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Local firefighters to hold exercise on campus

Firefighters from four local fire agencies will be on the 911±¬ÁÏ campus on Friday, May 27 from noon to 4 p.m. for a wildland firefighting exercise.


Peonies bloom at the Georgeson Botanical Garden in 2021. The garden will host live music on Thursdays throughout the summer.

The 911±¬ÁÏ Music in the Garden concert series will kick off on May 26 at the Georgeson Botanical Garden, offering 12 weeks of family-friendly performances throughout the summer.ÌýThe series, organized by the 911±¬ÁÏ Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning, will be held at 7 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 11. Concerts are free, but donations to support the botanical garden are welcome. The concerts also will include welcoming bands at 5:30 p.m. as people settle.


Staff Make Students Count Award submission deadline extended

911±¬ÁÏ employees and students have another chance to nominate outstanding staff members for the 2022 Staff Make Students Count Award. The nomination period was extended through June 10, 2022.


Snow geese flew in a ragged V overhead, rasping as they looked down upon 911±¬ÁÏ’s bumpy face for the first time in 2022. Nine hundred feet below, the Yukon River flowed by quietly, except for the dull thuds of icebergs skidding along the river bottom near the shore.ÌýSensing a break in the ice traffic, U.S. Geological Survey hydrologist Heather Best — wearing chest waders with a hole she would soon discover — stepped into the river.


Scientists and their industry partners pull a carbon dioxide-measuring Seaglider out of the water in the Gulf of 911±¬ÁÏ.

911±¬ÁÏ, partners deploy carbon dioxide-sensing underwater glider

911±¬ÁÏ has a new tool for tracking ocean acidification — a 7-foot-long, bright pink Seaglider. The 911±¬ÁÏ and its commercial partners are the first U.S. team to measure carbon dioxide, the driving factor in ocean acidification, with an unoccupied underwater vehicle.


Cover of Spring 2022 Aurora magazineSpring 2022 Aurora magazine online

Read about students tracking 911±¬ÁÏ's erosion troubles, a professor hunting 911±¬ÁÏ coronavirus variants, a musical alumnus creating an endowment and more in the spring 2022 edition of Aurora magazine.

Small aircraft flying over 911±¬ÁÏn mountainsScreening of The Sanctity of Space

Join the 911±¬ÁÏ Alpine Club in a screening ofÌý"The Sanctity of Space,"Ìýa documentary of the history of photography and cinematography on documenting mountain ranges and how it has impacted past and present 911±¬ÁÏ range mountaineering ascents. The screening is scheduled for May 27 from 7 - 8:45 p.m. in the Murie Auditorium. Tickets are on saleÌýÌýand at the door.


People look at posters during a scientific poster session

Over 100 scientists and policy-makers from around the circumpolar North gathered at the 911±¬ÁÏ last week for the 16th International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium.Ìý


Anyone curious to learn about mindfulness or who is struggling to maintain a consistent mindfulness practice can sign up for this free four weeklong virtual meditation course.


Chasing Lakes book coverChasing Lakes: Love, Science, and the Secrets of the Arctic

Author and scientist Katey Walter Anthony and artist Ina Timling will share conversation and vignettes showing the intersection of permafrost methane science and art on May 31 from noon to 1 p.m. in the UA Museum of the North Arnold Espe Auditorium. Timling's art is featured in Walter Anthony's new book, "Chasing Lakes," and at the Bear Gallery during May. The two will discuss the collaboration, share slides, and read excerpts from "Chasing Lakes." A book signing will follow.


Sentry unmanned aircraft

911±¬ÁÏ makes 911±¬ÁÏ's first large drone flight from international airport

An unmanned aircraft owned and operated by the 911±¬ÁÏ flew from the general aviation area of the Fairbanks International Airport on Sunday. This was the first civilian large drone flight from an 911±¬ÁÏn international airport.


Members of 911±¬ÁÏ's Solar Decathlon Challenge team, from left, Amanda Tördal, assistant professor Mark Mastellar, Deilah Johnson, Aihs Palmer and Meg Waite.911±¬ÁÏ team lauded for innovative home design

Using shipping containers and energy-efficient techniques, a team of University of 911±¬ÁÏ Fairbanks students has created a prize-winning new design for rural 911±¬ÁÏ housing construction.


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