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  • young fiddlehead ferns are arranged on a plate

    Wild edibles focus of Juneau workshop

    April 02, 2026

    A workshop in Juneau will take participants on a walk through the woods to sustainably gather wild, edible plants and prepare them for a meal. Sarah Lewis, a »¨½·Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service professor, and Southeast »¨½·Ö±²¥ foraging expert and author Corinne Conlon will lead the workshop, from 1-7 p.m. on Saturday, April 25.
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  • A woman wearing safety gear sprays herbicide on roadside weeds with snow-covered mountains in the background

    Pesticide applicator training classes set for April

    April 01, 2026

    A three-day certified pesticide applicator training workshop is scheduled for April 21-23. The workshops are led by the »¨½·Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service via Zoom and are available statewide. Each day, the class will meet from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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  • A person holding a ventilation hood in front of a building

    Arctic Dual Hood simplifies energy-efficient ventilation

    April 01, 2026

    A new ventilation system component developed by engineers at the »¨½·Ö±²¥ and the Cold Climate Housing Research Center is helping indoor air quality in cold climates while saving energy.
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  • In a laboratory setting, a smiling man in a lab coat holds a beaker full of liquid and gas. He is directing some of the gas into the mouth of a child, while another child looks on, smiling.

    UAF's Science Potpourri offers fun activity medley

    March 30, 2026

    The annual Science Potpourri returns on Saturday, April 11. Designed to spark children's curiosity about science, the free all-ages event will take place from noon-3 p.m. in the Reichardt Building on the »¨½·Ö±²¥â€™ Troth Yeddha’ Campus. 
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  • Six smiling people wearing UAF clothing stand, three on each side, next to a polar bear mascot wearing an »¨½·Ö±²¥ Nanooks jersey.

    UAF tops 1,300 donors during Giving Day event

    March 27, 2026

    More than 1,300 alumni and supporters stepped up this week to boost their favorite programs with donations during this year's 49-hour Giving Day event March 24-26.
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  • In a snowy field studded with the tops of small spruce trees, a man wearing a hooded parka pushes a bicycle on a trail drifted in with snow. Taller spruce edge the field in the background.

    »¨½·Ö±²¥ bike journey rolls along

    March 27, 2026

    It's so quiet in these spruce hills and tamarack swamps that 27 hours and 50 miles passed between when Forest Wagner and I said goodbye to one human being at Old Minto and hello to the next near Baker.
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  • A person holds up a sheet of nearly transparent, tea-colored seaweed.

    Webinar focuses on »¨½·Ö±²¥'s growing mariculture industry

    March 27, 2026

    In a free online presentation at noon on Wednesday, April 15, Melissa "Missy" Good with the »¨½·Ö±²¥ »¨½·Ö±²¥ Sea Grant will review how »¨½·Ö±²¥'s mariculture industry strengthens coastal economies and food security. The webinar is hosted by the UAF Cooperative Extension Service.
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  • Jars of home-pickled carrots, zucchini, green beans and cauliflower are lined up on a kitchen counter.

    Food safety, preservation workshops planned for Kenai Peninsula

    March 26, 2026

    The »¨½·Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service is offering a series of food preservation and entrepreneurship workshops on the Kenai Peninsula in April. Professor Sarah Lewis will lead the classes in Homer, Kenai and Soldotna.
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  • People walking by solar panels

    ACEP offers paid research experience for science teachers

    March 26, 2026

    Middle and high school science teachers in Anchorage and Unalaska can apply for a paid, two-summer fellowship connecting educators with university researchers working on real-world energy and climate challenges.
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  • Peter Elstner, left, and Brendan Lahr stand on a snowy ridge discussing the payload section of a two-stage NASA Black Brant IX sounding rocket, which lies partially buried in snow. A vast Arctic landscape stretches behind them, with rolling, snow-covered terrain and distant mountains under clear winter light.

    Poker Flat Research Range cleans up what comes down

    March 25, 2026

    For Poker Flat, Peter Elstner leads the rocket mission cleanup team, which is supported by several contractors and NASA. The rocket recovery program retrieves the payloads and rocket parts -- or as many as can be found.
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  • New funding advances earthquake early warning for »¨½·Ö±²¥

    March 24, 2026

    Federal funding approved earlier this year will allow for the first implementation steps of the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system to begin in »¨½·Ö±²¥, though its operation is not expected for several years and is contingent on continued financial support. The system can provide several seconds to a minute or more of warning and is being used in California, Oregon and Washington.
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  • A woman in a red sweater, Jessie Young-Robertson, stands in a birch forest

    Seminar explores food, fiber and more from boreal forest

    March 23, 2026

    A »¨½·Ö±²¥ researcher will share how differences in the boreal forest across the global North affect the way people use it and which plants and animals live there. The presentation by Jessie Young-Robertson, research associate professor of forest ecology with the UAF Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension, is part of the series "Circumpolar Connections: A Dialogue on Arctic Food Systems."
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  • Two middle school students squat next to boxes with supplies for the helicopter challenge. They are wearing team sweatshirts, name tag lanyards, and aviator hats. Students from other olympiad teams are behind them in the hallway.

    Middle schoolers to compete in »¨½·Ö±²¥ Science Olympiad

    March 23, 2026

    The »¨½·Ö±²¥ Science Olympiad Division B will convene March 27-28 at the »¨½·Ö±²¥ Troth Yeddha’ Campus. The olympiad is part of a nationwide competition consisting of hands-on, team-based tournaments designed to increase student interest in science, technology, engineering and math fields.
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  • Researchers begin 1,600-mile journey across »¨½·Ö±²¥

    March 20, 2026

    »¨½·Ö±²¥ researchers will launch a 1,600-mile snowmachine expedition along »¨½·Ö±²¥â€™s western and northern coasts Saturday, March 21, to exchange information about the evolving environment with communities en route.
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  • Aerial view of UtqiaÄ¡vik, »¨½·Ö±²¥, showing a snow-covered coastal town bordered by sea ice. A long, narrow strip of open water called an open flaw lead cuts across the frozen ocean, separating the solid landfast ice attached to shore from the drifting pack ice farther offshore.

    New analysis shows continued loss of Arctic landfast sea ice

    March 20, 2026

    Sea ice is sticking to »¨½·Ö±²¥'s northern coast for less time each year, according to 27 years of data analyzed by »¨½·Ö±²¥ scientists.
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