UAF in the news: week of Feb. 5, 2007
UAF in the news: week of Feb. 5, 2007
Submitted by Marmian Grimes
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02/09/07
Warming data notes Arctic changes
Anchorage Daily News and multiple newspapers nationwide
The latest international scientific report on global warming, released Friday in Paris,
is focusing new attention on changes to the Arctic, including a sharp increase projected
for rain and snowfall in Alaska. Read more ...
Marine researcher tracks orcas at the kill
Associated Press, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Anchorage Daily News, Juneau Empire
Marine researcher Kelly Newman wanted to learn if transient killer whales were dining
on the fur seals that abound in the waters off Alaska’s Pribilof Islands. Read more ...
UA psychology program sets out to address rural problems
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Anchorage Daily News, KTVA
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - A new doctoral program in clinical-community psychology at the
University of Alaska in Fairbanks and Anchorage is aiming to address the state’s high
rates of suicide, domestic violence and substance abuse, with a focus on rural Alaska.
Read more ...
Alaska Native Language Center professor emeritus honored
APRN
A UAF Professor emeritus has received a lifetime achievement award from the Society
for the study of Indigenous Languages of the Americas. Read more ...
Alaska Governor Palin appoints Denby Lloyd as commissioner of fish and game
AllAmericanPatriots.com
Juneau, Alaska - Alaska Governor Sarah Palin today appointed Denby Lloyd as Commissioner
of the Department of Fish and Game. Read more ...
Red and blue king crab larvae expected in fishery program
KTVA Associated Press, FishUpdate, SITNews
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Seward Marine Center is expecting more than one
million king crabs to hatch in the coming weeks. The red and blue king crab larvae
are part of an effort to rebuild wild king crab stocks around Kodiak and the Pribilof
Islands. Read more ...
UAF ranked among top five small schools in country
Northern Light
A company that ranks productivity of college research faculties has placed the University
of Alaska Fairbanks fifth among small colleges in the U.S. The study by Academic Analytics
examined a total of 354 institutions that offer up to 14 doctoral degrees.Read more ...
Young scientists form group for International Polar Year
Northern Light
A group of young scientists associated with UAF have formed a UA International Polar
Year Young Researchers Network with hopes of getting involved in the IPY event in
March 2007. Read more ...
Akasofu retires as IARC director, returns to studies"¬
Sun Star
He began as a graduate student seeking an opportunity when he came to UAF in 1958
to study the aurora borealis. On Wednesday, Syun Akasofu retired as International
Arctic Research Center director to focus on his auroral physics research. Read more ...
Potato project eyes increased varieties
Anchorage Daily News
Some new spuds could be coming your way if Jeff Smeenk has his way.
Smeenk gathered farmers and wholesale buyers together Monday and Tuesday afternoons
to introduce them to more than 200 varieties of potatoes the University of Alaska
Fairbanks staff produced last year on the state’s agriculture and forestry experimental
farm between Palmer and Wasilla. Read more ...
Kodiak Daily Mirror
Most people think of sharks as creatures to avoid, but University of Alaska professor Robert Foy couldn’t have been happier when he and his students discovered a pregnant salmon shark in their trawl net during a survey last December near Kodiak Island. Read more ...
Sea of gray: New generation faces big cost to join industry
Kansas City Star
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Lindsey Bloom is so enthused about her budding career as a commercial
fisherman that she’s got the "Made in Alaska" emblem and two leaping sockeye salmon
tattooed on the small of her back. Read more ...