UAF in the news: Week of Dec. 4, 2006

Submitted by Marmian Grimes
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12/08/06

Regents tour new animal sciences facility at UAF
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and KTVA
University of Alaska Fairbanks officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday for the $23-million Biological Research and Diagnostic Facility, or BiRD. Read more ...

The place to listen
Alaska Magazine
The door heaved open, and a microburst of conversation from the museum’s outer galleries shoved its way into the room until the door closed and extinguished the hubbub. Read more ...

Changes coming soon to UAF Rasmuson Library "Â
Sun Star
The Rasmuson Library is introducing a number of new and updated programs as early as this week after receiving input from the student government. Read more ...

UA regents OK several projects affecting Fairbanks campus
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
The University of Alaska Board of Regents wrapped up its meeting in Fairbanks early on Thursday. During their two-day meeting, the 11-member board took action on several items affecting the Fairbanks campus of the statewide university system, including several major construction and maintenance projects as well as a new bachelor’s degree in emergency management. Read more ...

3-D computer models aid research of Earth’s core
Innovations Report
The work of a University of Alaska Fairbanks post-doctoral fellow will be included in an article appearing in the upcoming issue of the journal, Science. Read more ...

Rio Tinto appoints new chief executive
Mine Web
The boards of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited announced today that Tom Albanese will succeed Leigh Clifford as chief executive of Rio Tinto with effect from 1 May 2007, following the annual general meetings to be held in April. Read more ...

Fishermen collect Pribilof blue king crab for Alaska hatchery research program
Alaska Report, Fish Farmer magazine
St. Paul, Alaska - For the first time in nearly a decade, fishermen late last month harvested blue king crab from waters surrounding this remote Pribilof Island fishing community in the Bering Sea. Read more ...

Political shift leaves more room for women
Juneau Empire
WASILLA - When Arliss Sturgulewski became the first female major-party nominee for governor in 1986, the world of Alaska politics was a very different place. Read more ...

As squirrels, bears hibernate, researchers study"Â
Sun Star
Dark winters make everyone want to sleep a little longer, but some animals spend the whole winter fast asleep, a strategy West Ridge researchers are studying. Read more ...

New generation benefits from elders’ struggles over Native languages
AXcess News
Washington - Two teachers, one who was beaten for speaking his native language and the other who dealt with cultural prejudice, are fighting to keep their languages from going extinct. Read more ...

Answers sought in sea lion decline
UPI
FAIRBANKS, Alaska--Researchers from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks and the state said they want a fuller picture about why Alaska’s sea lion population is falling. Read more ...