University of Alaska Fairbanks

Hibernation scientists at University of Alaska Fairbanks have invited colleagues and students from around the world to a workshop in Fairbanks. They reviewed each others’ findings indoors last week, and will head up to Toolik Lake Research Station in the Brooks Range this week for outdoor lab work.

The University of Alaska and the State are hosting a three-day international drone aircraft conference in Anchorage starting today. It will showcase how uncrewed aircraft can respond to emergencies, haul freight and gather scientific data. Recent test flights have proven drones can replace traditional piloted planes.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks is counseling instructors on how to adapt to the surge in AI tools.

The UAF drone program is getting ready to test a pilotless plane for freight deliveries to villages. It is the very first step in a testing regimen that may expand the supply chain in Alaska.

A group of University of Alaska graduate student workers trying to form a union marched on the UAF campus Friday. They’re following a nationwide trend of student workers organizing.

A new alphabet book for Gwich’in has been published and is available as a free download to language learners. It is part of a long-term community-led project of language revitalization. A worksession last weekend with first-language speakers recorded new pieces for a permanent database.

A sound artist who makes music from the natural world is in residency this week at University of Alaska Fairbanks. Alaska composer Matthew Burtner gave a workshop this afternoon, that brought together science and music. He will join Fairbanks musicians for a community concert Thursday evening.

Earthquakes in the Nenana Basin last longer and feel much stronger than quakes of comparable magnitude in other places. University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists are studying why.

Scientists in Alaska will bounce radio signals off an asteroid today from the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program research site in Gakona. The experiment will be preparation for a more spectacular near-Earth asteroid fly-by in six years.

A project combining solar energy and food production is scheduled to launch next year. University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers will test the concept during Alaska’s short but intense summer.