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Undergraduate and graduate students can apply for scholarships of up to $12,000 annually to support their education and gain exposure to career opportunities in agriculture. Paid summer internships are also available.<br/></li><li><div class="newsImage"><img src="https://www.uaf.edu/news/images/CostaRicaDrone.jpg" alt="Team members get a drone ready to fly" /></div> <p class="title h5 internal-feed"><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/news/uaf-drones-enter-the-hot-zone-to-make-volcano-research-safer.php">UAF drones enter the hot zone to make volcano research safer</a></p> <p class="date m-0">April 11, 2025<br/> <p class="excerpt short-desc pt-2">The four-propeller drone sitting briefly on a rocky and dusty surface in Central America in early March had an impressive diameter of nearly 7 陆 feet. This small speck had a big and innovative mission: sample gas escaping from the soil of an active volcanic crater about a half a mile wide and about 1,000 feet deep, one of Earth's largest.<br/></li><li><div class="newsImage"><img src="https://www.uaf.edu/news/images/OwlOnSpruce-4-10-2025.JPG" alt="A great horned owl perched on a spruce tree is silhouetted against pink clouds and blue sky." /></div> <p class="title h5 internal-feed"><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/news/the-adaptable-continental-great-horned-owl.php">The adaptable, continental great horned owl</a></p> <p class="date m-0">April 10, 2025<br/> <p class="excerpt short-desc pt-2">The knee-high owl known for its "plumicorns" -- tufts above its ears that resemble horns -- haunts every forested bit of Alaska.<br/></li><li><div class="newsImage"><img src="https://www.uaf.edu/news/images/SeaIceNASA.jpg" alt="" /></div> <p class="title h5 internal-feed"><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/news/alaska-climate-report-record-low-maximum-arctic-sea-ice.php">Alaska climate report: Record low maximum Arctic sea ice</a></p> <p class="date m-0">April 09, 2025<br/> <p class="excerpt short-desc pt-2">Winter's sea ice extent in the Arctic set a new record low as it peaked March 22, according to the Alaska Climate Research Center's monthly report.<br/></li><li><div class="newsImage"><img src="https://www.uaf.edu/news/seedlings-greenhouse.jpg" alt="Flats of tomato seedlings thrive in a greenhouse" /></div> <p class="title h5 internal-feed"><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/news/kick-off-the-fairbanks-gardening-season-with-hands-on-workshop.php">Kick off the Fairbanks gardening season with hands-on workshop</a></p> <p class="date m-0">April 08, 2025<br/> <p class="excerpt short-desc pt-2">Get your hands dirty and learn about starting seedlings indoors before the outdoor growing season begins. At a workshop, Mallory Smith of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station will share her top tips and tricks for cultivating healthy seedlings.<br/></li></ul> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="multicolumn-container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md mb-3"> <div class="news-container"><div class="row"><div class="col-md mb-9"> <div class="card"> <div class="card-header h4">News</div> <div class="card-body"> <div class="news newsfeed ou-custom"> <ul><li><div class="newsImage"><img src="https://www.uaf.edu/news/cam-nextgen2.jpg" alt="A person smiles at the camera while petting a white-spotted black goat on a Kodiak farm" /></div> <p class="title h5 internal-feed"><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/news/nextgen-scholarships-paid-internships-available.php">NextGen scholarships, paid internships available</a></p> <p class="date m-0">April 11, 2025<br/> <p class="excerpt short-desc pt-2">The application period for U.S. Department of Agriculture NextGen scholarships is open. Undergraduate and graduate students can apply for scholarships of up to $12,000 annually to support their education and gain exposure to career opportunities in agriculture. Paid summer internships are also available.<br/></li><li><div class="newsImage"><img src="https://www.uaf.edu/news/images/CostaRicaDrone.jpg" alt="Team members get a drone ready to fly" /></div> <p class="title h5 internal-feed"><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/news/uaf-drones-enter-the-hot-zone-to-make-volcano-research-safer.php">UAF drones enter the hot zone to make volcano research safer</a></p> <p class="date m-0">April 11, 2025<br/> <p class="excerpt short-desc pt-2">The four-propeller drone sitting briefly on a rocky and dusty surface in Central America in early March had an impressive diameter of nearly 7 陆 feet. This small speck had a big and innovative mission: sample gas escaping from the soil of an active volcanic crater about a half a mile wide and about 1,000 feet deep, one of Earth's largest.<br/></li><li><div class="newsImage"><img src="https://www.uaf.edu/news/images/OwlOnSpruce-4-10-2025.JPG" alt="A great horned owl perched on a spruce tree is silhouetted against pink clouds and blue sky." /></div> <p class="title h5 internal-feed"><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/news/the-adaptable-continental-great-horned-owl.php">The adaptable, continental great horned owl</a></p> <p class="date m-0">April 10, 2025<br/> <p class="excerpt short-desc pt-2">The knee-high owl known for its "plumicorns" -- tufts above its ears that resemble horns -- haunts every forested bit of Alaska.<br/></li><li><div class="newsImage"><img src="https://www.uaf.edu/news/images/SeaIceNASA.jpg" alt="" /></div> <p class="title h5 internal-feed"><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/news/alaska-climate-report-record-low-maximum-arctic-sea-ice.php">Alaska climate report: Record low maximum Arctic sea ice</a></p> <p class="date m-0">April 09, 2025<br/> <p class="excerpt short-desc pt-2">Winter's sea ice extent in the Arctic set a new record low as it peaked March 22, according to the Alaska Climate Research Center's monthly report.<br/></li><li><div class="newsImage"><img src="https://www.uaf.edu/news/seedlings-greenhouse.jpg" alt="Flats of tomato seedlings thrive in a greenhouse" /></div> <p class="title h5 internal-feed"><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/news/kick-off-the-fairbanks-gardening-season-with-hands-on-workshop.php">Kick off the Fairbanks gardening season with hands-on workshop</a></p> <p class="date m-0">April 08, 2025<br/> <p class="excerpt short-desc pt-2">Get your hands dirty and learn about starting seedlings indoors before the outdoor growing season begins. At a workshop, Mallory Smith of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station will share her top tips and tricks for cultivating healthy seedlings.<br/></li><li><div class="newsImage"><img src="https://www.uaf.edu/news/images/Svalbard.jpg" alt="Receding glacier in Svalbard" /></div> <p class="title h5 internal-feed"><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/news/new-assessment-shows-gain-of-coastline-from-receding-glaciers.php">New assessment shows gain of coastline from receding glaciers</a></p> <p class="date m-0">April 08, 2025<br/> <p class="excerpt short-desc pt-2">New research gives a detailed look at the extent to which receding glaciers in Alaska and elsewhere in the Northern Hemisphere are creating new coastline and how that newly exposed terrain is behaving.<br/></li><li><div class="newsImage"><img src="https://www.uaf.edu/news/caley-gasch.jpg" alt="A scientist stands in a field on a sunny day with her hands on a shovel with mountains in the background." /></div> <p class="title h5 internal-feed"><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/news/free-webinar-covers-the-topic-of-cover-crops.php">Free webinar covers the topic of cover crops</a></p> <p class="date m-0">April 08, 2025<br/> <p class="excerpt short-desc pt-2">Learn about the different kinds of cover crops and their uses in a free webinar led by University of Alaska Fairbanks soils scientist Caley Gasch.<br/></li><li><div class="newsImage"><img src="https://www.uaf.edu/news/images/1-cristina-hansen.jpeg" alt="Aerial view of a wide, flat landscape covered in snow, shot from the window of an airplane." /></div> <p class="title h5 internal-feed"><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/news/the-great-hollow-of-minto-flats.php">The great hollow of Minto Flats</a></p> <p class="date m-0">April 03, 2025<br/> <p class="excerpt short-desc pt-2">Within a vast bowl bordered by blue hills, I rolled along on a trail scratched into ice by snowmachines. That deceptive basin -- Minto Flats -- is big enough to swallow Denali, if the big mountain happened to stumble in here and fall.<br/></li><li><div class="newsImage"><img src="https://www.uaf.edu/news/images/thermite.jpg" alt="A large crowd of middle school children perch on the outdoor steps of a building observing a pyrotechnic display of sparks and a ball of smoke." /></div> <p class="title h5 internal-feed"><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/news/uafs-annual-science-potpourri-set-for-april-12.php">UAF's annual Science Potpourri set for April 12</a></p> <p class="date m-0">April 02, 2025<br/> <p class="excerpt short-desc pt-2">The annual Science Potpourri returns to the University of Alaska Fairbanks on Saturday, April 12. Designed to spark children's curiosity about the sciences, this free all-ages event will take place from noon to 3 p.m. in the Reichardt Building on the Troth Yeddha' Campus.<br/></li><li><div class="newsImage"><img src="https://www.uaf.edu/news/images/AwesomeLaunch.jpg" alt="Rocket launches from Poker Flat Research Range" /></div> <p class="title h5 internal-feed"><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/news/launch-of-third-nasa-rocket-completes-complex-aurora-mission.php">Launch of third NASA rocket completes complex aurora mission</a></p> <p class="date m-0">April 01, 2025<br/> <p class="excerpt short-desc pt-2">The third and final NASA sounding rocket in a mission to better understand how the aurora affects the upper atmosphere launched at 1:33 a.m. Saturday and dispersed white vapor tracers high over central Alaska.<br/></li><li><div class="newsImage"><img src="https://www.uaf.edu/news/orange-hawkweed-flower-cluster-Becca-McDonald-bugwood.jpg" alt="A cluster of orange flowers, orange hawkweed, in a sunny field" /></div> <p class="title h5 internal-feed"><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/news/control-strategies-for-pretty-but-invasive-orange-hawkweed.php">Control strategies for pretty, but invasive, orange hawkweed</a></p> <p class="date m-0">April 01, 2025<br/> <p class="excerpt short-desc pt-2">Don't be fooled by orange hawkweed, a dainty little orange flower that can take over your pasture, lawn or wildflower garden. In a free statewide webinar, learn how orange hawkweed's biology makes it so invasive and how to use that biology to control it.<br/></li><li><div class="newsImage"><img src="https://www.uaf.edu/news/images/early-explorers-trees.jpg" alt="Two adults and two young children work together at a table making paper collages." /></div> <p class="title h5 internal-feed"><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/news/museum-family-programs-highlight-trees-in-april.php">Museum family programs highlight trees in April</a></p> <p class="date m-0">April 01, 2025<br/> <p class="excerpt short-desc pt-2">Family programs at the University of Alaska Museum of the North will focus on trees during April.<br/></li><li><div class="newsImage"><img src="https://www.uaf.edu/news/etouffee.jpg" alt="A bowl of Cajun etouffee with a boiled crawfish on top" /></div> <p class="title h5 internal-feed"><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/news/sample-cajun-etouffee-in-sitka-cook-off.php">Sample Cajun etouffee in Sitka cook-off</a></p> <p class="date m-0">March 31, 2025<br/> <p class="excerpt short-desc pt-2">Join the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service in Sitka for a Cajun cuisine cooking competition: The Sitka Etouffee-Off.<br/></li><li><div class="newsImage"><img src="https://www.uaf.edu/news/images/Spotted_seal_NOAA_Dave%20Withrow.jpg" alt="A spotted seal rests on sea ice." /></div> <p class="title h5 internal-feed"><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/news/microplastics-contaminate-spotted-seal-diets-in-remote-alaska-waters.php">Microplastics contaminate spotted seal diets in remote Alaska waters</a></p> <p class="date m-0">March 31, 2025<br/> <p class="excerpt short-desc pt-2">Spotted seals in some of the most remote marine areas around Alaska are consuming significant amounts of microplastics in their diets, according to a new University of Alaska Fairbanks-led study. <br/></li><li><div class="newsImage"><img src="https://www.uaf.edu/news/red-ember-peppers.jpg" alt="A woman wearing raingear harvests long green peppers from a row of healthy plants" /></div> <p class="title h5 internal-feed"><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/news/workshop-discusses-science-behind-selecting-vegetable-varieties.php">Workshop discusses science behind selecting vegetable varieties</a></p> <p class="date m-0">March 31, 2025<br/> <p class="excerpt short-desc pt-2">Learn about the hardiness, yield and taste of different varieties of 10 common garden vegetables during an in-person workshop in Delta Junction.<br/></li><li><div class="newsImage"><img src="https://www.uaf.edu/news/images/04-08-2025-panel-headshots.png" alt="Panelists include, top left to right, Paula Dobbyn, Colin Warren and Carol Gray, and, bottom left to right, Gary Black, Lynne Snifka and Dermot Cole. 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