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Local elections are happening all over the state today. Make sure you take time to visit your polling place! Not sure where that is? Visit your local government's website for information. #NanooksVote #VoteLocal
October 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Is seeing the aurora borealis on your bucket list? This aurora season, join UAF Ph.D. student Vincent Ledvina, "The Aurora Guy," to learn how to predict, chase and see the northern lights. See the full documentary on YouTube: https://bit.ly/4gVrMd8
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October 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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From the Alaska Science Forum: Natural changes only part of the story. Read more: www.uaf.edu/news/natural...
Two people wearing glasses speak to each other.
July 3, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Apparently, the grain is shrinking, and it's not by accident: According to UAF scientists, the shift to shorter grain actually resulted from breeding efforts that began in the mid-20th century.
www.uaf.edu/news/grain-a...
Two people standing a field of grain. The grain is about thigh-high. Six people stand in a field of chest-high grain.
June 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Toolik Field Station is opening their doors to the public this Friday, June 6. It's a long drive, but worth it to get the rare chance to visit this amazing research station. Find more here: www.uaf.edu/toolik/news/...
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An aerial photo of buildings in the foreground and a large lake and mountains in the background.
June 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Georgeson Botanical Garden is now a national peony reference site, showcasing 118 cultivars and supporting Alaska’s growers with research, education and late-blooming beauty near the Arctic Circle.

Read more: www.uaf.edu/news/geo...
May 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Ever wanted to raise your own flock of feathered, egg-laying friends?
🐓 🥚

Enroll in Chicken University with livestock researcher Jim Vinyard of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station!

More info: www.uaf.edu/news/chi...
Three chickens standing in a coop under yellow lighting.
May 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Did you know the University of Alaska Fairbanks has the world's only scientific rocket launching facility owned by a university?

Come see it for yourself this summer! Tours at the facility on alternating Thursdays this summer.

Info: www.uaf.edu/news/geo...
A sign and model rocket mark the entrance to the Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks.
May 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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What are UAF undergrads doing this summer? Studying arctic fish, CO2 emissions, mapping spruce beetle impacts and more — and funding from URSA is making it happen!

Read about the recipients of summer undergraduate research grants and learn more about their projects:

www.uaf.edu/news/urs...
May 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Allergy sufferers may be familiar — some of us VERY familiar — with allergy symptoms, but rarely do we get to see the microscopic particles that affect us. Susan Henry's images of both alder and birch pollens show the tiny particles in detail.
An image taken with a microscope showing alder and birch pollen grains. An image taken with a microscope showing grains of alder pollen with a birch grain in the upper corner and shows the size difference between the two. An image produced by a microscope showing mostly alder with a birch grain in the upper corner and the size difference between the two. A gathering of birch pollen is shown in an image taken with a microscope, prepared for sampling.
April 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Congratulations to all 29 recipients of the UAF College of Liberal Arts' Outstanding Student Award for the 2024-2025 academic year!

For a complete list of those recognized, click here: www.uaf.edu/news/uaf...

A handful of the recipients are featured in this photo: From left, bottom row, are Patrick Deslaurier, Trevor Chrzan; second row, Lizzy Hahn, Kjrsten Schindler, Kevin Carroll; third row, Sarah Dexter; fourth row, Hazel Probst, Sophia Martin; fifth row, Katie Craney, Xochitl Martinez, Jaylon Pate; top row, Ben Lucia, Evelina Savonin.
April 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Happy Giving Day 2025!

Find your reason to give this year and you could win fun prizes and more!

givingday.alaska.edu/giving-day/9...
UAF mascot Nook holds up some UAF branded socks
March 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Mark your calendars — Giving Day is just around the corner!

The University of Alaska's annual Giving Day fundraiser begins March. These #49hoursforAlaska gives you an opportunity to make a difference for UAF students by supporting the programs, departments and initiatives that matter to YOU!
UAF mascot Nook holds up a sign that reads #49HoursforAlaska
March 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Are you a UAF researcher, PIO or PhD student on Bluesky? Reply to this post or DM to add yours or your department's account to our UAF starter pack!

Meanwhile, here's another started pack — steal Nook's look!
Steal Nook's look! A meme showing UAF mascot Nook in his usual hockey gear with captioned pictures of bear paw slippers, a UAF hockey jersey, a Nook toy captioned "literally just a tiny Nook", and a picture of Nook hiding behind a comically skinny tree captioned "stealth".
February 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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We like our skies blue... and green, and pink, and sometimes red!
Curves of the aurora borealis hover in the sky above the UAF Troth Yeddha' campus.
January 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM