Kelsey Gordon studies for a quiz in her summer sessions anatomy and physiology lab in the Murie Building.
Associate professor Margaret Darrow, right, and state geologist Ronnie Daanen take a reading from GPS tracking device as they make their way down one of several frozen debris lobes which have appeared along the Deitrich River valley in the southern Brooks Range which could threaten the highway and the nearby trans-Alaska pipeline.
A German foreign language class holds class on the campus lawn during a warm autumn afternoon.
Undergraduate geology major Kailyn Davis, right, research professor Jeff Benowitz, center, and Paul Layer, dean of UAF's College of Natural Science and Mathematics, take a rest stop while hiking during a June 2015 extended field trip near the Nabesna Glacier in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.
Jeff Benowitz with UAF's Geophysical Institute leads a team of geologists on a rJune 2015 research field trip near the Nabesna Glacier in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.
Research Associate Professor Katey Walter Anthony inspects flaming methane gas seeping from a hole in the ice on the surface of a pond on the UAF campus. The naturally occurring phenomenon is made worse by thawing permafrost and increased plant decay caused by global warming.
Ph.D. candidate Amanda Lindoo works in the Reichardt Building petrology lab.
Students compete in a ice climbing competition during Winter Carnival on campus.
Members of UAF's Indian community celebrate the Diwali Festival in the Wood Center ballroom.