University of Alaska Fairbanks News

The University of Alaska Fairbanks says the rocket blasted off at 2:09 a.m. Monday and reached 200 miles above the village of Venetie.

The aurora borealis glow on the northern horizon last Thursday as seen from Diamond Ridge.

Shown at its last location near Bishop's Beach, the Skyway Theatre originally opened where the Homer United Methodist Church is currently located.

After she performed in his master class at the Tanglewood music festival held each summer in Lenox, Mass., Ma was so impressed by her playing he predicted great things lay in store for the then 14-year old.

Craig Smith finds his peace in his passions. While many people set aside some time each day or each week to practice their hobbies, Smith has brought his two passions together into his everyday life through his business.

Nebraska will compete on March 14-15 in Murray, Ky. against the following teams: the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Jacksonville State University, the University of Kentucky, the University of Memphis, Texas Christian University, West Virginia University and the U.S. Military Academy.

Evidence from the sea floor suggests that parts of Beringia were once shrub tundra with edible plants and animals, similar to this landscape in modern-day Alaska.

After high school on Long Island and a year at Brooklyn College, Marc Friedman hitchhiked west in 1971.

The trail through the boreal forest is right outside my door. The North Campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks is 1,100 acres of spruce trees, ski trails, two lakes, an exotic tree plantation and a few dozen subtle research projects.

Strong wind and other conditions a few weeks ago prevented a rocket launch at Poker Flat Research Range but scientists are making another attempt.

Freshman retention at Juneau's campus has lagged behind that of University of Alaska Fairbanks and University of Alaska Anchorage, said Joe Nelson, vice chancellor of enrollment management and student affairs.

Mallard worked for the troopers for 16 years and his first assignment was in Fairbanks.

A professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has finally lost her nutty, anti-First Amendment sexual harassment complaints against the school's student newspaper for running a satirical piece about a vagina-shaped building and a straight news article concerning a Facebook page.

A news item of particular import passed mostly unnoticed early this week: A statue of James Meredith on the University of Mississippi campus was found with a noose around its neck and a Confederate flag draped around its shoulders.

University of Alaska Fairbanks visiting professor and poet Sean Hill does a poetry reading at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

University lecturer Isaac Held and his colleagues published a letter in "Science" on Feb. 14 arguing that the recent extreme cold temperatures experienced in the Northeast were not due to human-induced global warming but were instead caused by natural fluctuations in the climate.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Liberal Arts will host the Alaska International Piano-e-Competition in June and July.

Maintenance for the coal-fired plant that heats and powers the University of Alaska Fairbanks will cost $35 million over five years.

A North Pole legislator wants money to see whether a railroad extension to far northern Alaska is feasible, but his colleagues dismissed the idea as welfare for university projects.

Jim Jarmusch 's new film, Only Lovers Left Alive , stars Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston as two vampires whose relationship spans centuries.