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  • A smiling person seated at a banquet table raises a bid paddle. They are surrounded by a large crowd of attendees.

    $315,000 raised at 2025 Blue & Gold Celebration

    September 29, 2025

    Donors and sponsors at Saturday's Blue & Gold Celebration contributed more than $315,000 to support scholarships for Â鶹¹ÙÍø Fairbanks students, nearly doubling the amount raised in 2024.
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  • A smiling woman, Jodie Anderson, stands in front of an arch with the letters UAF on top

    IANRE launches seminar series on Arctic food systems

    September 29, 2025

    The Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension at the Â鶹¹ÙÍø Fairbanks is launching a monthly seminar series to spark conversation, collaboration and innovation around northern food systems.
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  • A man and woman with white hair use gym equipment

    Exercise programs to strengthen bones, balance offered in Juneau

    September 26, 2025

    The Â鶹¹ÙÍø Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service in Juneau is offering two exercise programs to help increase bone density. Sarah Lewis will lead the B3 (Better Bones & Balance) program, which offers a mix of strength and power training and group fitness activities.
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  • A man handles an apparatus made of rubber tubes, a metal box and a funnel while sitting in an inflatable boat on water dimpled with raindrops. Golden leaves adorn trees on the far shore and hillsides.

    The quietly essential salmon stream

    September 26, 2025

    On this rainy September afternoon, Erik Schoen vacuums water from a backwater slough. The liquid will tell him if there are predators in this body of water.
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  • A row of people in a conference room sit in front of a large screen that says 2024 Biggest Invasive Species Geek

    Registration open for 2025 Alaska Invasive Species Workshop

    September 25, 2025

    The annual Alaska Invasive Species Workshop, a forum for land and invasive species managers and scientists to discuss current issues, will be held Oct. 28-30 in Anchorage.
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  • A person pulls a tray of frozen blueberries and pineapple from a freeze-dryer

    Palmer workshop to discuss home freeze-drying

    September 22, 2025

    In the last few years, home freeze-dryers have been gaining popularity as a food preservation tool. In a free class hosted by the Â鶹¹ÙÍø Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, Professor Emeritus Leif Albertson will look at freeze-dryer safety, value and practical applications.
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  • Sunlight brightens yellow and green foliage on the lower slopes of a series of high, rolling, tundra-topped hills.

    The season of senescence is upon us

    September 19, 2025

    The glorious paper birch outside the window that has for the past three weeks beamed a sunny glow is losing its luster, one golden coin at a time.
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  • A person prunes an apple tree with hand-held clippers

    Delta Junction arborist to lead pruning workshop

    September 18, 2025

    A licensed arborist in Delta Junction will lead a free in-person workshop on the proper way to prune trees and shrubs. The workshop is sponsored by the Â鶹¹ÙÍø Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and Partners for Progress in Delta.
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  • A person holds a red tomato covered in slugs

    Slugs slither into Fairbanks gardens

    September 17, 2025

    This summer, the real enemy in many Fairbanks gardens wasn't drought or moose — it was slugs. "I get more calls about slugs every year," said Gooseberry Peter, agriculture and integrated pest management program assistant with the Â鶹¹ÙÍø Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service. Most people calling have never had slugs before, making these slimy critters a major topic of conversation for Fairbanks gardeners this season.
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  • UAF Alumni Association seeks nominations for 2026 awards

    September 17, 2025

    The Â鶹¹ÙÍø Fairbanks, in partnership with the nonprofit UAF Alumni Association, is accepting nominations for the 2026 Distinguished Alumnus Award and William R. Cashen Service Award.
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  • Point Lay thermokarst lake

    Â鶹¹ÙÍø highlights rapid permafrost thaw at Point Lay, Alaska

    September 16, 2025

    A team of scientists working with local residents has detailed the rapidly accelerating "catastrophic" permafrost thawing and infrastructure damage at the northern Alaska coastal community of Point Lay.
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  • A woman stands in front of a classroom holding hand weights and demonstrating an exercise to other people holding hand weights

    Beginning strength building class for older adults offered in Fairbanks

    September 15, 2025

    The Â鶹¹ÙÍø Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service is offering a beginning strength training class in Fairbanks for midlife and older adults. The StrongPeople Strong Bodies class helps increase muscle strength and bone density, improve balance and prevent falls.
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  • a photo of a blazing fire that fills the entire frame

    Starvation Gulch bonfires, events scheduled Saturday

    September 12, 2025

    The Â鶹¹ÙÍø Fairbanks will wrap up its Starvation Gulch activities on Saturday, Sept. 13 with bonfires and several other events on campus. The events will result in increased traffic and noise in the area.
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  • A fisherman holds a large, bright red sockeye salmon out of the water

    UAF webinar examines climate change impacts on salmon

    September 12, 2025

    A warming climate is both harming and helping salmon in northern regions, according to a Â鶹¹ÙÍø Fairbanks fisheries researcher. Peter Westley, principal investigator of the Salmonid Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Lab, will discuss the variable role of warming on Alaska’s salmon in a free statewide webinar hosted by the UAF Cooperative Extension Service.
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  • Meat and watermelon are being cooked on a charcoal grill with a thermometer testing their doneness

    Youths can learn barbecue basics at 4-H Grill Master Camp

    September 12, 2025

    Youths from fourth to 12th grade can learn about fire safety, food safety, starting a charcoal grill, seasoning meats and grilling different meats at the 4-H Grill Master Camp. Youths do not need to be members of 4-H to attend.
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