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Climate change means changes to wild ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ berries
August 14, 2024
Find out in a free webinar what is changing in some of the state's key berry species and what ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñns can do to ensure that future generations have berries to pick.
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Gulkana study brings Girls* On Ice to international stage
August 13, 2024
Teslin Brannan, as a high school student, collected data during the 2023 Girls* On Ice expedition and analyzed it in a 300-level University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks course.
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ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ researchers aim for quality, quantity in small grains project
August 09, 2024
Tuesday, Aug. 6, was harvest day for the small grains trials project on the Fairbanks Experiment Farm at the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks. The combine harvester collected seeds from almost 80 varieties of barley, wheat and canola grown to find which varieties thrive in Fairbanks' short summer.
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Workshops on saving seeds, breeding plants planned
August 09, 2024
Jim Myers, a professor of vegetable breeding and genetics at the College of Agricultural Sciences at Oregon State University, will lead three workshops on saving seeds and breeding plants.
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Week's events: George Rydlinski, Swedish death cleaning, ending suicide, string band
August 09, 2024
University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here's what's happening during the final week, Aug. 12-18.
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Pondering the mystery of the Mesa people
August 08, 2024
Now as quiet as wind whispering through grass, a plateau rising from the flats of northern ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ was for thousands of years a lookout for ancient ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñns.
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ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ will buy instruments to expand Fairbanks air studies
August 07, 2024
A $702,000 National Science Foundation grant to the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks will pay for two science instruments to expand the study of wintertime air pollution and summertime wildfire smoke in cold-weather cities such as Fairbanks.
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Researchers find unexpectedly large methane source in overlooked landscape
August 07, 2024
A new study from ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ researchers reported that upland landscapes were releasing some of the highest methane emissions yet documented among northern terrestrial ecosystems. The research was sparked when a potent greenhouse gas began ballooning under lawns in Fairbanks.
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Far North Currant Festival highlights less-known ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ berry
August 06, 2024
Currants are getting their day in the spotlight at the Far North Currant Festival. Currants, a type of berry, grow well in ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ and are found across the state, with varieties ranging from a translucent red to trailing black.
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Boylan, Simpson, Spellman named 2024 Usibelli Award winners
August 02, 2024
The University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks has announced the recipients of the 2024 Emil Usibelli Distinguished Teaching, Research and Service Awards.
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Museum exhibit, video series to explain Aleutian Island storm history
August 02, 2024
A 2022 science cruise to the Aleutian Islands to learn about ancient storms and tsunamis has generated a traveling museum exhibit and video series that highlight the research and how scientists and Indigenous ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñns worked together.
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Week's events: Wendy Dominique, liveability, longevity, jazz
August 02, 2024
University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks 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 Aug. 5-11
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A shaky September in Yakutat Bay
August 02, 2024
More than a century ago, eight prospectors were panning the glacial sands near Hubbard Glacier when the Earth starting shaking and never seemed to stop. A few days later, they had survived a natural phenomenon they probably should not have.
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ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ volcano field school explores 20th century's biggest eruption
August 01, 2024
Eight students from across the United States were the latest participants in the International Volcanological Field School, which began in the late 1980s and became a for-credit offering in 2004.
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ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Day at the fair scheduled for July 30
July 29, 2024
The University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks will host ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Day at the Tanana Valley State Fair on Tuesday, July 30. ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ employees, students, alumni and friends will receive $1 off admission by wearing ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ apparel or showing their PolarExpress card. The day will include ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ activities throughout the fairgrounds.
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