UAF in the news: week of Feb. 26, 2007

Submitted by Marmian Grimes
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03/02/07

A global focus on the Arctic
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and KTVA
With the International Polar Year set to begin in March, scientists at the International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks are gearing up for what will likely be a busy two years. Read more ...

Akasofu the driving force behind the creation of IARC
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Syun-Ichi Akasofu is a small man, soft-spoken, polite and humble with a charming sense of humor. He holds the door open for people and begs your pardon before he leaves, even if he’s coming right back. He looks a bit out of place in the impressive modern steel, glass and concrete International Arctic Research Center building at the University of Alaska Fairbanks with its sweeping architecture and state-of-the-art facilities. Read more ...

UAF volcano researchers score big with scientific journal entry
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and KTVA
Scientists with the Alaska Volcano Observatory at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute have had their research published in the prestigious journal "Science."? Read more ...

Student making her mark on political stage
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
JUNEAU--When the state’s lead government body studying climate change met in Fairbanks in December, Rep. Reggie Joule, a Democrat from Kotzebue who helped get the body started, gave a big thanks to a 22-year-old graduate student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Read more ...

Alaska, Kamchatka share much
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
A pure white volcanic cone steams against dark blue sky, fishing boats open trails through thin ice on the broad bay, soot belches from heating plants, people in fur coats and squarish hats trudge on paths packed into the snow, and birch trees are golden in the sun. On twin towers stand models of Vitus Bering’s ships St. Peter and St. Paul, the first to sail to Alaska. This is Petropavlovsk (Peter and Paul), Kamchatka, Russia. Read more ...

Aztec dance troupe to visit local schools
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Even though the arctic Interior winter could hardly be further from the warm climate of southern Mexico, the Aztec deity Tezkatlipoka is an appropriate connection. Of the many things associated with Tezkatlipoka in Aztec mythology, one is the north wind. Read more ...

Festival vision
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
The sound of drum beats will echo from the University of Alaska Fairbanks Thursday through Saturday as it hosts the 34th Annual Festival of Native Arts. Read more ...

Lawmakers grill Palin’s attorney-general pick
Anchorage Daily News
JUNEAU -- State senators on Wednesday grilled Gov. Sarah Palin’s prospective attorney general on a legal opinion many clearly disagreed with: that the governor could not remove a university regent under federal indictment. Read more ...

Rivalry thrives at 2 Alaska colleges
The Republican
Frank Ostanik, running easily the most climatically challenged Division II basketball program in the United States, knows what he’s up against when he tries to convince high school players to come north to Alaska. Read more ...