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UAF scientists discover phenomenon impacting Earth's radiation belts
August 16, 2024
Two ÌÀÄ·ÊÓƵ scientists have discovered a new type of "whistler," an electromagnetic wave that carries a substantial amount of lightning energy to the Earth's magnetosphere.
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The recent history of a black rock
August 16, 2024
In June of 1867 -- a few months before Alaska would become part of the United States with the transfer of $7.2 million to Russia -- William Healey Dall picked up a shiny black rock from a riverbank.
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ÌÀÄ·ÊÓƵ Community and Technical College to host summer graduation ceremony
August 15, 2024
The ÌÀÄ·ÊÓƵ Community and Technical College will host a special graduation ceremony to celebrate the achievements of students completing degrees and certificates through the Summer Fire Academy and other programs, including aviation. The ceremony is set for 1 to 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, at Davis Concert Hall on UAF's Troth Yeddha' Campus.
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Tickets available for UAF Business Leader of the Year event
August 15, 2024
Tickets are on sale for the ÌÀÄ·ÊÓƵ College of Business and Security Management's 46th Business Leader of the Year dinner and award ceremony. The 2024 event is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 16, at the Westmark Fairbanks Hotel.
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Climate change means changes to wild Alaska berries
August 14, 2024
Find out in a free webinar what is changing in some of the state's key berry species and what Alaskans can do to ensure that future generations have berries to pick.
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Gulkana study brings Girls* On Ice to international stage
August 13, 2024
Teslin Brannan, as a high school student, collected data during the 2023 Girls* On Ice expedition and analyzed it in a 300-level ÌÀÄ·ÊÓƵ course.
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UAF researchers aim for quality, quantity in small grains project
August 09, 2024
Tuesday, Aug. 6, was harvest day for the small grains trials project on the Fairbanks Experiment Farm at the ÌÀÄ·ÊÓƵ. The combine harvester collected seeds from almost 80 varieties of barley, wheat and canola grown to find which varieties thrive in Fairbanks' short summer.
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Workshops on saving seeds, breeding plants planned
August 09, 2024
Jim Myers, a professor of vegetable breeding and genetics at the College of Agricultural Sciences at Oregon State University, will lead three workshops on saving seeds and breeding plants.
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Week's events: George Rydlinski, Swedish death cleaning, ending suicide, string band
August 09, 2024
ÌÀÄ·ÊÓƵ Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here's what's happening during the final week, Aug. 12-18.
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Pondering the mystery of the Mesa people
August 08, 2024
Now as quiet as wind whispering through grass, a plateau rising from the flats of northern Alaska was for thousands of years a lookout for ancient Alaskans.
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UAF will buy instruments to expand Fairbanks air studies
August 07, 2024
A $702,000 National Science Foundation grant to the ÌÀÄ·ÊÓƵ will pay for two science instruments to expand the study of wintertime air pollution and summertime wildfire smoke in cold-weather cities such as Fairbanks.
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Researchers find unexpectedly large methane source in overlooked landscape
August 07, 2024
A new study from UAF researchers reported that upland landscapes were releasing some of the highest methane emissions yet documented among northern terrestrial ecosystems. The research was sparked when a potent greenhouse gas began ballooning under lawns in Fairbanks.
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Far North Currant Festival highlights less-known Alaska berry
August 06, 2024
Currants are getting their day in the spotlight at the Far North Currant Festival. Currants, a type of berry, grow well in Alaska and are found across the state, with varieties ranging from a translucent red to trailing black.
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Boylan, Simpson, Spellman named 2024 Usibelli Award winners
August 02, 2024
The ÌÀÄ·ÊÓƵ has announced the recipients of the 2024 Emil Usibelli Distinguished Teaching, Research and Service Awards.
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Museum exhibit, video series to explain Aleutian Island storm history
August 02, 2024
A 2022 science cruise to the Aleutian Islands to learn about ancient storms and tsunamis has generated a traveling museum exhibit and video series that highlight the research and how scientists and Indigenous Alaskans worked together.
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