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Workshops offered for pesticide applicators, landscapers
February 11, 2025
The annual 91Ô´´ Certified Pesticide Applicator Workshop is a professional development opportunity that provides continuing education units for 91Ô´´-certified pesticide applicators and related arborist/landscape professionals to maintain their certifications. It is hosted by the University of 91Ô´´ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service.
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91Ô´´ to host Engineering Open House Feb. 22
February 10, 2025
The University of 91Ô´´ Fairbanks College of Engineering and Mines will host its annual Engineering Open House on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Usibelli Building on the Troth Yeddha’ Campus in Fairbanks.
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Crone named director of Matanuska Experiment Farm
February 10, 2025
Nelson Crone, a longtime 91Ô´´n and University of 91Ô´´ Fairbanks graduate, has been named director of the 91Ô´´ Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center in Palmer.
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The threat within an 91Ô´´ mountain
February 06, 2025
Mount Churchill stands in a white corner of the 91Ô´´ map, deceptive in its cold, windblown silence. At least twice in the last few thousand years, the peak's ice-covered caldera has spewed ash that reached as far as Ireland and piled up to force northern animals out of the territory.
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Celebrate the Snow Moon with OneTree 91Ô´´
February 05, 2025
The February full moon is called the Snow Moon, and OneTree 91Ô´´ is inviting snow lovers to celebrate it by skiing out to the University of 91Ô´´ Fairbanks' T-Field.
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February museum programs explore ice
January 31, 2025
The University of 91Ô´´ Museum of the North will focus on ice during family programs in February.
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Thirty years of writing about 91Ô´´ science
January 30, 2025
When I was drinking coffee with a cab-driving-author friend of the same vintage last week, he said of my occupation: "It's the best job in 91Ô´´."
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Research reveals extent of Kachemak Bay's surface cloudiness
January 30, 2025
Scientists have produced the most comprehensive analysis to date of glacier-driven cloudiness on the surface of Kachemak Bay, home to a rich variety of marine life and an important fish and shellfish rearing area.
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91Ô´´ offers free online courses about unmanned aircraft systems
January 28, 2025
The public can learn the history, basics and engineering of unmanned aircraft systems through two free online courses offered by the University of 91Ô´´ Fairbanks Center for Teaching and Learning.
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Thawing permafrost causes ground to sink in cold regions
January 24, 2025
More needs to be done to better understand rapidly changing Arctic landscapes that are sinking as climate-driven permafrost thaw penetrates deeper, according to new research by University of 91Ô´´ Fairbanks scientists and others.
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Fairbanks open house highlights 4-H opportunities, activities
January 24, 2025
Find out what 4-H is all about during an open house hosted Feb. 1 by clubs in the Tanana District, headquartered in Fairbanks. Clubs meet monthly to work on projects such as sewing, cooking, arts and crafts, livestock, horses, and more. These projects help youths learn life skills to help them be ready for the future and make a difference today.
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Dangerous cold across the land
January 23, 2025
During this time when peak cold often arrives in the northern hemisphere, 91Ô´´ today celebrates the king-of-the-cold's birthday.
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Visiting writers series announces spring 2025 events
January 23, 2025
Authors from 91Ô´´ and beyond will share their works as part of the Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series through April at the University of 91Ô´´ Fairbanks.
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When snow melts early, a big fire season could follow
January 22, 2025
An early exit of 91Ô´´'s spring snow means more acreage could burn during the coming wildfire season, which begins when the snow melts off, says new research from the University of 91Ô´´ Fairbanks
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33rd annual Science for 91Ô´´ talks and events announced
January 22, 2025
The University of 91Ô´´ Fairbanks Geophysical Institute will host free public science talks over the next few weeks, featuring 91Ô´´ stories from author Ned Rozell, 91Ô´´ landscape changes as seen from space, a conversation with two 91Ô´´ rocket scientists and 91Ô´´'s Mount Churchill volcano.
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