Education

Spring is here, ice is breaking up, and everyone with a camera can help the future of ice and climate science research.

At UAF, a team of students have secured a spot in the National Steel Bridge Competition, which pits schools head to head in the creation of steel bridges, from design all the way to final assembly.

An international team of researchers have made a key discovery related to the alien aurora that can be found in the skies of Jupiter. Peter Delamere, Professor of Space Physics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and co-author of a recent paper revealing these findings detailed the research.

Certain meal service “flexibilities” – many of which enable social distancing and alternative availability of meals for kids – are now extended through June 30 of next year.

Jean-Pierre Desforgesis is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at McGill University, and part of an international team of researchers who have studies narwhals to determine that Human emissions have led to a sharp rise in the presence of mercury in the oceans over the last few decades.

A look at some of the changes in the day to day operations of Joy Elementary since it's reopening to in person education.

Sometimes the best way to make predictions about the future is to look to the past. For this Sci-Friday we take a look at what prompted a seismologist to track down details on some shaking that happened on a nice fall day over a hundred and twenty years ago.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks has recently received a large grant from the National Science Foundation to operate and maintain the HAARP facility.

Dr. Arleigh Reynolds, Director of UAF’s Center for One Health research discussed the utility of the One Health scientific approach in confronting modern scientific problems, such as the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

This morning the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District School Board deliberated over how to proceed in the search for a new district superintendent. The board ultimately has decided to move forward hiring an interim superintendent, either a certified superintendent, or a chief school administrator to serve and lead the district for the next year.

For this sci-friday we take a look into the world of One Health, a holistic scientific approach dedicated to understanding and maintaining the well being of all life.

When Hunter Elementary principal Jane Bedford arrived at the school this morning, she noticed what appeared to be damage on the roof of the school’s library caused by heavy snow load. The district office was contacted, and maintenance crews were sent to Hunter, to assess the situation.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough Board of Education unanimously voted to suspend the search for a new district superintendent. They will no longer be moving forward with finalists Justin Barnes, Vickie Cartwright, or Corey Weiss.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District School Board will soon convene to select a new superintendent. As the district's budget declines in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, each candidate talked about how they would work to manage this situation.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District has announced that all classes are cancelled on Monday, April 5th.

The search for a new Superintendent of Schools continues, and Fairbanks community members have an opportunity to provide their input to the proceedings.

A Fairbanks high school student won an $180,000 scholarship from the U.S. Marine Corps.

Schools in Fairbanks have seen an influx of students returning to in-person education, and even with some students choosing to remain in remote learning. Fairbanks North Star Borough School District School Board President Tim Doran gives an update on his perspective on the current state of reopened schools across Fairbanks.

Earthquakes are a common occurrence in South-central Alaska, including the 5.3 magnitude quake that was felt last Saturday.

Last year Durham School services was awarded a 10 year school bus contract for the Fairbanks North Star Borough school district, and are introducing a new fleet of buses to serve district affiliated schools.

The University of Alaska streamed a state of address which discussed future plans for the AU system.

Joshua Knicely, Ph.D Student at UAF discussed his work on the Venus Flagship Mission.

TOTE Maritime took over the delivery for books through the Bookwaves program to make sure kids had new books to read while the pandemic makes it hard to get more.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute’s free Science for Alaska Lecture Series continues tomorrow, featuring the work of five graduate students in the form of short, eight-minute long flash-talks. They will present on research topics ranging from oceanography to the exploration of Venus. One of these short flash-talks will be presented by Ph.D. student Skye Kushner on his work measuring gases from Alaska volcanoes.

Alaska school districts will soon be able to apply for a share of $143 million in new federal COVID-19 relief.

UAF Professors Carl Tape and Don Hampton discuss a new method of measuring fluctuations in the aurora in their lecture 'Beyond the Lights: Measuring the Magnetic Aurora'

Dr. Catherine Cahill, director of the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration, or ACUASI, with the UAF Geophysical Institute was recently appointed to the Federal Aviation Administrations Drone Advisory Committee.

Fairbanks Education Association president Sandi Ryan provided an update on the ongoing midterm bargaining between the FEA and the Fairbanks Northstar Borough School District.

Parents in an Alaska city have called for a return to classrooms after a high failure rate among students while school buildings were closed by the coronavirus pandemic.

The free public Science for Alaska lecture series hosted by the Univeristy of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute will run over the course of the next 6 weeks, with a new lecture taking place at 7:00PM every Tuesday. The first in the series is “Going with the floe: A year adrift in the Arctic ice pack”, by Sea Ice Geophysicist Melinda Webster, who recently returned from the largest and most extensive Arctic expedition ever undertaken, MOSAiC.