Oregon Site Joins UAF’s Unmanned Aircraft Testing Complex
An Oregon test site for unmanned aircraft systems has joined the Pan-Pacific UAS Test Range Complex, also known as the Alaska UAS Test Site, operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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UAF Moves Reindeer Herd to Delta, LARS
Milan Shipka, the director of the UAF Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, said the transfer reflects a shift in program goals.
Unmanned Aircraft Flies First US Beyond-Line-of-Sight Mission
A team led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks has completed the country’s first FAA-approved true beyond-visual-line-of-sight domestic flight of an unmanned aircraft system under the small UAS rule.
Those Who Can Do Teach
Considering that many of the state’s students will stay in Alaska and work for local companies after graduation, it makes good business sense for these organizations to take part in the learning process.
Regents Declare Financial Exigency; Consider Structural Options
On a vote of 10-1, the Board of Regents approved a declaration of financial exigency for the University of Alaska.
Dragons of Summer Now on the Hunt
Humans have for a long time admired the design of this creature, one that can fly backwards and zigzag with abrupt turns.
UAF is First University to Earn QM ‘Exemplary’ Status
Quality Matters (QM), which promotes high-caliber online education, designated UAF’s online special education and teaching program as “exemplary.” UAF is the first university to earn that status from QM in any field.
UAF’s First Class of Veterinary Students Makes History
A collaborative, cross-school program helps Alaska grow its own veterinarians and for local clinics to make an investment in the future workforce.
BP, UAA Partnership Seeks to Create Opportunities for Future Engineers in Alaska
BP is investing more than $280,000 in UAA’s College of Engineering and the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program in 2019.
Monitoring a Mystery Bird in Yakutat
On sandy barrier islands between mountains and the sea, two different birds that look alike lay their eggs side-by-side. Biologists here are learning more about the less-common, more mysterious one.