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°®ÎÛ´«Ã½ to offer comet viewing -- if the weather cooperates
October 11, 2024
The University of Alaska Fairbanks invites the public to view a celestial visitor that hasn't traveled near Earth in at least 80,000 years.
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OneTree Alaska celebrates birch trees under the full moon
October 11, 2024
Visit a birch grove under the full moon and learn about these trees Thursday, Oct. 17, on the University of Alaska Fairbanks' North Campus. The event, sponsored by OneTree Alaska, will run from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., with moonrise at 5:47 p.m.
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°®ÎÛ´«Ã½ hosting 2024 Indigenous Peoples Day events
October 11, 2024
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day on Oct. 14 this year with a day full of cultural events and workshops.
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The lion that walked through your yard
October 11, 2024
Grizzly and black bears remind humans that we are not at the top of the food chain in Alaska. Ancient Alaskans shared the grasslands with possibly an even more terrifying predator -- the American lion.
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Anchorage 4-H plans open house for new members
October 10, 2024
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service is hosting an open house in Anchorage for youths aged 5-18 who are interested in joining 4-H.
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Ocean glider opens new 'tool kit' in crab tracking efforts
October 08, 2024
A remotely piloted underwater glider is showing promise as a tool to track crabs in the Bering Sea, where their numbers have plummeted. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the University of Alaska Fairbanks have tested the glider Shackleton for the past three years to locate tagged crabs.
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Museum programs explore skulls in October
October 04, 2024
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is focusing on skulls during family programs in October.
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NextGen awards more than $250,000 in scholarships; more available
October 04, 2024
Thirty-one University of Alaska Fairbanks students were awarded a total of $257,934 in scholarships through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's NextGen Program this fall.
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Alaska peregrine falcon numbers drop again
October 03, 2024
Skip Ambrose has floated the upper Yukon River almost every year since Richard Nixon was President. Back then, in 1973, only 12 pairs of peregrine falcons perched at nest sites over a 180-mile stretch of river.
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Revitalized project will offer Alaskans energy data access
October 03, 2024
A University of Alaska project will update a public energy data resource in Alaska. With the support of the Alaska Legislature, the university will begin a three-year effort to revitalize the Alaska Energy Data Gateway, a project to create equitable access to Alaska energy data and data analytics.
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°®ÎÛ´«Ã½'s high-performance computing resources just got a lot smarter
October 03, 2024
University of Alaska Fairbanks staff upgraded the university's most powerful high-performance computer this summer to significantly increase its capacity and usefulness to researchers and students.
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Remote energy leaders can collaborate to advance energy projects
October 02, 2024
The Energy Leadership Accelerator application period is now open. ELA is a new program that connects energy leaders from remote and islanded communities, including those in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories, to advance local energy projects and workforce development.
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Alaska 4-H kicks off new program year with a special day
October 01, 2024
Youths and volunteers across Alaska are enrolling in 4-H as the program year begins this October. They're also celebrating the inaugural Alaska State 4-H Day on Wednesday, Oct. 2, and National 4-H Week, Oct. 7-12.
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°®ÎÛ´«Ã½ study tracks traveling population wave in Canada lynx
September 30, 2024
A new study by researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Institute of Arctic Biology provides compelling evidence that Canada lynx populations in Interior Alaska experience a "traveling population wave" affecting their reproduction, movement and survival. This discovery could help wildlife managers make better-informed decisions when managing one of the boreal forest's keystone predators.
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Red aurora rare enough to be special
September 26, 2024
Charles Deehr will never forget his first red aurora. On Feb. 11, 1958, Deehr was a student at Reed College in Portland, Ore. He asked a Fulbright student from Norway named Tone to the Portland Symphony that night.
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