UAF Names New Director of Bristol Bay Campus
The interim director of the UAF Bristol Bay Campus in Dillingham, Wanda Wahl, can keep the job for the long term.
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Kinross Establishes New Resource Development Scholarship for UAF
The operator of the Fort Knox gold mine presented $350,000 to UAF to establish the Kinross Alaska Future Leaders Endowed Scholarship, with the goal of diversifying the resource development workforce.
Winning Innovators Apply Big Brains to Pollution, Ice, and Animal Attack Problems
The UAF College of Business and Security Management awarded more than $45,000 in cash prizes to inventors at the 2023 Arctic Innovation Competition.
New Hangar Will Make Nenana a Base for Cargo Drone Testing
UAF researchers testing aerial cargo drones are returning to Nenana, thanks to funding for a new airport hangar that will be built this summer.
UAF Researcher Contributes to Fusion Energy
David Newman, a physicist at the UAF Geophysical Institute, studies plasma, which has implications for advances in nuclear fusion energy.
The 2023 Alaska Innovators Hall of Fame: Munk and Leigh inducted as Alaskan innovators
Two exceptional Alaskans are being inducted into the Alaska Innovators Hall of Fame this year: LeeAnn Munk and Mary Beth Leigh.
State Grants $300K to UAF to Train Manh Choh Miners
The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development is providing a $300,000 grant to UAF for training workers from the Tok area for the Manh Choh gold mine.
FAA Grants Wide Authority to UAF Unmanned Aircraft Center
The Federal Aviation Administration granted a regulatory waiver so that UAF researchers won’t need a special airworthiness certificate for every unmanned aircraft test.
UAF Alaska Satellite Facility Selects New Director
Wade Albright has been named Director of the Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF) at the UAF Geophysical Institute.
Alaska’s Largest Esports Tournament Open to All Skill Levels
Video gamers across Alaska are preparing for the largest esports tournament ever held in the state, scheduled for three weekends January 28 and February 4 and 11.