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UAF news and information News Latest news Campus Public Information Officers Events (current) Employees (current) Students (current) Aurora magazine Current issue Aurora archives About Aurora Experts guide (current) Submissions (current) News Solar stormnot HAARPcreates intense auroral display May 13, 2024 Night skies over the weekend erupted with vivid colors and awed people all around the globe as the solar wind from a severe geomagnetic storm produced by our sun entered Earth’s upper atmosphere and created auroral displays. The spectacular aurora sparked questions about possible connections to recent experiments by the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HAARP. Research event gives visitors a backstage pass to science fun May 13, 2024 The rock-n-roll themed eventTundra Struckwill offer the community a peek behind the curtain to see why the results of UAF research reverberate around the world. Kuskokwim Campus celebrates 50th commencement ceremony May 13, 2024 The University of Alaska Fairbanks Kuskokwim Campus honored the Class of 2024 during its 50th commencement ceremony on Tuesday, May 7, at the Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center in Bethel. Diane O’Brien elected to the National Academy of Sciences May 13, 2024 Diane, O’Brien, interim director of the Institute of Arctic Biology, is one of 120 newly elected members to the National Academy of Sciences that were announced at the organization’s annual meeting. Mountain goats live and die on the edge May 09, 2024 Kevin White has placed his hands on the long, white fur of more than 400 Alaska mountain goats during the past 20 years. His diligence in studying this Ice Age wanderer of high, steep, country has led to a new understandinga surprising number of the creatures die by snow avalanche. News Solar stormnot HAARPcreates intense auroral display May 13, 2024 Night skies over the weekend erupted with vivid colors and awed people all around the globe as the solar wind from a severe geomagnetic storm produced by our sun entered Earth’s upper atmosphere and created auroral displays. The spectacular aurora sparked questions about possible connections to recent experiments by the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HAARP. Research event gives visitors a backstage pass to science fun May 13, 2024 The rock-n-roll themed eventTundra Struckwill offer the community a peek behind the curtain to see why the results of UAF research reverberate around the world. Kuskokwim Campus celebrates 50th commencement ceremony May 13, 2024 The University of Alaska Fairbanks Kuskokwim Campus honored the Class of 2024 during its 50th commencement ceremony on Tuesday, May 7, at the Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center in Bethel. Diane O’Brien elected to the National Academy of Sciences May 13, 2024 Diane, O’Brien, interim director of the Institute of Arctic Biology, is one of 120 newly elected members to the National Academy of Sciences that were announced at the organization’s annual meeting. Mountain goats live and die on the edge May 09, 2024 Kevin White has placed his hands on the long, white fur of more than 400 Alaska mountain goats during the past 20 years. His diligence in studying this Ice Age wanderer of high, steep, country has led to a new understandinga surprising number of the creatures die by snow avalanche. UAF biology student awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship May 09, 2024 University of Alaska Fairbanks graduate student Jorda Kovash was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. She is one of two graduate students in the state of Alaska who received the prestigious award in the 2024 cycle. UAF to host 15th annual Really Free Market Saturday, May 18 May 08, 2024 The University of Alaska Fairbanks will host the Really Free Market recycling event on Saturday, May 18, at 10 a.m. in the parking lot next to the Lola Tilly Commons. UAF undergraduate wins Goldwater Scholarship May 07, 2024 University of Alaska Fairbanks geosciences undergraduate Xochitl Muñoz has been named a 2024 Barry Goldwater Scholar. The Goldwater Scholarship program is designed to identify, encourage and financially support outstanding collegiate juniors and seniors pursuing research careers in the sciences, engineering and mathematics. Ancient DNA reveals genetic resilience of Pacific walruses May 06, 2024 DNA extracted from ancient bones has helped scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks shed light on the surprising resilience of Pacific walruses in the face of historical overhunting. Citizen science offers lessons in understanding Fairbanks’ climate May 06, 2024 Interior Alaska’s long winters are the impetus for a lot of long-running citizen science. The Nenana Ice Classic is a 107-year-long climate record for Interior Alaska. But it’s not the only citizen science effort in Fairbanks, which also boasts multi-decadal records for predicting green-up, when birch sap will start flowing, and when to stock up on allergy medications to get ready for pollen season. Remote Alaska communities benefit from UAF renewable energy research May 06, 2024 Renewable energy generation is increasing around the world. Alaska, while remote and in an Arctic climate, is no exception. Communities in Alaska, including remote localities that are far from big cities and often only accessible by air or boat, have some of the most innovative renewable energy technology. UAF scientist’s research answers big question about our system’s largest planet May 03, 2024 New discoveries about Jupiter could lead to a better understanding of Earth’s own space environment and influence a long-running scientific debate about the solar system’s largest planet. Searching for microplastics on Denali May 02, 2024 Two college students will soon be stuffing snow from the slopes of Alaska’s highest mountain into Nalgene bottles. Their goal is to see if that precipitation contains tiny plastic particles that are ubiquitous everywhere else on Earth. Mountain goats and the costs of living dangerously May 02, 2024 Mountain goats use steep, exposed terrain to avoid carnivores such as wolves, but new research reveals a significant cost of this behavior: exposure to snow avalanches. UAF to host 102nd commencement ceremony May 01, 2024 The University of Alaska Fairbanks will honor the Class of 2024 during its 102nd commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 4, at 1 p.m. at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks. Charting a course for stream restoration at Cripple Creek April 29, 2024 Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks are studying how a restored Cripple Creek could host not only juvenile Chinook but also chub, grayling, longnose sucker and burbot. Museum offers two teen workshops in May April 26, 2024 The University of Alaska Museum of the North will offer two ARTSci workshops for teens in May. The workshops explore the connections between art and science. More news Events More events Bringing greater vision to pilots How does this garden grow? 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