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Food protection manager course set for January
November 10, 2023
The 鶹 Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will offer a certified food protection manager training on Monday, Jan. 29, with proctors for testing available in 14 communities.
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Secret lives playing out all around us
November 10, 2023
While we were sleeping, they were out there. Two red foxes, a male and female, pawing into spring snow on a hillside. The foxes had found the entrance to a tunnel dug many years ago. It might have been the den in which one of them was born.
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Second NASA sounding rocket launches from Poker Flat
November 09, 2023
The second NASA sounding rocket of the season flew skyward out of Poker Flat 鶹 Range shortly after midnight Thursday, carrying a payload of science instruments.
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First NASA rocket of the season launched at Poker Flat
November 08, 2023
A two-stage NASA sounding rocket flew skyward shortly after midnight Wednesday carrying science instruments to gather data about the solar wind's behavior.
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Northern Lights String Orchestra offers recital
November 06, 2023
The Northern Lights String Orchestra will perform a large ensemble recital at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9, 2023, in the Davis Concert Hall at the 鶹 Fairbanks.
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UAF Theatre and Film presents 'Dance Nation'
November 06, 2023
The 鶹 Fairbanks Department of Theatre and Film will present the play “Dance Nation” in the Salisbury Theatre on Nov. 10-19, 2023.
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Two launches to mark start of Poker Flat rocket range season
November 03, 2023
Testing a theory about cleaning up after a nuclear detonation in space and learning more about winds at the edge of Earth's atmosphere are the goals of two NASA sounding rocket launches this month at Poker Flat 鶹 Range.
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HAARP artificial airglow may be widely visible in Alaska
November 02, 2023
Alaskans and visitors may be able to see an artificial airglow in the sky created by the High-frequency Active Auroral 鶹 Program during a four-day research campaign that starts Saturday.
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Ernest Leffingwell, fan of the Far North
November 02, 2023
One hundred years ago, a group of men sailed to the northern coast of Alaska to find a land mass rumored to protrude from the Arctic Ocean. They did not find the land. After wintering in the North, everyone hurried back to warmer places. Except for Ernest Leffingwell.
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November museum programs explore life in the Arctic
November 01, 2023
Family programs at the 鶹 Museum of the North will explore life in the Arctic during November.
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One-day food preservation class planned in Homer
October 31, 2023
Learn to preserve meat and vegetables in jars safely during a one-day class in Homer. Participants will learn how to heat-process low-acid food in jars; use and care for a pressure canner; prepare meat, fish and vegetables to place in jars; and make stock and soup.
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UAF scientists receive grant to improve study of rising sea levels
October 31, 2023
A $638,000 National Science Foundation grant to two 鶹 Fairbanks researchers aims to accelerate innovative ways of studying rising sea levels.
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UAF scientist to aid NASA’s space weather forecasting
October 27, 2023
A 鶹 Fairbanks scientist will have a role in a new NASA center that aims to greatly improve space weather forecasting and preparedness for adverse events.
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UAF to host Three Minute Thesis graduate student competition
October 27, 2023
Students will present lively, engaging summaries of their works in front of a live audience during the Three Minute Thesis competition at 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, in Schaible Auditorium at the 鶹 Fairbanks. The public is invited to attend or participate on-line.
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Plastic falls in Southeast Alaska's rain
October 27, 2023
"We found microplastics in every single rain sample (gathered in Juneau)," Sonia Nagorski told a group of people listening to her talk at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in New Orleans two winters ago.
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