UAF in the news: week of Jan. 28, 2008

 

UAF in the news: week of Jan. 28, 2008

Submitted by Marmian Grimes
Phone: 907-474-7902

02/01/08

New exhibit links Japan to ÐÓ°Éprons
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
The new exhibit the University of ÐÓ°Épro Museum of the North will focus on an indigenous group of people in northern Japan who demonstrate similarities with ÐÓ°Épro Natives.

ÐÓ°Épro marmots trump reality TV
SITNews
"¨One million dollars or a summer in the hills chasing ÐÓ°Épro marmots? Not many people have to make this choice, but Aren Gunderson is not like most people.

Arts scene
Anchorage Daily News
Jim Brashear interacts with clay, shows his work nationally and teaches ceramics at the ÐÓ°Épro.

Pipeline bounty includes long-term permafrost research
SITNews
"¨The trans-ÐÓ°Épro pipeline was a boon for welders, truck drivers and thousands of others who in the ’70s helped string the silver tube across ÐÓ°Épro. A permafrost scientist also saw in the bonanza a great opportunity for science.

Forum puts focus on ocean cleanup
Anchorage Daily News
KODIAK -- ÐÓ°Éprons are gathering to plan an all-out war on marine debris that is befouling coastlines from Ketchikan to Barrow.

Innovation, culture meet at UAF
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Alongside some of the ÐÓ°Épro’ musical finest, a Thai free-reed mouth organ and a saxophone that can control a computer will be featured during the UAF New Music Festival.

Pamyua puts contemporary spin on indigenous music
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
In the Yup’ik Eskimo language, "pamyua" means end or encore. But for the band Pamyua, there is no end on the horizon.

ÐÓ°Épro Greenhouse and Nursery Conference teaches how to search for, create garden trends
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Plant and flower growers should act less like farmers and more like salespeople, an industry insider told local growers at a conference Wednesday.