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I love math. I always have, but it got super fun once I got into calculus, which was
my gateway drug to physics. Now it is such a full blown addiction that I have created
a path for myself that ensures both math and science are a part of my everyday life.
I am sure most of you reading this are nodding your head and saying, "Yea! I know
what you mean!" Or, not. Stay with me anyway. As the vice chancellor focused on research, I think a lot about integration of research
into various disciplines, units, and activities. The blinding flash of insight is
that I don’t have to create integration because it is already there! Everyone of us
has research components of our daily lives to some extent.
Join UAF colleagues to discuss high-impact teaching practices that engage students
and deepen the learning experience. Each seminar focuses on one of AAC&U's research-based
practices and features practical examples and advice from experienced UAF faculty.
During the darkest days of Alaska's winter, black-capped chickadees stuff themselves
with enough seeds and frozen insects to survive 18-hour nights.
UAF in the News
In northernmost Alaska, a battle is on to limit the damages of permafrost thaw (Alaska
Public Media)
Two-thirds of glaciers are on track to disappear by 2100, study says (PBS NewsHour)
University of Alaska will gain a plot of land that’s half the size of Rhode Island
under new federal budget law (Alaska Public Media)
Scientists just tried to see inside an asteroid with radio waves from this HAARP array
(Space.com)
Photos from space show 11,000 beavers are wreaking havoc on the Alaskan tundra as
savagely as wildfire (Business Insider)
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What's happening today
Deadlines and reminders
Nanook Sports Update
Men's hoops falls to Anchorage to end 2022
Men's hoops starts New Year at Northwest Nazarene and Central Washington
Nanooks fall on road to Northwest Nazarene despite 18 from Mrus and Nguyen
Nanooks grab 3-2 win at nationally-ranked Notre Dame
Nanooks fall in finale at Notre Dame; Prepare for Denver next weekend
Matt Radomsky recognized as Hockey Commissioners Association December Goaltender of
the Month
Nanooks Head to Denver for Matchup with Top-Ranked Pioneers
Kramer and Ophoff lead Nanooks Ski at day one of RMISA qualifiers
Kramer, Kalev and Pulles place in classic sprint finals on day two in Houghton
Nanooks fall to Simon Fraser to start second-half of season
Nanooks fall to Western Washington on the road
Things didn't look good for the five frozen wood frogs. The palm-sized amphibians
were hibernating in a box outside Brian Barnes' Fairbanks home a few decades ago.
Barnes, director of the Institute of Arctic Biology, and his students were in his
living room checking a temperature gauge he recently plucked from the “frog corral.”
The temperature at frog level, under a few inches of snow and moss, had dipped to
10 degrees Fahrenheit in December.
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