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UAF in the news: week of Oct. 27, 2008

Submitted by Marmian Grimes
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10/31/08

Mars craters might be scars from fallen moon
New Scientist
An unusual pair of craters on Mars formed when a moon broke apart before crashing into the planet’s surface about a billion years ago, a new study suggests.

ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø residence hall plans Halloween haunted house
ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS--Skarland Hall at the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø will host a haunted house Friday.

Dead writers’ words live on at annual ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø event
ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Daily News-Miner
Virginia Woolf’s life may have ended in a cold river near Rodmell, Sussex 67 years ago, but she could make an appearance in ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Saturday.

From the classroom to the stage: UAF voice professor to star in Anchorage Opera
ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Daily News-Miner
A few months ago, Jaunelle Celaire just doing her thing as a vice professor of voice at the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø.

Love INC gets new executive director
ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS--The faith-based nonprofit Love in the Name of Christ has a new executive director.

Alaska researchers, policymakers seek cooperation on climate issues
ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS--Getting researchers and policymakers to collaborate might not be a snap, but one organization is trying to bridge the gap.

Smarter in Alaska- Natural Alaska
Alaska Magazine
Bigger is better when one’s goal is to keep from freezing to death in the dark. To stay warm, for example, a fox uses much more energy relative to its body size than does a moose, which can weigh as much as a small car (which is a miracle when you consider it survives on frozen tree buds all winter).

Scientists Link Climate, Energy to Growing Arctic "Food Insecurity"
Science
FAIRBANKS, Alaska--For generations, caribou have been central to the diet and culture of the Naskapi people who live on the tundra of northeastern Canada.

Workshops plug holes in home energy costs
Tundra Drums
Residents challenged by high home heating costs could benefit from three upcoming workshops offered in Bethel by the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Cooperative Extension Service.

Humpback whale freed from entanglement
Kodiak Daily Mirror
Four disentanglement experts freed a humpback whale tangled in a fishing line Wednesday in Uyak Bay.