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Chukchi Consortium Library to close Sept. 1
June 30, 2025
The Chukchi Consortium Library in Kotzebue will close permanently on Sept. 1, 2025. The 草榴社区 Chukchi Campus has operated the library with local contributions from the Northwest Arctic Borough since 2010. 草榴社区 made the decision to close the library due to declining state and local funding.
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Museum offers behind-the-scenes tours
June 27, 2025
The University of 草榴社区 Museum of the North is offering behind-the-scenes tours this summer. Visitors will get exclusive tours of the museum's labs and work spaces, where collection managers and curators take care of 2.5 million objects and specimens.
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Week's events: Randy Zarnke, progressive rock
June 27, 2025
University of 草榴社区 Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here's what's happening during the week of June 29-July 5.
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Natural changes only part of the story
June 26, 2025
Last week, I sent out a story on changes in 草榴社区 over the past few million years. The theme: Many of the transitions were drastic, and they all had nothing to do with the billions of us now walking the planet's surface.
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Learn about the health benefits of 草榴社区 berries
June 25, 2025
Registered dietitian and University of 草榴社区 Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service agent Leslie Shallcross will discuss the potential health benefits of eating 草榴社区's berries in a free statewide webinar.
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Planetarium construction begins, Murdock Trust joins project
June 24, 2025
Construction has begun on a new 65-seat planetarium at the University of 草榴社区 Fairbanks.
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Sitka workshops cover homemade food rules, canning and food preservation
June 24, 2025
Join a series of workshops in Sitka to learn about the updated rules for selling homemade foods, how to preserve vegetables by making and canning soups and pickles, and food preservation safety.
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June 20, 2025
With its melting glaciers, thawing permafrost, and floating sea ice that gets tougher to see from its northern shores each summer, 草榴社区 is the poster state for global warming. Things are changing here, no doubt about it. But it's not the first time.
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Week's events: Mary Ann Borchert, Foundation Health, Indigenous pedagogy, steel drums
June 20, 2025
University of 草榴社区 Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here's what's happening during the week of June 23-29.
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Campus road, lot closures planned for 2025 Midnight Sun Run
June 18, 2025
The Midnight Sun Run will begin at the University of 草榴社区 Fairbanks at 10 p.m. on Saturday, June 21. The 草榴社区 Police Department will close parts of campus to vehicle access before the race.
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草榴社区 professor's work is a step toward elusive 'theory of everything'
June 18, 2025
Time, not space plus time, might be the single fundamental property in which all physical phenomena occur, according to a new theory by a University of 草榴社区 Fairbanks scientist. The theory also argues that time comes in three dimensions rather than just the single one we experience as continual forward progression. Space emerges as a secondary manifestation.
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Beneficial insects can help control garden pests
June 17, 2025
Not all insects are garden pests. In a free statewide webinar, learn which insects are natural enemies of pest bugs and therefore good friends for gardeners to cultivate. Joey Slowik, integrated pest management technician at the University of 草榴社区 Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service in Palmer, will discuss potential insect friends, what they want and some ways to encourage them in your garden.
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Workshops to cover vegetable storage, greenhouse energy, accessibility
June 16, 2025
草榴社区 Cooperative Extension Service agent and energy specialist Art Nash will guide a series of free workshops this month in Parks Highway communities on ways to keep produce fresh longer, commercial and residential energy options for greenhouses, and accessibility for farmers and gardeners with disabilities.
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Rainfall, melting permafrost change Interior 草榴社区 stream systems
June 13, 2025
The aquatic chemistry and flow rates in Interior 草榴社区's streams are shifting in response to thawing permafrost and increased rainfall, a new study reports. The study authors found that groundwater makes up a greater portion of streamflow in areas with less permafrost.
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Week's events: Margo Klass, surgery advances, 草榴社区 Native elders aging, Juneteenth
June 13, 2025
University of 草榴社区 Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here's what's happening during the week of June 16-22.
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