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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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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.
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The adaptable, continental great horned owl
April 10, 2025
The knee-high owl known for its "plumicorns" -- tufts above its ears that resemble horns -- haunts every forested bit of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ.
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ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ climate report: Record low maximum Arctic sea ice
April 09, 2025
Winter's sea ice extent in the Arctic set a new record low as it peaked March 22, according to the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Climate Research Center's monthly report.
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Kick off the Fairbanks gardening season with hands-on workshop
April 08, 2025
Get your hands dirty and learn about starting seedlings indoors before the outdoor growing season begins. At a workshop, Mallory Smith of the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station will share her top tips and tricks for cultivating healthy seedlings.
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New assessment shows gain of coastline from receding glaciers
April 08, 2025
New research gives a detailed look at the extent to which receding glaciers in ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ and elsewhere in the Northern Hemisphere are creating new coastline and how that newly exposed terrain is behaving.
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Free webinar covers the topic of cover crops
April 08, 2025
Learn about the different kinds of cover crops and their uses in a free webinar led by University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks soils scientist Caley Gasch.
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The great hollow of Minto Flats
April 03, 2025
Within a vast bowl bordered by blue hills, I rolled along on a trail scratched into ice by snowmachines. That deceptive basin -- Minto Flats -- is big enough to swallow Denali, if the big mountain happened to stumble in here and fall.
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ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ's annual Science Potpourri set for April 12
April 02, 2025
The annual Science Potpourri returns to the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks on Saturday, April 12. Designed to spark children's curiosity about the sciences, this free all-ages event will take place from noon to 3 p.m. in the Reichardt Building on the Troth Yeddha' Campus.
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Launch of third NASA rocket completes complex aurora mission
April 01, 2025
The third and final NASA sounding rocket in a mission to better understand how the aurora affects the upper atmosphere launched at 1:33 a.m. Saturday and dispersed white vapor tracers high over central ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ.
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Control strategies for pretty, but invasive, orange hawkweed
April 01, 2025
Don't be fooled by orange hawkweed, a dainty little orange flower that can take over your pasture, lawn or wildflower garden. In a free statewide webinar, learn how orange hawkweed's biology makes it so invasive and how to use that biology to control it.
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Museum family programs highlight trees in April
April 01, 2025
Family programs at the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Museum of the North will focus on trees during April.
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Sample Cajun etouffee in Sitka cook-off
March 31, 2025
Join the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service in Sitka for a Cajun cuisine cooking competition: The Sitka Etouffee-Off.
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Microplastics contaminate spotted seal diets in remote ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ waters
March 31, 2025
Spotted seals in some of the most remote marine areas around ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ are consuming significant amounts of microplastics in their diets, according to a new University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks-led study.
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Workshop discusses science behind selecting vegetable varieties
March 31, 2025
Learn about the hardiness, yield and taste of different varieties of 10 common garden vegetables during an in-person workshop in Delta Junction.
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