UAF in the news: week of Jan. 15, 2007

Submitted by Marmian Grimes
Phone: (907) 474-7902
01/19/07

Supercomputer scientist weaving role as mediator of Internet-based research
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Greg Newby has made both a hobby and a career out of helping people access resources. Read more ...

Program bridges education gap
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
It used to be that before you went to college you had to graduate from high school. However, the lines between high school and college are no longer easily demarcated by grade level, age, or institutional affiliation. Read more ...

Launch of 5 research rockets from Poker Flat is planned
Anchorage Daily News and several other publications
FAIRBANKS -- Plans are under way to launch five research rockets from the Poker Flat Research Range this month if weather and aurora borealis conditions cooperate. Read more ...

JOULE II rockets launch with success
SITNews
From Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks, four NASA rockets launched into an aurora display over northern Alaska, starting at 3:29 a.m. Alaska Standard Time. Read more ...

UAF grad heads up major mining company
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Tom Albanese first came to Alaska as a recent high school graduate from New Jersey. Drawn in by the outdoors, he stayed and earned degrees from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Read more ...

Polar year study looking at more than just Alaska
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Arctic and Antarctic research takes center stage worldwide for the next two years after the International Polar Year kicks off in March.
More than 200 projects, a quarter involving scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, are planned on various topics, including permafrost, plate tectonics and climate change. The projects are listed on the UAF Web site. Read more ...

2006 Arctic research cruise
NOAA Research Spotlight
The Nansen-Amundsen Basin Observation System (NABOS) research cruise was held in late summer of 2006 aboard the Russian icebreaker Kapitan Dranitsyn (KD). Read more ...

Sass among leaders in Copper Basin 300
Anchorage Daily News and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
With the Copper Basin 300 Sled Dog Race yet to leave the Alaska road system Saturday afternoon, it was a little early to assess how the race was shaping up. The usual suspects were toward the front "" with one minor surprise. Read more ...

Young fishermen’s summit scheduled
Juneau Empire and Homer News
JUNEAU - The Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program is hosting a two-day symposium to help young commercial fishermen. Read more ...

Great northern ice shelves a shadow of former selves
SITNews
"¬One hundred years ago, when explorer Robert Peary picked his way over the northern coast of Ellesmere Island, he mapped unusual fields of ice that were both floating in the ocean, and attached to the shore. These ice shelves totaled about 3,475 square miles, which is almost enough ice to cover Rhode Island. Read more ...

Volcanoes erupt on Google Earth
Wired
Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain is a geologic, fire-breathing dragon with dozens of active volcanoes. To prevent a Vesuvius-style disaster, researchers at the Alaska Volcano Observatory have begun channeling eruption data into Google Earth. Read more ...

UAF geologist studies Chicxulub Impact Crater
Huliq.com
About 65 million years ago, a massive disruption led to worldwide extinction of dinosaurs. The impact of a giant asteroid created massive tsunamis and spewed forth a global cloud of carbon gases that altered Earth’s atmosphere and blocked the light for weeks, possibly years. Read more ...

Snowsports corner: Plenty of ways to learn Nordic skiing
Juneau Empire
With the excellent snow conditions this year, I’m sure many of you have already been out cross-country skiing or have seen others enjoying this sport on ski trails in Juneau. Read more ...