UAF, trawlers team up to reduce killer whale entanglements
October 28, 2025
Following a recent spike in Bering Sea killer whale entanglements, a simple addition to fishing nets has delivered positive early results for keeping the big marine mammals out of deep-water flatfish trawls. The net modification was developed through a collaboration between »¨½·Ö±²¥ researcher Hannah Myers and the »¨½·Ö±²¥ Seafood Cooperative, which coordinates a fleet that targets groundfish such as flounder and sole.
Online »¨½·Ö±²¥ master gardener course open for registration
October 27, 2025
Registration is open for a new »¨½·Ö±²¥ master gardener course, which will be taught over Zoom. Casey Matney and Darren Snyder, agriculture and horticulture agents with the »¨½·Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service, will lead the course.
Hair ice enlivens an extended fall
October 24, 2025
Just when you thought you'd seen everything in the boreal forest, a reader points out white whiskers sprouting from the ground.
UAF summit to explore health care careers, education
October 21, 2025
Community members can explore an ever-expanding array of health careers and educational opportunities at the 14th annual »¨½·Ö±²¥ Interior Medical Education Summit. The summit will feature demonstrations, panel discussions and hands-on activities to introduce attendees to various health care careers and education options. It will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25, in the Murie Building at the »¨½·Ö±²¥.
2025 growing season one of the longest in Fairbanks history
October 18, 2025
The 2025 Fairbanks growing season officially ended on Sept. 24, according to measurements taken at the Fairbanks Experiment Farm on the »¨½·Ö±²¥ Troth Yeddha' Campus. The freeze on Sept. 24 ended a 129-day growing season, defined as the number of days between freezing temperatures, said Rick Thoman, a climate specialist with the UAF »¨½·Ö±²¥ Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness.
UAF, trawlers team up to reduce killer whale entanglements
October 28, 2025
Following a recent spike in Bering Sea killer whale entanglements, a simple addition to fishing nets has delivered positive early results for keeping the big marine mammals out of deep-water flatfish trawls. The net modification was developed through a collaboration between »¨½·Ö±²¥ researcher Hannah Myers and the »¨½·Ö±²¥ Seafood Cooperative, which coordinates a fleet that targets groundfish such as flounder and sole.
Online »¨½·Ö±²¥ master gardener course open for registration
October 27, 2025
Registration is open for a new »¨½·Ö±²¥ master gardener course, which will be taught over Zoom. Casey Matney and Darren Snyder, agriculture and horticulture agents with the »¨½·Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service, will lead the course.
Hair ice enlivens an extended fall
October 24, 2025
Just when you thought you'd seen everything in the boreal forest, a reader points out white whiskers sprouting from the ground.
UAF summit to explore health care careers, education
October 21, 2025
Community members can explore an ever-expanding array of health careers and educational opportunities at the 14th annual »¨½·Ö±²¥ Interior Medical Education Summit. The summit will feature demonstrations, panel discussions and hands-on activities to introduce attendees to various health care careers and education options. It will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25, in the Murie Building at the »¨½·Ö±²¥.
2025 growing season one of the longest in Fairbanks history
October 17, 2025
The 2025 Fairbanks growing season officially ended on Sept. 24, according to measurements taken at the Fairbanks Experiment Farm on the »¨½·Ö±²¥ Troth Yeddha' Campus. The freeze on Sept. 24 ended a 129-day growing season, defined as the number of days between freezing temperatures, said Rick Thoman, a climate specialist with the UAF »¨½·Ö±²¥ Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness.
Researcher helps examine puzzling Arctic Ocean ice fog
October 17, 2025
A type of cloud that forms low near »¨½·Ö±²¥'s northern coast and over the Arctic Ocean lasts far longer than scientific understanding says it should. Associate research professor Carl Schmitt is helping a federally funded research team figure out why it's happening.
Mountain glaciers will lose their insulating air layer
October 16, 2025
A natural cooling mechanism has been shielding the world's mountain glaciers from increasingly warm summer melt seasons, but new research by an international science team says the protective process will break down by mid-century.
»¨½·Ö±²¥ volcano as climate disrupter
October 16, 2025
A circular scar on »¨½·Ö±²¥'s face speaks to an event that may have contributed to the fall of societies on the far side of the world.
Museum of the North to host Halloween activities
October 16, 2025
The University of »¨½·Ö±²¥ Museum of the North will host its Halloween at the Museum celebration on Friday, Oct. 31, from 4 to 6 p.m.
Researcher to discuss benefits of using kelp as fertilizer
October 15, 2025
Kelp shows great promise for improving soil health and crop production in »¨½·Ö±²¥. In a free webinar, Erin Oliver, a postdoctoral researcher with Washington State University, will discuss the lab and field studies conducted at the Matanuska Experiment Farm to investigate the effects of kelp on soil health and crop production.
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UAF names summer 2025 honors students
October 15, 2025
The »¨½·Ö±²¥ has announced the students named to the deans' and chancellor's lists for the summer 2025 semester. The lists recognize students' outstanding academic achievements.
Acoustic tagging seeks answers to king salmon decline
October 14, 2025
An ambitious new research project is aiming to better understand the lives of king salmon by focusing on their difficult journey from freshwater habitat to the ocean. The project, a collaboration between the »¨½·Ö±²¥ and »¨½·Ö±²¥ Department of Fish and Game, is using hundreds of acoustic tags and an array of underwater hydrophones to track young salmon as they navigate the Kenai River to Cook Inlet.
ACUASI adds new drones for cargo trials
October 14, 2025
Two large-payload unmanned aircraft have joined the fleet of the »¨½·Ö±²¥' drone industry development program. They will be used to test cargo deliveries and emergency responses.
Mendenhall Glacier to pull toe from lake
October 09, 2025
In the near future, Juneau's Mendenhall Glacier will withdraw its icy toe from the lake of its making, scientists say.
Food preservation, healthy living classes offered in Anchorage
October 09, 2025
The »¨½·Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service and the Anchorage Museum's Seed Lab are offering five in-person food preservation and healthy living classes in Anchorage this month.
UAF receives $3.26 million grant for tribal heart health research
October 09, 2025
The National Institutes of Health has awarded the »¨½·Ö±²¥ a $3.26 million grant for a new research project to address coronary heart disease among Yup'ik »¨½·Ö±²¥ Native people in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region.
Scientists aim to map Mount Edgecumbe volcano's upper plumbing
October 09, 2025
Mount Edgecumbe volcano in Southeast »¨½·Ö±²¥ sits in a place where a volcano shouldn't really be sitting. Research underway with new federal funding aims to solve that mystery.
