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    New book explores the skies with Dene knowledge

    April 24, 2025

    Chris Cannon, an assistant professor at the ºÚÁÏÉçapp College of Indigenous Studies, has published "In the Footsteps of the Traveller: The Astronomy of Northern Dene."
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  • Sunlight highlights flowers on the end of a willow stem

    ºÚÁÏÉçappnative plants, insects featured in webinar series

    April 24, 2025

    A series of webinars highlighting Alaska's diverse native plants and their uses is scheduled for May, which is ºÚÁÏÉçappNative Plant Month. The series, available statewide, is a collaboration between the ºÚÁÏÉçapp Cooperative Extension Service and the ºÚÁÏÉçappNative Plant Society.
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  • Man on left and woman on right hold up giant check. In between them are three men and one woman pointing to the check and smiling for the camera.

    Arctic Innovation Competition presents 2025 awards

    April 23, 2025

    The Arctic Innovation Competition awarded over $45,000 on Saturday, April 19, at the 8 Star Events Center in Fairbanks. The competition had almost 150 submissions entered by participants across ºÚÁÏÉçappand the U.S.
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  • Multiple recipients of the UAF College of Liberal Arts' Outstanding Student Award for the 2024-2025 academic year gather on the Dine 49 steps in Wood Center on April 18, 2025. From left: Patrick Deslaurier, Trevor Chrzan, Lizzy Hahn, Kjrsten Schindler, Kevin Carroll, Sarah Dexter, Hazel Probst, Sophia Martin, Katie Craney, Xochitl Martinez, Jaylon Pate, Ben Lucia, Evelina Savonin. UAF Photo by Leif Van Cise.

    UAF College of Liberal Arts names outstanding students

    April 22, 2025

    The ºÚÁÏÉçapp College of Liberal Arts has named 29 outstanding students for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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  • Gulf of ºÚÁÏÉçappstorm satellite image

    Tiny ocean wave vibrations hold ºÚÁÏÉçappclimate secrets

    April 22, 2025

    Tiny ocean wave vibrations from the Gulf of ºÚÁÏÉçapp— too subtle for humans to notice — can travel through land as far north as Alaska’s Arctic coastline. These and other low-frequency vibrations generated daily by ocean waves offer insights into climate change.
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  • A man's hand is placed next to a large bear print on a muddy area

    Bear awareness and bear spray workshop offered in Delta Junction

    April 21, 2025

    Delta Junction residents can learn how to react during a bear encounter and practice using inert bear spray in a one-day workshop offered by the ºÚÁÏÉçapp Cooperative Extension Service and Delta Career Advancement Center.
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  • Certified food protection manager classes scheduled

    April 18, 2025

    The ºÚÁÏÉçapp Cooperative Extension Service will offer three certified food protection manager classes in May and June. The course will cover the material required to pass the National Restaurant Association's ServSafe Manager exam for Alaska.
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  • On a river, a stern-mounted paddlewheel drives a large white boat with three main stories. Passengers line the foredecks above the first and second stories. Smoke pours from a stack that rises above a fourth-story wheelhouse near the boat's fore end. The boat pushes a smaller open barge.

    An early ascent of the Yukon River

    April 17, 2025

    Civil War veteran Charles Raymond was 27 when he accepted an assignment to visit the new U.S. territory of Alaska, a place so far away from his home in New York City he couldn't imagine it.
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  • Several slugs climb over a lettuce plant in a field

    Expert offers tips for gardeners to keep slugs at bay

    April 17, 2025

    Learn how to keep slugs from enjoying more of your garden than you do during a free statewide webinar. Joey Slowik, an integrated pest management technician with the ºÚÁÏÉçapp Cooperative Extension Service, will share best practices for designing your garden to discourage slug incursions. He also will discuss ways to whittle their populations and other management strategies.
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  • A robin sits in a still-leafless tree in the springtime

    Love birds? Learn how to attract them to your backyard

    April 16, 2025

    Delta Junction residents can attend a free in-person workshop offered by the ºÚÁÏÉçapp Cooperative Extension Service office to learn about birds that frequent their area and how to attract them to local yards. Jeff Mason, an ecologist with the Salcha-Delta Soil & Water Conservation District, has worked with birds throughout his career. He will discuss species found in Delta and highlight the ones residents are likely to see in their yards.
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  • Lee Ann Munk gets a brine sample in Argentina.

    UAF research provides a roadmap for soaring global lithium demand

    April 15, 2025

    New work by a ºÚÁÏÉçapp professor fills some gaps in knowledge about Earth's resources of lithium, a critical element powering electronics and electric vehicles.
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  • Closeup showing sap dripping from a tap drilled into a birch tree into a white bucket

    Birch tapping workshops on tap in Anchorage, Palmer

    April 14, 2025

    Southcentral ºÚÁÏÉçappresidents can learn the process of collecting birch sap to make refreshing drinks or boil down into birch syrup in two ºÚÁÏÉçapp Cooperative Extension Service workshops. The workshops, led by retired Extension educator Meg Burgett, will introduce birch "sugaring" and cover where, when and how to tap birch trees to collect sap.
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  • woman presents idea to audience on a podium with a PowerPoint

    Arctic Innovation Competition finals and awards set for April 19

    April 14, 2025

    The ºÚÁÏÉçapp College of Business and Security Management will host the annual Arctic Innovation Competition finals and award ceremony at the 8 Star Events Center in Fairbanks on Saturday, April 19, from 1-5 p.m.
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  • A person smiles at the camera while petting a white-spotted black goat on a Kodiak farm

    NextGen scholarships, paid internships available

    April 11, 2025

    The application period for U.S. Department of Agriculture NextGen scholarships is open. Undergraduate and graduate students can apply for scholarships of up to $12,000 annually to support their education and gain exposure to career opportunities in agriculture. Paid summer internships are also available.
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  • Team members get a drone ready to fly

    UAF drones enter the hot zone to make volcano research safer

    April 11, 2025

    The four-propeller drone sitting briefly on a rocky and dusty surface in Central America in early March had an impressive diameter of nearly 7 ½ feet. This small speck had a big and innovative mission: sample gas escaping from the soil of an active volcanic crater about a half a mile wide and about 1,000 feet deep, one of Earth's largest.
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