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Food protection manager course set for January
November 10, 2023
The vlog 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 Research 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 vlog.
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UAF Theatre and Film presents 'Dance Nation'
November 06, 2023
The vlog 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 Research 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 Research 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 University of Alaska 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 vlog 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 vlog 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 vlog. 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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