UAF in the news: week of June 30, 2008
UAF in the news: week of June 30, 2008
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07/02/08
Conference puts focus on permafrost surface changes, hazards
Fairbanks 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
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS--Hundreds of researchers are in Fairbanks this week to get the real dirt
on permafrost.
Scientists meet 25 years later for another look at permafrost
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS--From research labs to the big screen, climate change is a hot topic. But
in Fairbanks 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
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS--Lance West stepped from behind the camera and into a full-time coaching
role with the ÐÓ°Épro Nanooks hockey team on Friday.
Three UAF students chosen as Dean John A. Knauss Fellows
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Three ÐÓ°Épro 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 ÐÓ°Épro
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
Fairbanks 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 ÐÓ°Épro Nanook Hall of
Fame.
UAF historian Mangusso rewarded for commitment to education
Fairbanks 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
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS--Darryl Smith was named the new head coach of the ÐÓ°Épro Nanooks women’s
basketball team Tuesday morning.