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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 04, 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. 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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></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/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. Photos courtesy of the speakers. " /></div> <p class="title h5 internal-feed"><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/news/journalism-the-first-amendment-and-covering-trump.php">Journalism, the First Amendment and covering Trump</a></p> <p class="date m-0">March 28, 2025<br/> <p class="excerpt short-desc pt-2">A roundtable of journalists and University of Alaska Fairbanks faculty members will discuss the media's role as President Donald Trump seeks to remake the federal government and punish perceived enemies in the press and judiciary.<br/></li><li><div class="newsImage"><img src="https://www.uaf.edu/news/garden-vegetables.jpg" alt="A zucchini plant blooms in an Alaska vegetable garden" /></div> <p class="title h5 internal-feed"><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/news/learn-the-basics-of-alaska-gardening-in-workshop-series.php">Learn the basics of Alaska gardening in workshop series</a></p> <p class="date m-0">March 28, 2025<br/> <p class="excerpt short-desc pt-2">Grow your gardening knowledge in this series of 11 weekly webinars covering the basics of growing vegetables in Alaska. Casey Matney, the Kenai-based agriculture and horticulture agent with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, will lead the free classes.<br/></li><li><div class="newsImage"><img src="https://www.uaf.edu/news/images/SnowlessCountry-3-27-2025.jpeg" alt="A dirt trail passes between spruce trees in the mountains under a clear, sunny sky." /></div> <p class="title h5 internal-feed"><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/news/snows-absence-and-welcome-presence.php">Snow's absence and welcome presence</a></p> <p class="date m-0">March 28, 2025<br/> <p class="excerpt short-desc pt-2">Rick Thoman noted in a recent report that the paucity of 2024-2025 snowfall in Anchorage and other Southcentral Alaska locations may be unprecedented in the era of modern records.<br/></li><li><div class="newsImage"><img src="https://www.uaf.edu/news/images/lv-25-8096-106-GD2025.jpg" alt="A polar bear mascot wearing a blue and gold uniform stands with three people. " /></div> <p class="title h5 internal-feed"><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/news/uaf-donors-contribute-812373-during-giving-day-2025.php">UAF donors contribute $812,373 during Giving Day 2025</a></p> <p class="date m-0">March 27, 2025<br/> <p class="excerpt short-desc pt-2">More than 1,100 University of Alaska Fairbanks supporters donated $812,373 during the fifth annual UA Giving Day event March 25-27. The event set another participation record for UAF, with 1,150 donors making gifts to more than 80 scholarships, programs and initiatives over the course of 49 hours.<br/></li><li><div class="newsImage"><img src="https://www.uaf.edu/news/images/ACWE_March%202025.jpg" alt="Two people look at an Alaska's Changing Wildfire Environment report" /></div> <p class="title h5 internal-feed"><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/news/alaskas-changing-wildfire-environment-report-updated.php">'Alaska's Changing Wildfire Environment' report updated</a></p> <p class="date m-0">March 27, 2025<br/> <p class="excerpt short-desc pt-2">The University of Alaska Fairbanks has released an updated report highlighting recent wildfire trends in Alaska, their impacts to humans and wildlife, and how science can improve wildfire management decisions. "Alaska's Changing Wildfire Environment 2.0" provides people with timely, reliable and understandable information in a visually appealing and concise format.<br/></li><li><div class="newsImage"><img src="https://www.uaf.edu/news/images/AWESOMErocket.jpg" alt="Rocket launches from Poker Flat" /></div> <p class="title h5 internal-feed"><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/news/two-nasa-rockets-launch-from-poker-flat-third-rocket-expected.php">Two NASA rockets launch from Poker Flat, third rocket expected</a></p> <p class="date m-0">March 25, 2025<br/> <p class="excerpt short-desc pt-2">Two NASA sounding rockets launched from Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks early Tuesday morning in a mission aimed at learning more about how the aurora affects the upper atmosphere.<br/></li><li><div class="newsImage"><img src="https://www.uaf.edu/news/rick-thoman.jpg" alt="A man with glasses and graying beard and hair looks into the camera on a snowy field. " /></div> <p class="title h5 internal-feed"><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/news/making-sense-of-alaskas-changing-environment.php">Making sense of Alaska's changing environment</a></p> <p class="date m-0">March 25, 2025<br/> <p class="excerpt short-desc pt-2">Changes in Alaska's environment are evident all across the state, but the details vary greatly. 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