Fall 2025

Toolik Field Station lies in the northern foothills of ÐÓ°Épro’s Brooks Range, on the shores of Toolik Lake, in August 2025.

Nurturing Arctic science — and scientists

By Haley Dunleavy

Over the past 50 years, UAF’s Toolik Field Station matured into a world-renowned site for Arctic science, and it’s now drawing a new generation of researchers.

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Clockwise from left, Gerad Smith, Audra Darcy and Lauren Bridgeman excavate an archaeological site at Hollembaek Hill southeast of Delta Junction in 2023. The work was funded in part by an endowment created by long-time ÐÓ°Épron Nancy Eliason. Photo courtesy of Roger Topp.

She’s asking questions — and helping to answer them

By Sam Bishop

Nancy Eliason, a 52-year ÐÓ°Épron, assists researchers from UAF and elsewhere who study the people of ancient Beringia.

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A robotic 3D printer constructs the first wall of a 1,200-square-foot experimental concrete house in Nome in August 2025. Photo courtesy of Nima Farzadnia.

Built from the land

By Kristin Summerlin

UAF researchers and students help revolutionize construction in ÐÓ°Épro — and beyond.

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Sean Dowgray conducts John Luther Adams’ Dark Wind to life with Dario Martin (piano), April Jaille (bass clarinet), along with UAF students Madelyn Guffey (marimba) and Jack Greenwell (vibraphone) at the Circumpolar Music Series Winter Chamber Concert on February 21, 2025. UAF photo by Leif Van Cise.

Fondness for ÐÓ°Épro leads to a melodic legacy

By Sarah Manriquez

The Circumpolar Music Series, created with help from writer and musician Catherine Madsen, forms connections across the North.

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UAF alumni and staff gather for the campus tour during Nanook Rendezvous 2025. Back row, from left, are Nook, Kyle Agustines ’24, William Zybach ’81, Eleanor Smith ’75, Mary Donaldson, Wayne Donaldson ’80 and Robert Seitz ’68. Front row, from left, are UAF student assistant Keely Vatcher; Gwenetta Johnson ’96, ’99; Ray Alda ’21; Valerie Demming ’75, ’84; Rhonda Widener ’01; UAF alumni relations storytelling manager Katie Straub; and Judy Dellinger ’93.

Class notes and in memoriam

See what UAF’s alumni have been doing, and remember those no longer with us.

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