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  • Barnette Magnet wins first place in Alaska Science Olympiad

    February 28, 2024

    The Barnette Blazers of Barnette Magnet School in Fairbanks won first place in the 2024 Alaska Science Olympiad on Saturday, Feb. 24.

  • Il-Sang Ahn and Getu Hailu each received $300,000 EPSCoR RII Track-4 awards to fund research and development of technologies that would aid in space exploration.

    Univeristy of Alaska engineering researchers receive 2 of 10 Track-4 awards

    October 06, 2023

    Il-Sang Ahn and Getu Hailu each received $300,000 EPSCoR RII Track-4 awards to fund research and development of technologies that would aid in space exploration.

  • As Fire & Ice winds down, many of our researchers are sifting through data and writing up manuscripts. Here’s what fellow EPSCoR researchers have shared about writing and publishing from their personal experiences, some with many years of experience and some just getting going.

    What is it really like to publish research?

    October 02, 2023

    As Fire & Ice winds down, many of our researchers are sifting through data and writing up manuscripts. Here’s what fellow EPSCoR researchers have shared about writing and publishing from their personal experiences, some with many years of experience and some just getting going.

  • Alaska EPSCoR Outreach Coordinator Courtney Breest joined Alaska Project Learning Tree in Denali National Park for a training for K-12 teachers on incorporating wildfire science into their curriculum.

    Nature of Fire in Alaska Workshop for Teachers

    August 30, 2023

    Alaska EPSCoR Outreach Coordinator Courtney Breest joined Alaska Project Learning Tree in Denali National Park for a training for K-12 teachers on incorporating wildfire science into their curriculum.

  • Alaska EPSCoR, the UAF College of Engineering and Mines (CEM), and the UAF College of Natural Science and Mathematics (CNSM) organized Science Olympiad for the first time at UAF! Students from across Alaska competed in 16 events, ranging from written subject tests to construction of bridges, planes and trebuchets.

    Science Olympiad

    March 07, 2023

    Alaska EPSCoR, the UAF College of Engineering and Mines (CEM), and the UAF College of Natural Science and Mathematics (CNSM) organized Science Olympiad for the first time at UAF! Students from across Alaska competed in 16 events, ranging from written subject tests to construction of bridges, planes and trebuchets.