension to leverage new initiatives to increase awareness of agriculture's importance to Alaska's complex food system.
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  • Three lightly browned sourdough biscuits are piled on a flour-covered surface.

    Sitka chef to lead brunch-time biscuit-making workshop

    November 12, 2024

    Chef Andrew Jylkka will share his tips and tricks for making sourdough buttermilk biscuits during a cozy brunch-time class sponsored by the ҹɫ¸£Àû Cooperative Extension Service in Sitka.
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  • A person wraps wire around the trunk of a tiny evergreen bonsai tree to shape it.

    Learn the ancient art of bonsai in Anchorage class

    November 11, 2024

    Learn the art of bonsai in a hands-on class taught by longtime florist Paul Marmora in Anchorage. Marmora is past president of the Cook Inlet Bonsai Study Group.
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  • A landscape with spruce trees in the foreground and a rocky mountain slope in the distance.

    Geologic hydrogen may be an answer

    November 08, 2024

    The internal combustion engine is less than 100 years old. Same for the technologies we have developed to pull oil and gas from the ground. It's hard to imagine life without our cars and planes and buildings heated with natural gas and oil. But it really wasn't that long ago that people had none of these things. Sometimes, advances happen, and clever people change the way we live.
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  • UAF, partners receive $15 million to form innovation hub

    November 08, 2024

    The ҹɫ¸£Àû is one of eight universities jointly awarded $15 million by the National Science Foundation to support and train academics to turn their research outcomes into entrepreneurial accomplishments.
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  • UAF summit to explore health care careers, education

    November 06, 2024

    Community members can explore an ever-expanding array of health careers and educational opportunities at the 13th annual Alaska Interior Medical Education Summit on Saturday, Nov. 9.
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  • Gina Henry Louis gets a congratulatory hug from her son Jonah Louis after during the 2024 CTC Traiblazer Recognition Ceremony.

    CTC launches Associate of Arts in a Year program

    November 06, 2024

    The ҹɫ¸£Àû Community and Technical College has launched a fully online program that lets students earn an Associate of Arts degree in just one year.
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  • Sikuliaq visiting Hawaii to support research efforts

    November 05, 2024

    The Seward-based research vessel Sikuliaq will be spending this winter in the tropics. The only ice-capable vessel in the U.S. academic research fleet arrived in Hawaii on Saturday, where it will operate for the next five months. The detour is part of an effort to help with projects in the region while other vessels are busy or undergoing repairs.
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  • Panel will discuss carbon capture, use and storage in Alaska

    November 05, 2024

    The ҹɫ¸£Àû’ Alaska Center for Energy and Power will host a town hall discussion on carbon capture, use and storage on Nov. 19 in the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center.
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  • Heat map of fossil footprint

    Fossil tracks push range of large bird northward

    November 04, 2024

    Scientists from Fairbanks, New Mexico and Japan have discovered the first reported fossilized tracks of a large four-toed bird that inhabited central Alaska 90 million to 120 million years ago.
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  • CTC receives $4.3 million to boost Native student success

    November 04, 2024

    The ҹɫ¸£Àû' Community and Technical College has been awarded a $4.3 million federal Title III grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The five-year grant will be used to enhance academic programs, student services and partnerships with industry to improve access and success for Alaska Native students.
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  • Argon mass spectrometer at the UAF Geophysical Institute's Geochronology Lab.

    UAF aims to make Alaska a critical minerals hub

    November 01, 2024

    The ҹɫ¸£Àû has a new research unit that aims to make Alaska a global leader in research and development of critical minerals.
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  • A striped mussel shell smaller than a fingernail is shown embedded in a ball of moss.

    Climate change focus of 25th annual Invasive Species Workshop

    November 01, 2024

    Managing invasive species in a changing climate will be the focus of the 25th annual Alaska Invasive Species Workshop on Nov. 12-14 in Fairbanks. The ҹɫ¸£Àû Cooperative Extension Service is coordinating the workshop with the Alaska Invasive Species Partnership, an informal statewide group of agencies, organizations and individuals concerned about invasive species.
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  • Cars sit in a parking lot covered with slushy snow.

    The numbers behind a weather forecast

    November 01, 2024

    A meteorologist from the National Weather Service's local office recently told a newspaper reporter that heavy, wet, snow would materialize in a few days. He said it would resemble "cement falling from the sky."
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