University of Alaska Fairbanks News

Another finalist seeking a position as curator at the University of Alaska Museum of the North is set to speak at a free public seminar at the University of Alaska Fairbanks next week.

TheAngryindian speaks on Oklahoma, Afro-Indios and the worsening state of the planets limited resources.

Scientists are now able to monitor two remote volcanoes on the Alaska Peninsula after equipment came back to life this spring.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks is finalizing details on a partnership that would establish a new veterinary medicine program by 2015.

One of three finalists for a job as curator at the University of Alaska Museum of the North is scheduled to speak at a public seminar this week.

Homer High School graduates, from left, Katie Pitzman, Ethan Kizzia, Katie Kirsis and Grant Arseneau march into the gym at the school's commencement ceremony Sunday evening.

Gary Freitag works the controls for the underwater Remote Operated Vehicle while Ketchikan High School oceanography students watch the ROV's live video feed.

A University of Alaska Fairbanks professor is disputing the claim that this year's Nenana Ice Classic culminated with the latest river breakup in its 97-year history.

Fairbanks, Alaska- Alaska's melting glaciers remain one of the largest contributors to the world's rising sea levels, say two University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists.

Volcanologists who monitor eruptions of Alaskan volcanoes are scrambling to cope with US federal budget cuts - even as the Pavlof volcano, 1,000 kilometres southwest of Alaska's biggest city, Anchorage, spouts a towering ash plume that is threatening plane flights.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced on Monday that three more states would join the ranks of those given permission to ignore parts of the federal No Child Left Behind law in favor of their own school improvement plans.

All interviews by Alex Smith of Radio Ecoshock. Clips of Julie Brigham-Grette from You tube at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, presented by www.frontierscientists.com, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

Earlier this year, the World Record Academy awarded a home in Dillingham, Alaska with the record for the Tightest Residential Building .

An anthropologist seeking a job as archaeology curator at the University of Alaska Museum of the North will speak at a public seminar on prehistoric subsistence next week.

Ninety-nine percent of all of Earth's land ice is locked up in the massive Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets.

The funding was provided after campus officials threatened to shut down community recycling bins in a parking lot on June 1 if the borough did not come up with a contribution.

In Alaska, where the winter runs colder, the sun shines longer and the mountains rise taller than any other state, the Land of the Midnight Sun can claim another superlative: The biggest and strangest maars ever found on Earth.

Fresh lava flows off Pavlof volcano on May 13, 2013. The photo was taken from a plane at about 10,500 feet.

If you're looking to win some major cash for sharing your ground-breaking invention or product, and are able to go to Fairbanks, Alaska to do so, then I've got the contest for you! This has to be one of the most open-ended contests that I've ever reported on, but the University of Alaska Fairbanks is hosting its yearly Arctic Innovation Competition ... (more)

In Alaska, our lives revolve around the weather. When it comes to predicting conditions like temperature, snow and rain, the best glimpse into the future comes from climate models.