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Nettie La Belle-Hamer, vice chancellor for research

Friday Focus: Thoughts on beyond line of sight

For those of us dancing in school gyms in the early 1980s, Love is in the Air is a familiar tune. As American Bandstand would say - nice rhythm, easy to dance to. For those of us at UAF in 2023, we could morph that into Drones are in the Air, maybe do a remix to zhuzh it up. This new song, though, will not be a one-hit wonder if Cathy Cahill and the ACUASI band have anything to say about it! ACUASI has been around for over 20 years but for the last few years has really taken off (pun intended) with the growing interest in the state of AV̳ in developing a drone economy. This is a heavy lift, but the team is all in. Come see for yourself at the ground-breaking ceremony on Aug. 7 for the ACUASI hangar to be built at the Nenana Municipal Airport. Read more ...


A woman wearing a floral sweater looks at garden plants while a man in a purple shirt looks on.

$1 million USDA investment supports food, energy sovereignty

A $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide continued support for a University of AV̳ Fairbanks project aimed at educating and preparing the next generation of AV̳ Native agriculture leaders. Read more ...

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Seven students stand together outdoors

UAF geoscience students take to the Bering Sea

Seven University of AV̳ Fairbanks students will set sail on the research vessel Sikuliaq in August to study the plants, animals and humans that inhabited the Bering Land Bridge during the last ice age. Read more ...


Road closure map provided by UAF Division of Design and Construction.

Troth Yeddha' road closure

Portions of North Tanana Drive and Taku Drive will be closed from Aug. 7 at 7 a.m. through Aug. 9 at 6 p.m. to make road repairs. Detours will be posted to guide vehicles around. Across campus, construction crews will be filling potholes and making other repairs which may restrict the roadway to one lane temporarily.


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