University of Alaska Fairbanks News

When Ping Lan put out a call for marketable new invention ideas last summer, the University of Alaska Fairbanks business professor expected to get 20 or 30 responses.

KETCHIKAN, Alaska - The testers worked with thoughtful deliberation in the hushed room, inhaling deeply, observing closely, recording the results.

Hundreds of university chancellors and presidents have signed a pledge to steer their campuses toward a climate neutral policy on greenhouse gas emissions, but don't expect the University of Alaska Fairbanks to join them anytime soon.

Scientist and explorer Kenji Yoshikawa found permafrost on Mount Kilimanjaro, a volcano in Tanzania.

A $1 million BP donation to the University of Alaska Fairbanks will allow the Rasmuson Library to catalog and process more than 4,500 boxes of papers and media from the congressional career of former U.S. Sen.

FAIRBANKS a ' Doyon Foundation recently welcomed two new members to its board of directors.

University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers have received a $4.6 million federal grant to study the energy-producing potential of a vast hot springs on the Seward Peninsula.

Tribe, moiety, clan: Part Tlingit, part Haida, and part Tsimshian; on the Tlingit side, Raven , Coho .

Police training taking place at the University of Alaska Fairbanks this week includes simulated violence.

Winter's chill continues to creep into Fairbanks, bringing with it the biggest snowfall of the season so far and the chance for our first blast of cold weather.

The U.S. Department of Energy provided a $4.6 million grant to University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers who plan to study the energy-producing potential of a hot springs on the Seward Peninsula.

The Public Safety Report is compiled from criminal complaints filed in state and federal courts, as well as some police blotter information, trooper dispatches, fire department reports and interviews with public safety officials.

Migrating northern elephant seals slowly drift downward to rest in the ocean depths, according to a new study of the animals' dive patterns.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks , the US, is looking for collaborative arrangement with city engineering colleges, in which students can have a common engineering degree and an opportunity to study for two years in Pune and two years at UAF.

Alaska probably will see most of its surface permafrost vanish by the end of this century, but researchers believe vast areas of frozen soil will remain deeper underground even as air temperatures increase.

FAIRBANKS a ' A Bethel man was sentenced Friday to perform 160 hours of community service for burglarizing dorm rooms last year.

Alaska will probably see most of its surface permafrost vanish by the end of this century, but researchers believe vast areas of frozen soil will remain deeper underground even as air temperatures increase.

Bob Banghart of Juneau has been named chief curator of the Alaska State Museums, Education Commissioner Larry LeDoux announced this week.

Fish and shellfish will soon get more protection from mercury and other toxins in the atmosphere that end up in US waters.

We are losing daylight by the minute every day. It is an inextricable part of life in Alaska.