University of Alaska Fairbanks

The University of Alaska Fairbanks Graduate School has selected seven Ph.D. students for the 2025 Mellon Foundation Troth Yeddha' Collective Fellowship. These fellows are established students whose work centers Indigenous knowledge in the arts and humanities, builds transdisciplinary connections, and responds to community needs through university-based research.

Instruments typically used to detect the ground motion of earthquakes can also be used to identify the type of aircraft flying far overhead, research by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists shows.

The climate-driven spread of beaver ponds in Alaska's Arctic accelerates the effects of a warming environment by causing pond-adjacent permafrost to thaw and by increasing the amount of liquid water present during winter. Those are the key findings of the first comprehensive, on-the-ground assessment of the northward migration of beavers.

Mount Edgecumbe volcano in Southeast Alaska sits in a place where a volcano shouldn't really be sitting. Research underway with new federal funding aims to solve that mystery.

As Alaska's rivers begin serving as winter roads and trails, a new study from the University of Alaska Fairbanks helps explain why certain stretches of water never seem to freeze.

Eight members of the University of Alaska Fairbanks volleyball team have been named to the 2025 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Academic All-Conference Team.

Cynphany Henderson was named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 10. The honor marks her first career GNAC Player of the Week award.

Cate Whiting, a recent graduate and former member of the Alaska Nanooks volleyball team, was named the Alaska Nanooks' selection for the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. She was one of four nominated by Great Northwest Athletic Conference schools. A total of 577 graduating student-athletes were nominated, including 127 from other Division II member schools. Read the full news release.

For the first time since joining the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, the University of Alaska Fairbanks Nanooks will have a men's representative at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Cross Country Championships. Dexter Delaney officially qualified for the 2025 championships on Monday, Nov. 10, with the NCAA announcement for all team qualifiers and individual qualifiers. Delaney, a freshman, will represent the Blue and Gold as an individual qualifier after placing seventh at the 2025 NCAA West Regional Championships on Saturday, Nov. 8, in Monmouth, Oregon, and earning All-Region honors. "Dexter continues to redefine what it means to run for the Nanooks," said head coach Conrad Haber. "He took the time to learn from the early season competitions to ensure he would be ready to seize the moment when it arrived. Dexter was patient, trusted his instincts, and executed his race plan to perfection." Prior to the regional race at the Ash Creek Preserve, Delaney finished eighth at the 2025 GNAC Championships, placing in the top 10 for a GNAC All-Conference finish and the GNAC Freshman of the Year honor. He became the first Nanooks men's racer to earn All-GNAC honors and was the first-ever men's racer to earn a GNAC end-of-the-year conference honor. Delaney had one other top 10 finish at the Western Washington University Bill Roe Classic on Sept. 27, taking eighth in the 8k classic on Sept. 27, 2025. In two head-to-head matchups with the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves, Delaney also added a third-place finish in the Seawolf Throwdown on Sept. 6 and his first career win on Sept. 13 at the Blue/Gold Race in Fairbanks. He was one of three individual qualifiers from the West, joining Alan Jimenez (Cal State San Marcos) and Noah Plaza (Concordia University Irvine). The championships will be held Saturday, Nov. 22, at Wayne E. Dannehl National Cross Country Course. University of Wisconsin-Parkside will serve as the host. The women's race will begin at 7 a.m. EST, followed by the men's race at 8:15 a.m. AKST. The championships will be livestreamed on www.NCAA.com from 7 a.m. AKST until the conclusion of the awards ceremony.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced the students named to the deans' and chancellor's lists for the summer 2025 semester. The lists recognize students' outstanding academic achievements. Students receiving a 3.9 grade point average or higher are placed on the chancellor's list, while those receiving a grade point average of between 3.5 and 3.89 are named to the deans' list. UAF is a Land, Sea and Space Grant institution and is the leading doctoral degree-granting institution in the state of Alaska. Since it was founded in 1917, UAF has been internationally recognized for research relating to the Arctic and sub-Arctic in areas such as biology, geophysics, engineering, natural resources and climate.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced the students named to the deans' and chancellor's lists for the spring 2025 semester. The lists recognize students' outstanding academic achievements. Students receiving a 3.9 grade point average or higher are placed on the chancellor's list, while those receiving a grade point average of between 3.5 and 3.89 are named to the deans' list. UAF is a Land, Sea and Space Grant institution and is the leading doctoral degree-granting institution in the state of Alaska. Since it was founded in 1917, UAF has been internationally recognized for research relating to the Arctic and sub-Arctic in areas such as biology, geophysics, engineering, natural resources and climate.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced the students named to the deans' and chancellor's lists for the fall 2024 semester. The lists recognize students' outstanding academic achievements. Students receiving a 3.9 grade point average or higher are placed on the chancellor's list, while those receiving a grade point average of between 3.5 and 3.89 are named to the deans' list. UAF is a Land, Sea and Space Grant institution and is the leading doctoral degree-granting institution in the state of Alaska. Since it was founded in 1917, UAF has been internationally recognized for research relating to the Arctic and sub-Arctic in areas such as biology, geophysics, engineering, natural resources and global climate change.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced the students named to the deans' and chancellor's lists for the summer 2024 semester. The lists recognize students' outstanding academic achievements. Students receiving a 3.9 grade point average or higher are placed on the chancellor's list, while those receiving a grade point average of between 3.5 and 3.89 are named to the deans' list. UAF is a Land, Sea and Space Grant institution and is the leading doctoral degree-granting institution in the state of Alaska. Since it was founded in 1917, UAF has been internationally recognized for research relating to the Arctic and sub-Arctic in areas such as biology, geophysics, engineering, natural resources and global climate change.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced the students named to the deans' and chancellor's lists for the spring 2024 semester. The lists recognize students' outstanding academic achievements. Students receiving a 3.9 grade point average or higher are placed on the chancellor's list, while those receiving a grade point average of between 3.5 and 3.89 are named to the deans' list. UAF is a Land, Sea and Space Grant institution and is the leading doctoral degree-granting institution in the state of Alaska. Since it was founded in 1917, UAF has been internationally recognized for research relating to the Arctic and sub-Arctic in areas such as biology, geophysics, engineering, natural resources and global climate change.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced the students named to the deans' and chancellor's lists for the fall 2023 semester. The lists recognize students' outstanding academic achievements. Students receiving a 3.9 grade point average or higher are placed on the chancellor's list, while those receiving a grade point average of between 3.5 and 3.89 are named to the deans' list. UAF is a Land, Sea and Space Grant institution and is the leading doctoral degree-granting institution in the state of Alaska. Since it was founded in 1917, UAF has been internationally recognized for research relating to the Arctic and sub-Arctic in areas such as biology, geophysics, engineering, natural resources and global climate change.

The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

A new paper published in Science Advances synthesizes the impact of metal and coal mines on salmon and trout in northwestern North America. The paper's lead author is Chris Sergeant, a graduate student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences and a research scientist at the University of Montana.