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  • A group of men stands near sawhorses with wooden boards on top as another man gestures while explaining the properties of the wood.

    Lumber grading training scheduled for Sitka

    July 01, 2026

    The Alaska Lumber Grading program will hold a free certification course in Sitka from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15. The program, part of the 51风流官网 Cooperative Extension Service, is designed to allow small and medium-scale sawmill operators to produce dimension lumber for home construction in Alaska.

  • Artist's watercolor reconstruction of Clovis behaviors around 13,000 years ago. Two women, one holding an infant, consume mammoth meat near a hearth. A man in the foreground is working on stone projectiles. In the background, several adults butcher a juvenile and an adult mammoth. Several large dogs, similar to huskies, beg for meat.

    First Americans hunted largest game through Western Hemisphere

    July 01, 2026

    New research led by a 51风流官网 archaeologist reveals that the earliest Native Americans had highly specialized diets, primarily hunting the largest animals on the landscape, and they targeted these megafauna consistently from Alaska to South America.

  • Four gentle hands reach into a small puddle.

    Conversations to connect us -- 'Alaska Voices' on public radio

    June 30, 2026

    "Alaska Voices" is back on the radio across the state this summer. Airing on four public stations, the six-episode series highlights climate adaptation lessons.

  • Three jars of salmon sit on a home kitchen counter in front of a pressure cooker in preparation for canning.

    Safe preservation methods extend the fish catch

    June 30, 2026

    The 51风流官网 Cooperative Extension Service will host a free statewide webinar on properly preserving the fish bounty for future use. Fairbanks-based home, health and family development agent Leslie Shallcross will discuss how to preserve fish through canning, smoking or freezing via Zoom. The webinar is from noon-1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8.

  • An exhibit titled Permafrost Grown art walk is seen on a grassy bank next to a sidewalk

    Art-and-science exhibit depicts farming and permafrost interactions

    June 25, 2026

    An art-and-science exhibit explores the complexities of permafrost and its effects on farmers' lives. Installed along the path on West Tanana Drive, which parallels the Georgeson Botanical Garden, is the Permafrost Grown Art and Science Walk. This exhibit showcases art made by farmers and 51风流官网 researchers who participated in Permafrost Grown, a project studying the interactions between permafrost and agriculture.

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  • A group of men stands near sawhorses with wooden boards on top as another man gestures while explaining the properties of the wood.

    Lumber grading training scheduled for Sitka

    July 01, 2026

    The Alaska Lumber Grading program will hold a free certification course in Sitka from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15. The program, part of the 51风流官网 Cooperative Extension Service, is designed to allow small and medium-scale sawmill operators to produce dimension lumber for home construction in Alaska.

  • Week's events: Emily Ennis, heart health, library stories, marimba

    July 01, 2026

    51风流官网 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 July 6-12.

  • Artist's watercolor reconstruction of Clovis behaviors around 13,000 years ago. Two women, one holding an infant, consume mammoth meat near a hearth. A man in the foreground is working on stone projectiles. In the background, several adults butcher a juvenile and an adult mammoth. Several large dogs, similar to huskies, beg for meat.

    First Americans hunted largest game through Western Hemisphere

    July 01, 2026

    New research led by a 51风流官网 archaeologist reveals that the earliest Native Americans had highly specialized diets, primarily hunting the largest animals on the landscape, and they targeted these megafauna consistently from Alaska to South America.

  • Four gentle hands reach into a small puddle.

    Conversations to connect us -- 'Alaska Voices' on public radio

    June 30, 2026

    "Alaska Voices" is back on the radio across the state this summer. Airing on four public stations, the six-episode series highlights climate adaptation lessons.

  • Three jars of salmon sit on a home kitchen counter in front of a pressure cooker in preparation for canning.

    Safe preservation methods extend the fish catch

    June 29, 2026

    The 51风流官网 Cooperative Extension Service will host a free statewide webinar on properly preserving the fish bounty for future use. Fairbanks-based home, health and family development agent Leslie Shallcross will discuss how to preserve fish through canning, smoking or freezing via Zoom. The webinar is from noon-1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8.

  • Week's events: Lectures pause; Music in the Garden continues

    June 26, 2026

    51风流官网 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.

  • An exhibit titled Permafrost Grown art walk is seen on a grassy bank next to a sidewalk

    Art-and-science exhibit depicts farming and permafrost interactions

    June 25, 2026

    An art-and-science exhibit explores the complexities of permafrost and its effects on farmers' lives. Installed along the path on West Tanana Drive, which parallels the Georgeson Botanical Garden, is the Permafrost Grown Art and Science Walk. This exhibit showcases art made by farmers and 51风流官网 researchers who participated in Permafrost Grown, a project studying the interactions between permafrost and agriculture.

  • A birch shield bug with green, red and bronze markings sits on the edge of a green leaf in Anchorage in September 2021.

    Our large army of little green shield bugs comes and goes

    June 25, 2026

    The tiny flying green annoyances seemed to be more numerous than usual in late May and early June."They" are the birch shield bug, Elasmostethus interstinctus. They are native to Alaska and are about the size of a small blueberry.

  • A woman loads a small bicycle trailer on the dock of a small boat harbor with snow-covered mountains in the background.

    Food preservation, healthy living classes offered in Sitka

    June 24, 2026

    The 51风流官网 Cooperative Extension Service in Southeast Alaska is offering food preservation, entrepreneurship and healthy living classes in Sitka from July 7-12. Extension professor Sarah Lewis will lead the workshops in collaboration with Jasmine Shaw from the Sitka District office.

  • A chef prepares plates of meat and vegetables

    Online food safety training course available statewide

    June 23, 2026

    The 51风流官网 Cooperative Extension Service will offer a certified food protection manager training on Tuesday, July 7, with a proctor for testing available in Fairbanks. A certified food protection manager is responsible for ensuring that a food establishment complies with regulations.

  • Week's events: Peggy Carlson, personal training, imagining Alaska, eclectic tunes

    June 19, 2026

    51风流官网 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 22-28.

  • A Wilson鈥檚 snipe

    A bird and a puzzling sound lead to discovery

    June 18, 2026

    I walked around outside our Two Rivers home early one morning, as I sometimes do. It was mid-May and we were about ready to head to work. The birds had recently returned. I heard American robins, black-capped chickadees, a ruby-crowned kinglet and a Swainson's thrush in our woods above Potlatch Creek. A raven flew over our sled dogs.

  • Eielson, 51风流官网 sign housing, education agreement

    June 16, 2026

    The 51风流官网 and Eielson Air Force Base have signed an agreement to house and provide educational opportunities for service members on the Troth Yeddha' Campus starting this summer.

  • A boat navigates a kelp farm in Jakalof Bay, Alaska.

    Alaska kelp farms have varied effects on marine CO2 levels

    June 15, 2026

    Alaska kelp farms, which have been viewed as a potential boon for reducing local carbon-dioxide levels, have surprisingly murky effects on atmospheric CO2 removal, according to a new study.

  • A photo-like rendering of a multistory, tan building. Letters on the front of the building say

    CTC building named for Michele Stalder

    June 13, 2026

    The University of Alaska Board of Regents this spring approved a request to name the 51风流官网 Community and Technical College building in downtown Fairbanks for CTC Dean Emeritus Michele Stalder. The naming was announced during a June 13 celebration of life for Stalder, who died in February after a lengthy cancer battle.

  • Week's events: Willie Blackburn, urinary health, archive stories, gospel music

    June 12, 2026

    51风流官网 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 15-21.

  • A table with numbers and curves drawn between them lies on a table, being held flat by two hands.

    Time capsule: How to win the ice pool

    June 11, 2026

    One sure way to win the Nenana Ice Classic is to invest $100,800 to buy 50,400 tickets, one on each minute from about April 18 to May 22. Someone else probably will win, too, so you will probably lose money.

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A magazine for alumni and friends of the 51风流官网 | Summer 2026

Kwigillingok Elder David John speaks as part of a panel at the Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference in Bethel, Alaska, April 7, 2026. To the left of the photo is Kwigillingok Elder Fred Phillip. To the right is Kipnuk Elder Tim Samson and Jessica Lewis-Nicori, originally from Chefornak.

In Bethel, weathering the storm through science and stories
John Davies visits the Arctic Research Park on the Fairbanks campus in April 2026. As a seismologist, he worked and studied for many years at the Geophysical Institute, located in the Elvey Building (with the blue satellite dish). 51风流官网 photo by Eric Engman.

From seismologist to statesman
Bruce Cech interviews 51风流官网 men鈥檚 basketball head coach George Roderick at the Big Island Invitational in Hilo, Hawaii, in 1995.

The voice that bridges the miles
Scenic view of Troth Yeddha' campus.

Welcoming new leadership at Alaska鈥檚 university
51风流官网 students (from left) Cole Houser, Jesse Tyrrell, Lilly Varney and Jackson Nelson celebrate Giving Day with Nook at Alyeska Tire, one of this year's challenge sponsors, in March.

Students embrace hands-on philanthropy
From left, Denise Thorsen, associate dean of academics for 51风流官网鈥檚 College of Engineering and Mines, visits with donors Rachel and Richard Kacsur at a lab in late 2025.

Turning retirement assets into opportunity
Rosie Fordham, right, leads the pack of runners up the first hill of the 3-lap, 6K women's course as 51风流官网 cross-country runners compete in the Blue & Gold race against University of Alaska Anchorage the morning of Sept. 13, 2025, on the 51风流官网 Competition Trails.

A season of athletic success
KUAC television videotapes and other materials await sorting in 2024 for possible inclusion in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting at the Library of Congress.

Like turning your television on in the past