Education

Melting glacial ice presents new scientific concerns for Alaska’s water quality. Srijan Aggarwal receives a National Science Foundation grant to research this developing phenomenon.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks has recently signed a new 5-year Educational Partnership Agreement with the Air Force Research Lab, allowing them to loan laboratory equipment to the university, provide AFRL science and engineering specialists to teach science courses, provide internship opportunities to students, and involve both students and faculty in national defense research projects.

After the second day of discussion the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District School Board has voted to start the first phase in reopening schools.

After over 6 hours of discussion and public testimony, the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District School Board voted to continue discussion on the Phase-in Return To School Plan from Tuesday’s board meeting to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 2, 2020.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, in consultation with their School Medical Advisory Committee, is moving into the Operational Red Zone effective 4:00 p.m. Monday, August 31.

Students are coming back to the University of Alaska Fairbanks for the first time since March. They are coming back to a different university though, one with mandatory masks, testing and social distancing.

Monday is the start of the fall semester at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Students have already began moving back into dorms and getting settled to their new life. Wednesday the University held a press conference to discuss changes at the school and some of the safety measures they are taking.

The 2020-2021 school year began for the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District on Thursday, August 20th.

In a vote of 6 to 1, the FNSB School Board voted in favor of school activities continuing despite the current pandemic.

The University of Alaska Board of Regents are no longer considering a proposed merger of the University of Alaska Southeast and the University of Alaska Fairbanks, officials said.