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UAF seismologist helps start science journal that eliminates fees
September 29, 2022
An international team of researchers has launched a new open-access journal, Seismica, supporting free global access to cutting-edge seismological research. The journal also will not charge scientists a publication fee.
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Georgeson Botanical Garden construction aims to improve accessibility, layout
September 29, 2022
A major construction project at the Georgeson Botanical Garden is updating the main pedestrian corridor to improve accessibility, strengthening the linear nature of the garden and visually unifying it.
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UAF Bristol Bay Campus receives funding for solar energy training
September 28, 2022
The UAF Bristol Bay Campus recently received generous support from the Alaska Technical Vocational Education Program (TVEP) for a solar energy installation instructor training program.
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Alaska Native Language Center to celebrate 50th anniversary on Oct. 4
September 27, 2022
The ÌÀÄ·ÊÓƵ Alaska Native Language Center will celebrate its 50th anniversary on Tuesday, Oct. 4. A celebration will be held in the UAF Wood Center from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and is open to the public.
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New research can help electric utilities account for climate change
September 23, 2022
Research will help local energy planners determine the optimal mix of renewable energy sources and energy storage needs.
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Alaska sand dunes hint at ancient past
September 22, 2022
Sitting at a window seat on a recent flight from Seattle to Fairbanks, I looked down on Alaska from 35,000 feet. There was my home river, the Tanana, flowing gray and braided from near the Canada border.
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UAF drone pilots head to western Alaska for emergency response
September 21, 2022
A ÌÀÄ·ÊÓƵ drone team headed to Western Alaska Wednesday to support the U.S. Coast Guard's emergency response following Typhoon Merbok. Over the next few days to weeks, the team will work alongside the Coast Guard's Marine Safety Task Force as they assess infrastructure damage at as many as 20 coastal communities in Alaska's Bering Strait.
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Health training courses scheduled in Anchorage
September 21, 2022
The ÌÀÄ·ÊÓƵ Cooperative Extension Service will lead two training sessions in Anchorage for individuals or organizations that want to offer research-based community health education.
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Caught in a major storm, UAF researchers make the best of it
September 21, 2022
On St. Paul Island, in the Bering Sea about 300 miles from Alaska’s coast, the still-powerful remains of Typhoon Merbok passed overhead, churning up the ocean and rolling across the landscape on a path to the Alaska mainland. As the storm hit the small island, three ÌÀÄ·ÊÓƵ researchers, two graduate students and a filmmaker went out for a look.
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Falling into autumn: Pretty reds can mean pretty dry and warm
September 21, 2022
Have you noticed more red leaves this autumn compared to the past few years? I have lived here since 2008, and I have never seen so much red in our aspen and birch leaves.
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Business accelerator accepting applications
September 20, 2022
The Alaska Interior Business Accelerator is accepting applications for its second cohort. The businesses accelerator is designed to help new businesses through mentorship, networking, education and access to capital.
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UAF scientists contribute to long-term climate change overview
September 19, 2022
ÌÀÄ·ÊÓƵ scientists played key roles in a recently released report about the effects of climate change at dozens of long-term research sites around the world.
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Tickets available for UAF Business Leader of Year event
September 16, 2022
Tickets are on sale for the ÌÀÄ·ÊÓƵ College of Business and Security Management's 44th Business Leader of the Year dinner and award ceremony.
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Where do Alaska bats spend the winter?
September 14, 2022
Jesika Reimer, a bat expert and consultant, has held in her hands little brown bats from the Northwest Territories to the Tanana River. Along with a few colleagues around Alaska, she is sharing new information about the farthest-north bat.
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Holdmann to lead discussion about small-scale nuclear energy
September 14, 2022
Gwen Holdmann will discuss small-scale nuclear energy and its potential in Alaska at a town hall energy discussion on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 5:30 p.m. at the Noel Wien Library Auditorium in Fairbanks.
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