UAF in the news: week of July 16, 2007

Submitted by Marmian Grimes
Phone: (907) 474-7902
07/20/07

Mixed medium: Fairbanks artist’s work fuses contrasting materials, experiences and messages
Anchorage Daily News
Because of a birthmark on his chin, half of Da-ka-xeen Mehner’s beard grows in white and the other half comes in a chestnut brown. His yin-yang facial hair has come to symbolize a life populated with divisions. Read more ...

Picking a mean pin bone
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Fish lovers know the pin bone well. They are the thin bones we warn our dinner guests to avoid; the needle-like fish ribs that pile up on the edge of the plate. Read more ... 

Wharton’s Rawlings captures silver medal
Houston Chronicle
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL--Wharton native Matt Rawlings took silver in the 10-meter air rifle, finishing behind teammate Jason Parker on Sunday at the Pan American Games Read more ...

Getting acclimated
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Fox News, Washington Post, KTUU
School teachers from across Alaska are in Fairbanks this month learning about climate change and how to more effectively teach it to their students back home. Read more ...

Concert coordinator works to keep college, community entertained
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
In February 2005, legendary rapper Chuck D was scheduled to give a public speech in Fairbanks as part of a Black History Month celebration. The morning of the sold-out concert, however, Chuck D missed his flight from Seattle to Anchorage.
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Long ropes of thousands of migrating worms mystify scientists
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Much of the chatter around the second floor at Alyeska the last two days has included this question: "Have you seen Jan’s worms?" Read more ...

Language center publishes new Athabascan dictionary
Anchorage Daily News and Juneau Empire
The Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has published a new Athabascan dictionary. Read more ...

Aspens not safe from infestations
Peninsula Clarion
Many Kenai Peninsula property owners have felt somewhat at ease having birch and aspen trees on their lots as the spruce bark beetle feasted wildly, bringing death to most of their evergreens. Read more ...

Nanooks, Seawolves reach ice scheduling accord
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Two hockey rivals, the Alaska Nanooks and the University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves, have entered into a scheduling agreement that has each team playing in the other’s tournament and reduces the Alaska Airlines Governor’s Cup Series to an annual two-game feud. Read more ...

Museum garners award
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
The University of Alaska Museum of the North’s unique architecture has garnered recognition from the Society for College and University Planning. Read more ...

Climbing researchers find adventure on Denali
Alaska Report
On June 29, 2007, Tohru Saito trudged up the steep sidehill to Denali Pass on a mission different than the hundreds of other climbers who tackle Mount McKinley every year. Read more ...

Fall isn’t early: Larvae responsible for falling birch leaves
Peninsula Clarion
A lot of birch leaves curling up, turning yellow and falling off trees in the central Kenai Peninsula are not exactly an indicator of an early autumn this year. Read more ...

UAF monitoring erupting volcano in Russia
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
A volcano erupting 1,800 miles away is giving students and scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks a unique research opportunity. Read more ...