UAF in the news: week of Jan. 22, 2007

Submitted by Marmian Grimes
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01/26/07

UAF geologist examines crater in Mexico
KUAC and APRN
A University of Alaska Fairbanks geologist is in Mexico to continue research on the world’s largest impact crater. UAF. associate geology professor Michael Whalen is spending a week at the Chicxulub Crater off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. Read more ...

A smokin’ conference
Alaska Journal of Commerce
An international conference on smoked seafood is set for March 5-7 in Anchorage, with a workshop following in Indian, just south of Anchorage, March 8-10. Both events are coordinated by the Alaska Sea Grant College Program. Read more ...

Gasbarro plants seeds for growth
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
In the spring of 1983, a handful of Fairbanksans got together downtown to plant a pair of birch trees near the transit center. It was the first time Fairbanks celebrated Arbor Day. Tony Gasbarro, one of the original members of the Fairbanks Arbor Day Committee, had his doubts about how well those first two trees would fare. Read more ...

2007 prospects: Dion Knelsen
Hockey’s Future
He may be the youngest player playing in the CCHA this season and the youngest to have ever donned the jersey of the University of Alaska Nanooks, but Dion Knelsen is a player whose maturity and approach to the game far exceeds his tender age. The Three Hills, AB native just turned 18 on Jan. 4. Read more ...

Pearl Creek students explore aural waves
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
The second-grade students at Pearl Creek Elementary School became sound scientists this week. On Wednesday and Thursday, the young students explored and experimented to figure out the science behind how sounds are made, even making their own instruments and telephones. Read more ...

Rockets roar from Poker Flat to the aurora
Anchorage Daily News and other publications nationwide
FAIRBANKS -- Four rockets were launched recently from the Poker Flat Research Range to study the aurora. Read more ...