UAF in the news: Week of Nov. 5, 2007

Submitted by Marmian Grimes
Phone: 907-474-7902
11/09/07

Catching a dream in beads
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Dream catchers, beaded by various family members, fill the large front window of Mary Jane Derendoff’s Fairbanks home. Read more ...

New marine species found in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands
Environmental News Service
This summer, during the second phase of a two-year scientific survey of the waters around the Aleutian Islands, scientists discovered what appear to be three new marine organisms. Read more ...

Alaska athletics makes great strides toward Title IX compliance
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Thirty-five years ago, who would have imagined seeing women’s sports on the front page of national newspapers and ESPN? Read more ...

Stakeholders talk energy and fishing in North Aleutian Basin
SITNews
"¨Federal plans to lease a large chunk of the southeast Bering Sea and part of Bristol Bay for offshore oil and gas exploration won’t occur at least until 2011. Read more ...

UA seeks millions for BIOS
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
The University of Alaska will be asking the state for $625.6 million this coming year. Read more ...

Alaska blueberries: brain food
Far North Science and Alaska Report
Talk about living off the fat of the land. Alaska’s wild berries - especially the blueberry species that emerge from countless tundra slopes and forest glades - may be one of nature’s miracle foods, chock full of powerful nutrients that feed the brain and protect the nervous system from old-age breakdown. Read more ...

ARSC hosts First Friday event"¨
Sun Star
Over 100 visitors to the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center took a journey back in time to Fairbanks in the early twentieth century Friday night, returning to 2007 only to hop into another world for art, and zoom off on a tour of Mars. Read more ...

Fisheries scholarship targets young women in science
The Arctic Sounder
Throughout his life, John Doyle worked hard to make the world a better place. After his death last year, his commitment to improving fisheries education continued in the form of a yearly scholarship to women pursuing careers in science. Read more ...

Climate change teleconference planned for next week
KTUU
The Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy is holding a teleconference next week on the costs climate change will inflict on infrastructure. Peter Larsen is a researcher with the Institute for Social and Economic Research. Read more ...

Oceanography expert to discuss climate change and fisheries
Newport News Times
Climate change and fisheries of the North Pacific will be the topic of a public presentation at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 at Oregon State University Hatfield Marine Science Center. Read more ...