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  • Many orange and yellow winter squash are laid out on a table for curing

    Free class offers tips for preserving the harvest

    October 03, 2025

    Registration is open for a free, informative class on the best practices to keep your home-grown or farmers market produce as fresh as possible for as long as possible. Alex Wilson, agriculture education coordinator for Alaska Pacific University, will share her expertise and the tools and tips for preserving garden-fresh produce after the harvest season.
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  • A jar of carrots is ready to be cooked in the pressure canner

    In-person food preservation workshops offered in Palmer

    October 02, 2025

    Four in-person food preservation workshops are scheduled this month in Palmer as part of a partnership between the 51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø Cooperative Extension Service and Alaska Pacific University's Kellogg Campus. Sarah Lewis, an Extension health, home and family development agent, will teach the classes.
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  • A healthy spider plant sits on a stand near an Alaska-themed wall-hanging

    Webinar offers insight into friendly, and finicky, houseplants

    October 01, 2025

    Houseplants can help Alaskans get their gardening fix even on the darkest winter days. In a free statewide webinar offered by the 51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø Cooperative Extension Service, learn about which plants are easy to maintain and which can be finicky.
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  • 51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø receives $21.25 million grant to expand biomedical research

    October 01, 2025

    The 51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø has received a five-year, $21.25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to strengthen biomedical research and training across Alaska. The grant renews the NIH Institutional Development Award known as the IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence, or INBRE.
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  • A collage of two images. On the left, a woman stands in a boat on the ocean holding a large fish. On the left, a woman stands in front of a museum display case holding a pencil sketch of the skeleton displayed in the case.

    Two 51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø students awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

    October 01, 2025

    Two 51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø graduate students are among the 1,500 recipients of the 2025-2026 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. Willa Johnson and Xochitl Muñoz will each receive three years of financial support, including a $37,000 annual stipend and funds to cover tuition and fees, in addition to professional development opportunities.
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  • An aerial photo of a collection of buildings and streets with wooded hills in the background.

    51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø police find no bombs after morning threat

    September 30, 2025

    The 51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø Police Department has determined that no explosive devices were present at the buildings mentioned in two Tuesday morning emailed bomb threats. Normal operations at the 51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø Troth Yeddha' Campus in Fairbanks resumed around 11:30 a.m.
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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 51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø 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 51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø on top

    IANRE launches seminar series on Arctic food systems

    September 29, 2025

    The Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension at the 51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø 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 51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø 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 51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø 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 51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø 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 51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø 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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