UAF in the news: week of June 30, 2008
UAF in the news: week of June 30, 2008
Submitted by Marmian Grimes
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07/02/08
Conference puts focus on permafrost surface changes, hazards
ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS--From Goldstream Valley to Mars, the International Conference on Permafrost
will leave no frozen patch uncovered.
Researchers, politicians converge at permafrost conference
ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS--Hundreds of researchers are in ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø this week to get the real dirt
on permafrost.
Scientists meet 25 years later for another look at permafrost
ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS--From research labs to the big screen, climate change is a hot topic. But
in ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø 25 years ago, it was only a theory and one of the six themes explored
by the International Conference on Permafrost.
Ferguson names West, Meisner as assistant coaches
ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS--Lance West stepped from behind the camera and into a full-time coaching
role with the Alaska Nanooks hockey team on Friday.
Three UAF students chosen as Dean John A. Knauss Fellows
ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Daily News-Miner
Three ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø students are among 51 chosen as Dean John A.
Knauss Fellows.
$700,000 gift to produce more Native Ph.D.s
Cordova Times
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has pledged $700,000 to the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø
over the next five years to provide financial support to students in the dissertation
writing phase of their doctoral programs.
Four comprise first Nanook Hall of Fame class
ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS--An Olympic gold medalist, a basketball star, the architect of the school’s
national champion rifle program and a former player, coach and longtime supporter
comprise the inaugural class of the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Nanook Hall of
Fame.
UAF historian Mangusso rewarded for commitment to education
ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS--The dedication it takes to master the art of teaching can only come from
someone with a heart of gold and a platinum sense of humor.
Try out solar water heating
Capital City Weekly
During the summer of 2006, I did an evaluation to determine why I wasn’t seeing the
type of savings I expected from the tripling of my wall insulation in my energy-efficient
retrofit for my house.
Smith to take reins of Nanooks women’s basketball program
ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS--Darryl Smith was named the new head coach of the Alaska Nanooks women’s
basketball team Tuesday morning.