Latest Research News and Events
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.
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.
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.
The great hollow of Minto Flats
April 04, 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.
Snow's absence and welcome presence
March 28, 2025
Rick Thoman noted in a recent report that the paucity of 2024-2025 snowfall in Anchorage and other Southcentral ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ locations may be unprecedented in the era of modern records.
Invitation: 2025 Research and Creative Activity Day
March 26, 2025
URSA invites you to attend the 2025 Research and Creative Activity Day on Tuesday, April 1, from noon to 3 p.m. in the Great Hall of the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fine Art Complex.
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Does a project need IBC review?
March 26, 2025
The Institutional Biosafety Committee is responsible for biological safety review and approval of projects at ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ. Projects requiring IBC review include those utilizing the following: recombinant DNA, synthetic nucleic acid molecules, infectious agents, biological toxins, federally-regulated select agents, and other potentially harmful biological agents.
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Limited submission funding opportunity for DoD MSI instrumentation grants
March 26, 2025
The Vice Chancellor for Research is soliciting white papers for the DoD MSI instrumentation call for proposals. ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ can submit three proposals of $200,000-$1,000,000. White papers are due March 28.
Two NASA rockets launch from Poker Flat, third rocket expected
March 26, 2025
Two NASA sounding rockets launched from Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks early Tuesday morning in a mission aimed at learning more about how the aurora affects the upper atmosphere.
Leaning towers of snow explained
March 21, 2025
Pete Wilda, a Fairbanks reader of this column, wanted to know how the snow here can bend off railings and loop from power lines without breaking. He grew up in eastern Wisconsin and doesn't remember the snow defying gravity there.