UAF in the news: Week of August 7, 2006

Submitted by Carla Browning
Phone: (907) 474-7778
08/11/06

Arctic nations: 40 percent of CO2 releases
United Press International and numerous Internet sites
A U.S. ecology professor says arctic nations have the wealth and scientific understanding to alter the course of global climate change. Read more ...

Male educational issues deserve attention
Daily Bruin
Katie Strickland thinks being concerned about boys’ educational problems means one doesn’t want girls to succeed ("Smart women must be stopped!", July 24). I beg to differ; boys matter too and our neglect of their issues has resulted in serious adverse effects on society. Read more ...

Alutiiq treasure draws Native artists to France
Anchorage Daily News
Tears fell as a group of 10 Native artists from Kodiak Island saw for the first time the Alutiiq masks at the Chateau Musee in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, in May. Read more ...

In Tune With the Voices of the Midnight Sun
The Washington Post and the Associated Press
When the next big earthquake hits, John Luther Adams jokes, he’ll be running into the University of Alaska Museum of the North while everyone else runs out. Read more ...

Insitu Signs Agreement With University of Alaska Fairbanks for Joint Flight Operations
Yahoo News
University of Alaska Fairbanks and Insitu (Bingen, WA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together on civilian flight operations demonstration and research. As part of the MOU, Insitu and UAF have established an operational system based upon Insitu’s A-20 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) at UAF’s Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks, Alaska. Read more ...