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Study: Halibut charters adapt to economics and regulations

Study: Halibut charters adapt to economics and regulations
Increasing fuel prices and new regulations have caused halibut charter fishermen to change fishing locations, according to a new study by UAF researchers. The study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, highlights the importance of understanding how economics and regulations may affect fishing locations or species preferences in recreational fisheries. Read more

Teaching Tip: Create dynamic video presentations with Kaltura CaptureSpace

Kaltura CaptureSpace is a screen recording and presentation tool available free to all UA students, staff and faculty. Learn how to use it for your class. Read more

A wilderness feel along an industrial path

A wilderness feel along an industrial path
This clear waterway running through boreal swampland marks the farthest Cora and I will be from a highway during our summer hike along the route of the trans-Alaska pipeline. If we chose to bust overland southwest toward Banner Creek, we would have to cover at least 9 boggy miles before we reached the Richardson Highway. Backtracking to the nearest pipeline access road would require a hike of 20 miles. What's the significance of the most remote part of a pathway that is itself a manmade disturbance? Read more

Georgeson Botanical Garden to host birthday bash

The Georgeson Botanical Garden will celebrate the 166th birthday of its namesake with a birthday bash from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 25 at the garden. Read more

Get a text when a package hits your post office box

UAF Mail Services/Post Office offers text notifications for the package lockers in Constitution Hall. When a package is placed in the pickup locker, a text message will be sent to the box owner. Read more

Chancellor's budget forum this Friday

With less than two weeks remaining in the fiscal year 2017 fiscal year and with a state budget impasse continuing, UAF Chancellor Dana Thomas will host a budget forum from 3:30-4:30 p.m. on Friday, June 23, in the Wood Center ballroom. Read more

Regents to hold special budget meeting

The UA Board of Regents will meet in Fairbanks from 9-11 a.m. Thursday, June 22, at 212 Butrovich. The board will discuss the fiscal year 2018 operating budget. Read more

UAF staff provide food for local children

UAF staff contributed 98 pounds of food and $100 to the Fairbanks Community Food Bank's Bone Builders program during a collection effort in May. The University Advocacy Committee, a committee of UAF Staff Council, organized the effort. Read more

New tools help fight wildfire with satellite imagery

New tools help fight wildfire with satellite imagery
New tools from satellite images are helping locate wildfires and forecast weather to protect firefighters. Read more

Small-business grant seminars available Fridays in June

Free webinars this month will help innovators find money to develop their inventions in Alaska through Small Business Innovation Research grants and Small Business Technology Transfer grants. Read more

Training may help save entangled whales

<i>Photo by Melissa Good, NOAA Permit #18786</i><br>A humpback whale floats upside down after becoming tangled in commercial fishing crab pots in Unalaska 2015. A storm delayed a entanglement response team and three days later the whale washed up dead.
A mid-June training session in Unalaska offered instruction on how to report large whale entanglements, what to look for and, most importantly, what not to do in these high-risk situations. According to the International Whaling Commission, the number of whale entanglements is growing worldwide. Read more

Featured photo of the week

A 210-foot stack, installed in mid-June, protrudes from the Fairbanks campus' new combined heat and power plant.
A 210-foot stack, installed in mid-June, protrudes from the Fairbanks campus' new combined heat and power plant. Read more

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