UAF student follows Wainwright soldiers to Afghanistan
(Anchorage Daily News © 02/01/2012) (Registration Required)
JR Ancheta, a budding photojournalist studying at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, followed the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division of Fort Wainwright in their preparations for deployment to Afghanistan. Right after finals in December, he joined the brigade in Afghanistan for a short time. Now back in Fairbanks, he reported on his experience with words and photos in the cam...

Alaskan volcano could erupt, disrupt international air travel
(CNN.com © 02/01/2012)
Alaskan volcano could erupt, disrupt international air travel (CNN) -- Officials are monitoring a remote Alaska volcano that could launch an ash cloud, potentially threatening intercontinental flights. "Eruptive activity" of Cleveland Volcano was detected in satellite data, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory. The volcano, also known as Mount Cleveland, is on the Aleutian Islands, s...

UAS celebrates success in new year
(Juneau Empire © 01/29/2012) (Registration Required)
January 29, 2012 - 04:01am UAS celebrates success in new year As the University of Alaska Southeast begins a new semester, there are many new successes to share. Hood funded for international collaborative study on glacier carbons UAS Associate Professor of Environmental Science Eran Hood has been funded for a collaborative study on the origins of organic carbon in glaciers. Most ...

Two top-level appointments announced at UA System
(UA News © 01/27/2012)
For Immediate Release Jan. 27, 2012 The University of Alaska System has promoted two longtime UA employees. Erika Van Flein, formerly benefits administrator for UA Human Resources, has been named director of benefits. She replaces Mike Humphrey, who recently left the System Office to serve as executive officer for UAA Chancellor Tom Case. Brandi Berg, formerly assistant to Board of Regents?...

UAA debaters second among US schools in international event
(Anchorage Daily News © 01/26/2012) (Registration Required)
A UAA Seawolves debate squad ranked among the top finishers at the World Universities Debating Championships at De La Salle University in Manila, Philippines from Dec. 27 to Jan. 4. The squad, consisting of four two-person teams drawn from about 30 students in the school's debate program, took second place among American colleges participating in the world championship of intercollegiate debate....

Second season of Art of Place kicks off Friday
(Juneau Empire © 01/26/2012)
By Amy Fletcher JUNEAU EMPIRE The second annual Art of Place lecture and demonstration series begins Friday with ?Art of Place as History,? led by Steve Henrikson and Janice Criswell. The presentation begins at 10 a.m. in the Glacier View Room in the Egan Library wing at University of Alaska Southeast. Organizer Ernestine Hayes, assistant professor of English at UAS, said she was very pleas...

Course helps JBER get WILD about Alaska ecosystem
(JBER News © 01/25/2012)
by Air Force Staff Sgt. Cynthia Spalding JBER Public Affairs 1/25/2012 - JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Children may be amazed or terrified of wild animals that live in the wilderness of the Alaskan outdoors, but a little education can leave their parents a little more at ease. "My fondest memories as a young child in the backwoods of Pennsylvania were not watching cartoons and pl...

Kessler Foundation Awards $425,000 Grant to University of Alaska Disability Employment Initiative
(Melodika.net © 01/25/2012)
Wednesday, 25 January 2012 Kessler Foundation awarded a $425,000 Signature Employment Grant to the Center for Human Development (CHD) at University of Alaska-Anchorage to advance employment opportunities for people with disability caused by traumatic brain injury. This Signature Grant is part of the more than $2.7 million in disability employment grants awarded by the Fou...

UAF Geophysical Institute predicts extreme aurora tonight
(Fairbanks Daily News-Miner © 01/24/2012)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Aurora borealis monitors at the University of Alaska Fairbanks are expecting a strong northern lights display tonight. Aurora forecaster Charles Deehr at the UAF Geophysical Institute says that highly active displays will be visible overhead, weather permitting, from Bethel to Barrow, Ketchikan and Dillingham. He says the lights are expected to be visible low on the horizon f...

'Extreme' Northern Lights Forecast for Alaska
(KTUU Anchorage © 01/24/2012)
An illustration by the UAF Geophysical Institute shows where the aurora will be most visible in Alaska on Tuesday, January 24th, 2012. (UAF Geophysical Institute) ANCHORAGE, Alaska??? The latest aurora borealis forecast from the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute shows a high probability of a strong northern lights show Tuesday. ???Weather permitting, highly active auroral displa...

Kodiak fish center now has new name
(Anchorage Daily News © 01/19/2012) (Registration Required)
KODIAK -- The Fisheries Industrial Technology Center in Kodiak has a new name. University of Alaska Fairbanks officials announced in a release that the new name is the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center. The University of Alaska Board of Regents gave the OK to the new name last month. Paula Cullenberg, the co-director of the Kodiak center, said the new name better describes the wor...

Barnes named fellow at science society
(Fairbanks Daily News-Miner © 01/19/2012)
FAIRBANKS ? University of Alaska Fairbanks zoophysiologist Brian Barnes has been named a 2011 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world?s largest general scientific society. Barnes is the director of the UAF Institute of Arctic Biology and science director at Toolik Field Station on the North Slope. According to a press release, he was recognized for ?distinguis...

It?s harder than it looks: Making an ice wall during winter in Fairbanks is a difficult task
(Fairbanks Daily News-Miner © 01/16/2012)
Eric Engman/News-Miner Frank Olive, left, and Mark Oldmixon reset the hose head Thursday as water is sprayed on the UAF climbing wall for ice climbing. Eric Engman/News-Miner A hose head sends mist onto the UAF ice wall. FAIRBANKS ? One wouldn?t think making ice in Fairbanks during the winter would be a difficult task. Don?t tell that to Mark Oldmixo...

Guide to Online Schools Releases 2012 Top Online Military-Friendly...
(PRWeb © 01/11/2012)
, a leading education portal, reveals its pick of the Top 30 Online Colleges available to students in 2012. Over 200 accredited online schools were evaluated using a number of standardized school metrics from the U.S. Department of Education and internal data. 's flagship site, , has released its annual list of the top online military-friendly universities. As one of the few education portals to a...

Aerial drone helping to guide Russian tanker toward iced-in Alaska town awaiting fuel delivery
(The Washington Post © 01/11/2012)
Aerial drone helping to guide Russian tanker toward iced-in Alaska town awaiting fuel delivery Smaller Text Larger Text Text Size Print E-mail Reprints By Associated Press, Published: January 11 ANCHORAGE, Alaska ? As a Russian fuel tanker slowly moves through the frozen Bering Sea toward an iced-in city in western Alaska, it has been getting help from an unusual source...

High demand for ESM graduates
(Tundra Drums © 01/10/2012)
Dr. Hsueh-Ming Steve Wang is the Chair of University of Alaska Anchorage?s Engineering and Science Management (ESM) Department. Recently, Dr. Wang was interviewed by Tony Nakazawa of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service about where the jobs are for today?s University of Alaska graduates? Question: Just as now our everyday language ? whether you are in the Sears Mall or...