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Diane O'Brien named director of the Institute of Arctic Biology
May 30, 2024
Diane O'Brien has been named director of the ²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø Institute of Arctic Biology. O'Brien, a professor of biology and wildlife, has served as interim director since 2021.
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Tall Timbers interview series begins June 10
May 30, 2024
The ²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø will launch the ²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø Tall Timbers interview series on June 10. The nine-week series is presented by UAF Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning and honors people who have served the ²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø community.
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Geophysical Institute, Poker Flat offer free summer tours
May 29, 2024
The ²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø Geophysical Institute is offering free public tours through Labor Day.
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UAF School of Education earns CAEP accreditation
May 29, 2024
The ²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø School of Education recently earned accreditation from the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation. CAEP accreditation signifies that UAF has met rigorous, nationally recognized standards developed to ensure excellence in teacher preparation programs.
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Geophysical Institute, Explore ²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø offer new summer science series
May 24, 2024
The ²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø Geophysical Institute and Explore ²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø will host free public science talks this summer at the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center in downtown ²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø.
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Discover Alaska lecture series starts June 5
May 24, 2024
The ²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø will host the Discover Alaska lecture series starting on June 5. This year's lectures feature scientists whose research explores various aspects of Alaska. The series is presented by UAF Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning in cooperation with UAF's Institute of Arctic Biology.
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Regents approve UAF College of Indigenous Studies
May 23, 2024
The ²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø College of Rural and Community Development is now the College of Indigenous Studies. The University of Alaska Board of Regents unanimously approved the name change at its May 23 meeting in Anchorage.
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A backyard science expedition, in diapers
May 23, 2024
A fist-size opening in the forest floor exhausted so much air this spring that it built its own chimney of frost. A university researcher -- and her kids -- helped investigate.
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Healthy Living lecture series begins June 4
May 23, 2024
The ²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø will host the 14th annual Healthy Living lecture series starting on June 4. The free series offers a variety of presentations by Alaska medical specialists and experts.
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LARS to host annual Birthday Bash for new calves
May 22, 2024
The ²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø' Large Animal Research Station will introduce its new reindeer and muskox calves at its annual Birthday Bash from noon-4 p.m. on June 1.
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2024 Legacy Lecture to feature Jo Heckman
May 22, 2024
The ²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø 2024 Legacy Lecture will honor Jo Heckman at 7 p.m. Monday, June 3, in the BP Design Theater, Room 401 of the Usibelli Building.
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UAF offers free summer shuttle for visitors
May 21, 2024
The ²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø will have a free shuttle for summer visitors.
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UAF to offer two new Athabascan language courses this fall
May 17, 2024
The Alaska Native Language Center at the ²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø will offer two new Native language courses for the fall 2024 semester.
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UAF, Toolik Field Station join Arctic climate initiative
May 17, 2024
The ²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø will help host and support a new $15-million federal initiative to better understand the resilience of Arctic organisms and ecosystems amid rapid climate change. Bringing together experts from 14 institutions, the Evolving Meta-Ecosystems Institute will focus on improving scientific and public understanding of how Arctic ecosystems are responding -- and will continue to respond -- as their environment shifts.
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Microplastics low and high in Alaska
May 17, 2024
A group of scientists from UAF's Water and Environmental Research Center in 2020 and 2021 sampled snow and freshwater from more than 70 locations on a south-to-north transect, mostly along highways. Their recently published study showed plastic fragments everywhere they sampled, from the Kenai Peninsula to the North Slope.
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