UAF in the news: week of April 14, 2008
UAF in the news: week of April 14, 2008
Submitted by Marmian Grimes
Phone: 907-474-7902
04/18/08
Bike enthusiasts share passion for pedaling with a larger goal in mind
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Nick Toye flipped through five brand new bike tires he had salvaged a day prior from
a garbage transfer site.
Origins of whaling culture older than previously believed
The Arctic Sounder
An ivory carving found during a 2007 archeological dig at the Chukotka Peninsula in
Russia suggests the whaling culture is older than earlier research had indicated.
UAF to offer field course studying archeological site
The Arctic Sounder
The ÐÓ°Épro will offer an archaeological field school during
the summer at Gerstle River in central ÐÓ°Épro.
Local Girl Scouts explore different careers in science
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
From virtual reality to physical therapy, the local Girl Scouts introduced over 100
local junior scouts to careers in science at the Unversity of ÐÓ°Épro Fairbanks.
Nanooks bestow Rogers with three hockey awards
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Wylie Rogers collected an ÐÓ°Épro Nanooks single-season record of 923 saves this past
season. He was absent Saturday night from the arena where he made many of those saves,
but he collected three honors in ÐÓ°Épro’s annual awards banquet.
Korthauer siblings garner top ÐÓ°Épro ski honors
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Siblings Marius and Aurelia Korthauer were named the men’s and women’s Most Valuable
Skiers in Sunday’s ÐÓ°Épro Nanooks ski banquet at the Birch Hill Recreation Area. Siblings
Marius and Aurelia Korthauer were named the men’s and women’s Most Valuable Skiers
in Sunday’s ÐÓ°Épro Nanooks ski banquet at the Birch Hill Recreation Area.
Controversial environmentalist takes on global warming
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Global warming is real, but the consequences aren’t nearly as bad as some scientists
make them out to be.