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Susan Harry keeps a close eye on pollen in Interior ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ

April 25, 2025

For the past 25 years, Susan Harry has been peering into a microscope every spring to count and classify minuscule grains of pollen. It's a task that can take from a few minutes up to an hour and a half at the height of pollen season, in May and early June.

Tundra swans take two pathways to ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ

April 25, 2025

Tundra swans -- at 15 pounds and with a wingspan of almost six feet -- are now touching down on the ponds and snowfields of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ.

New book explores the skies with Dene knowledge

April 24, 2025

Chris Cannon, an assistant professor at the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks College of Indigenous Studies, has published "In the Footsteps of the Traveller: The Astronomy of Northern Dene."

ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ native plants, insects featured in webinar series

April 24, 2025

A series of webinars highlighting ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ's diverse native plants and their uses is scheduled for May, which is ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Native Plant Month. The series, available statewide, is a collaboration between the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Native Plant Society.

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 ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ and the U.S.

ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ College of Liberal Arts names outstanding students

April 22, 2025

The University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks College of Liberal Arts has named 29 outstanding students for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Tiny ocean wave vibrations hold ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ climate secrets

April 22, 2025

Tiny ocean wave vibrations from the Gulf of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ — too subtle for humans to notice — can travel through land as far north as ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’s Arctic coastline. These and other low-frequency vibrations generated daily by ocean waves offer insights into climate change.

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 University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and Delta Career Advancement Center.

Certified food protection manager classes scheduled

April 18, 2025

The University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks 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 ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ.

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 ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ, a place so far away from his home in New York City he couldn't imagine it.

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 University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks 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.

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 University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks 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.

ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ research provides a roadmap for soaring global lithium demand

April 15, 2025

New work by a University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks professor fills some gaps in knowledge about Earth's resources of lithium, a critical element powering electronics and electric vehicles.

Birch tapping workshops on tap in Anchorage, Palmer

April 14, 2025

Southcentral ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ residents can learn the process of collecting birch sap to make refreshing drinks or boil down into birch syrup in two University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks 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.

Arctic Innovation Competition finals and awards set for April 19

April 14, 2025

The University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks 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.

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.

ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ 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.