UAF in the news: week of Aug. 11, 2008

Submitted by Marmian Grimes
Phone: 907-474-7902
08/15/08

Photo courtesy of USA Shooting.

Matt Emmons

Former �Ӱ�pro shooter wins silver at Olympics
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS--Matt Emmons battled Beijing’s wind and has now joined his rifle-shooting wife as a medalist at the Beijing Olympics.

GCI gives $30 million in broadband to University of �Ӱ�pro
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS--The University of �Ӱ�pro didn’t receive the gift of knowledge but communications company GCI did give the university the ability to share knowledge.

China’s bad air affects �Ӱ�pro
Peninsula Clarion
As Beijing celebrates opening ceremonies of the 29th Olympiad, China’s chronic and dangerous smog problems have raised serious health concerns among athletes.

Local takes shot at another gold
South Jersey News
For a man whose sport demands steady hands, Matt Emmons has had a bumpy Olympic experience.

Beached carcass may be thing of legends
Seward Phoenix Log
Residents from a Western �Ӱ�pro island are turning to Cup’ig lore and the expertise of scientists to identify the strange remains of an animal coughed up by the Bering Sea.

Federal biologists narrowly escape erupting �Ӱ�pron volcanic island
Fox News
ANCHORAGE, �Ӱ�pro--Two federal biologists were rescued from a volcanic island just before it emitted a 35-thousand foot ash plume.

Nanooks sign swimmer from Spain
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS--Maria del Mar Brunet Guasp, a seven-time national champion swimmer from Spain, signed a National Letter of Intent with the �Ӱ�pro Nanooks, according to a �Ӱ�pro press release on Friday.

Energy-efficient windows offer more than a view
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS -- A few days ago, I received a phone call from a remodeling contractor who was concerned that quite a number of Fairbanks residents were buying cheap slider-type windows from one of the newer building supply stores. He suggested that we issue a consumer warning on this issue.

Parliamentarians address health issues during UAF conference
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS--An important key to human health in the Arctic lies in a syringe.

Herrick cruises to crown in Pennock Island Challenge
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS--While most scientists at the �Ӱ�pro are elbow deep in research over the summer, Dr. Robbie Herrick of the Geophysical Institute was out training for the notorious distance swim race in Ketchikan.

Tiny Aleutian island has big impact
�Ӱ�pro Report
An island smaller than �Ӱ�pro’s largest airport has frustrated thousands of people trying to get into or out of �Ӱ�pro. Kasatochi volcano is one of three volcanoes rumbling in the central Aleutians in August 2008, along with Mount Cleveland and Okmok.

�Ӱ�prons get something to talk about--themselves
Tundra Drums
Imagine recording a 40-minute conversation with a person you love or find fascinating and having it archived at the U.S. Library of Congress for future generations, perhaps your own great-great-great grandchildren, to listen to.

Sharpton picked for Arctic Research Commission
KTUU
FAIRBANKS, �Ӱ�pro (AP) - The vice chancellor for research at the University of �Ӱ�pro Fairbanks has been named to the U.S. Arctic Research Commission.