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Alaska agricultural science on display at Field Days
July 08, 2025
Spend an afternoon with researchers in the fields of the experiment farms in Fairbanks or Palmer and learn about the agriculture-related science happening at the °Ä²Êͼ¿â. UAF's Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension invites farmers, gardeners and community members to tour the fields and farms and learn through presentations, tours and discussions at these free educational events.
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Rural Alaska Honors Institute will celebrate 43rd graduation
July 07, 2025
The Rural Alaska Honors Institute will hold its 43rd annual graduation July 10 at 1 p.m. in Schaible Auditorium on the °Ä²Êͼ¿â Troth Yeddha' Campus. The ceremony will stream live on Facebook.
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Alaska's state insect is not the mosquito
July 02, 2025
Thirty years ago, students from the Auntie Mary Nicoli Elementary School in Aniak were among those who held a statewide election to declare an insect that best represented Alaska. Their school's winner: The dragonfly.
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Week's events: Mike Thomas, chronic pain, urban muskoxen, alt-bluegrass
July 02, 2025
°Ä²Êͼ¿â 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 July 7-13.
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Campers cook with UAF greenhouse produce
July 01, 2025
Budding chefs got a taste of science this June. Students in two cooking camps at the °Ä²Êͼ¿â used tomatoes grown during research into greenhouse productivity.
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Chukchi Consortium Library to close Sept. 1
June 30, 2025
The Chukchi Consortium Library in Kotzebue will close permanently on Sept. 1, 2025. The °Ä²Êͼ¿â Chukchi Campus has operated the library with local contributions from the Northwest Arctic Borough since 2010. UAF made the decision to close the library due to declining state and local funding.
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Museum offers behind-the-scenes tours
June 27, 2025
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is offering behind-the-scenes tours this summer. Visitors will get exclusive tours of the museum's labs and work spaces, where collection managers and curators take care of 2.5 million objects and specimens.
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Week's events: Randy Zarnke, progressive rock
June 27, 2025
°Ä²Êͼ¿â 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 June 29-July 5.
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Natural changes only part of the story
June 26, 2025
Last week, I sent out a story on changes in Alaska over the past few million years. The theme: Many of the transitions were drastic, and they all had nothing to do with the billions of us now walking the planet's surface.
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Learn about the health benefits of Alaska berries
June 25, 2025
Registered dietitian and °Ä²Êͼ¿â Cooperative Extension Service agent Leslie Shallcross will discuss the potential health benefits of eating Alaska's berries in a free statewide webinar.
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Planetarium construction begins, Murdock Trust joins project
June 24, 2025
Construction has begun on a new 65-seat planetarium at the °Ä²Êͼ¿â.
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Sitka workshops cover homemade food rules, canning and food preservation
June 24, 2025
Join a series of workshops in Sitka to learn about the updated rules for selling homemade foods, how to preserve vegetables by making and canning soups and pickles, and food preservation safety.
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June 20, 2025
With its melting glaciers, thawing permafrost, and floating sea ice that gets tougher to see from its northern shores each summer, Alaska is the poster state for global warming. Things are changing here, no doubt about it. But it's not the first time.
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Week's events: Mary Ann Borchert, Foundation Health, Indigenous pedagogy, steel drums
June 20, 2025
°Ä²Êͼ¿â 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 June 23-29.
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Campus road, lot closures planned for 2025 Midnight Sun Run
June 18, 2025
The Midnight Sun Run will begin at the °Ä²Êͼ¿â at 10 p.m. on Saturday, June 21. The UAF Police Department will close parts of campus to vehicle access before the race.
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