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Discover which plants »¨½·Ö±²¥ pollinators prefer in webinar

July 17, 2025

While flowers like bird vetch and white sweetclover may be pretty, they are invasive and their spread can be harmful to pollinators, according to an entomologist with the »¨½·Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service.

»¨½·Ö±²¥ heavy with summer insects

July 17, 2025

In these days of endless sunshine and air that doesn't hurt to breathe, life is rich in the North, from the multitude of baby birds hatching at this instant to the month-old orange moose calves restocking the »¨½·Ö±²¥ ungulate population. Less seen are the millions of insects now dancing across the tundra and floating in air.

2025 Edith R. Bullock Prize for Excellence awarded to Patrick Druckenmiller

July 16, 2025

The UA Foundation Board of Directors has selected Patrick Druckenmiller, director of the University of »¨½·Ö±²¥ Museum of the North, as the recipient of the 2025 Edith R. Bullock Prize for Excellence.

Workshop showcases DIY floral and herb-infused lip balms, salves

July 15, 2025

Unleash your inner alchemist and discover the art of crafting luxurious, personalized lip balms and salves in this hands-on workshop hosted by the »¨½·Ö±²¥ Harvest Collaborative. Mallory Smith will lead the class and help participants harvest herbs fresh from the garden. The herbs will then be blended with soothing butters and protective waxes to create custom mixtures tailored to participants' preferences.

Tiny crystals provide insight to massive 2006 Augustine Volcano eruption

July 11, 2025

Samples of extremely small crystal clots, each polished to the thickness of a human hair or thinner, have revealed information about the process triggering the major 2006 eruption of »¨½·Ö±²¥'s Augustine Volcano.

»¨½·Ö±²¥ climate report: June jumped from cool to hot, hot, hot

July 11, 2025

June began cool and wet but rapidly changed to hot and dry at the midpoint, with wildfires bursting out across the state, according to the monthly summary from the »¨½·Ö±²¥ Climate Research Center.

One big earthquake, two »¨½·Ö±²¥ ghost towns

July 11, 2025

DOME CITY -- "I'm really happy to be out here," Carl Tape says as he stands on a pyramid of dry gravel, 20 feet high. "I've been thinking about this earthquake for 10 years."

Week's events: Brian O'Donoghue, AI and heart health, relating to the land, summer music

July 11, 2025

»¨½·Ö±²¥ Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here's what's happening during the week of July 14-20.

UAF names spring 2025 honors students

July 10, 2025

The »¨½·Ö±²¥ has announced the students named to the deans' and chancellor's lists for the spring 2025 semester. The lists recognize students' outstanding academic achievements.

Webinar to show how plants can reduce stress, improve well-being

July 10, 2025

Join Stacey Shriner, education director with the »¨½·Ö±²¥ Botanical Garden, to learn more about therapeutic horticulture and how plants can help individuals meet their social, physical and mental health goals. The free, statewide webinar is hosted by the »¨½·Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service.

Whale poop links toxic algal blooms to ocean warming

July 09, 2025

Analysis of bowhead whale poop shows that more toxins from typically warm-water toxic algae species are entering Arctic food webs as northern oceans warm and lose sea ice.

»¨½·Ö±²¥ agricultural science on display at Field Days

July 08, 2025

Spend an afternoon with researchers in the fields of the experiment farms in Fairbanks or Palmer and learn about the agriculture-related science happening at the »¨½·Ö±²¥. UAF's Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension invites farmers, gardeners and community members to tour the fields and farms and learn through presentations, tours and discussions at these free educational events.

Rural »¨½·Ö±²¥ Honors Institute will celebrate 43rd graduation

July 07, 2025

The Rural »¨½·Ö±²¥ Honors Institute will hold its 43rd annual graduation July 10 at 1 p.m. in Schaible Auditorium on the »¨½·Ö±²¥ Troth Yeddha' Campus. The ceremony will stream live on Facebook.

»¨½·Ö±²¥'s state insect is not the mosquito

July 02, 2025

Thirty years ago, students from the Auntie Mary Nicoli Elementary School in Aniak were among those who held a statewide election to declare an insect that best represented »¨½·Ö±²¥. Their school's winner: The dragonfly.

Week's events: Mike Thomas, chronic pain, urban muskoxen, alt-bluegrass

July 02, 2025

»¨½·Ö±²¥ Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here's what's happening during the week of July 7-13.

Campers cook with UAF greenhouse produce

July 01, 2025

Budding chefs got a taste of science this June. Students in two cooking camps at the »¨½·Ö±²¥ used tomatoes grown during research into greenhouse productivity.

Chukchi Consortium Library to close Sept. 1

June 30, 2025

The Chukchi Consortium Library in Kotzebue will close permanently on Sept. 1, 2025. The UAF Chukchi Campus has operated the library with local contributions from the Northwest Arctic Borough since 2010. UAF made the decision to close the library due to declining state and local funding.