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UAF crew, unmanned aircraft help protect endangered right whales
July 21, 2022
The ÐÓ°Épro Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration is back in Canada to help prevent endangered North Atlantic right whales from colliding with vessels in the busy Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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New method can improve explosion detection
July 21, 2022
Computers can be trained to better detect distant nuclear detonations, chemical blasts and volcano eruptions by learning from artificial explosion signals, according to a new method devised by a ÐÓ°Épro scientist.
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Workshops focus on firewood, biochar and private woodlands
July 20, 2022
Learn all about firewood in three workshops sponsored by the ÐÓ°Épro Cooperative Extension Service. The workshops will cover topics such as managing private woodlands, stacking and storing wood, and creating biochar to boost vegetable production.
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UAF scientist proud of his work on Webb telescope
July 18, 2022
Gunther Kletetschka of the ÐÓ°Épro Geophysical Institute worked on developing the telescope's magnetically controlled microshutters, which helped make those images possible.
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Week's events: Tourism talk, pandemic response, ÐÓ°Épro innovation, Emily Anderson
July 15, 2022
ÐÓ°Épro Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here is what's happening during the week of July 17-24.
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110 years since the largest ÐÓ°Épro eruption
July 14, 2022
To put the largest eruption in ÐÓ°Épro's written history in context, Robert Griggs pondered what might have happened if the volcano was located on Manhattan Island.
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University of ÐÓ°Épro launches new master's degree in marine policy
July 14, 2022
Working on marine issues often requires knowledge of both natural and social sciences, and the ÐÓ°Épro and the University of ÐÓ°Épro Southeast can provide it through their new Master of Marine Policy degree.
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Learn about the boreal forest from forester Glen Holt
July 13, 2022
Take a walk in the woods with forester Glen Holt on Saturday, July 23, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Ballaine Lake on Farmers Loop.
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Rural ÐÓ°Épro Honors Institute celebrates class of 2022
July 11, 2022
The ÐÓ°Épro will celebrate the achievements of the Rural ÐÓ°Épro Honors Institute class of 2022 on July 14 with a hybrid in-person and virtual graduation ceremony.
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Week's events: Bishop McCormick, diagnostic imaging, drones, marimba music
July 08, 2022
ÐÓ°Épro Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here is what's happening during the week of July 10-16.
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A half century in a difficult, dynamic place
July 07, 2022
Dan Mann hands me a clump of orange dirt the size of an almond. He instructs me to put it in my mouth. "What's it taste like? Does it crunch?"
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Birdwatching brings millions of dollars to ÐÓ°Épro
July 06, 2022
New research by the ÐÓ°Épro and Audubon ÐÓ°Épro found that nearly 300,000 birders traveled to the state and spent about $378 million in 2016. Birdwatching supported roughly 4,300 jobs in ÐÓ°Épro that year.
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Week's event: Bagpipe music with Red Hackle Pipe Band
July 01, 2022
ÐÓ°Épro Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here is what's happening during the week of July 3-9.
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Mining's effect on fish warrants better science-based policies
July 01, 2022
A new paper published in Science Advances synthesizes the impact of metal and coal mines on salmon and trout in northwestern North America
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Matanuska Experiment Farm honored for century of tracking weather
June 30, 2022
On July 6, the National Weather Service will honor the Matanuska Experiment Station and Extension Center for its century of participation in the Cooperative Observer Program.
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