“This is a Yup’ik and Indigenous people’s win up here in Alaska,” Michael Martinez said.
University of Alaska
Dunleavy’s $70M cut to University of Alaska could cost the state $130M in federal pandemic funds
The state may not be able to collect a third of the pandemic relief bill’s school funding for Alaska due to the steep pre-pandemic budget cuts imposed on the university.
Former governor, schools superintendent among 8 finalists to lead University of Alaska Anchorage
All eight candidates will meet with UAA students and staff and attend community forums next week.
UAF lands $9.3M grant to expand research at HAARP
UAF has operated HAARP sporadically since taking it over from the military in 2015.
Fewer Alaska students qualifying for or using state scholarship fund, review finds
Legislators expected the scholarship to give out more money over time, but after a few years of initial growth, its use has steadily declined.
Bethel Elder Esther Green to receive UAF Meritorious Service Award
Rather than turn her back on the school system which had denied her parts of her culture as a child, Green set out to make it better.
Ketchikan librarians freeze thousands of books after pipe bursts at UAS campus
Freezing temperatures in Ketchikan brought the mercury down to single digits at night and in the 20s during the day in Ketchikan in early February. That’s thought to have caused a pipe to burst on the top floor of the Zeigler building at UAS.
10,000-year-old bone from Wrangell area hints how domesticated dogs may have traveled to the Americas
A dime-sized fragment of dog bone — more than ten-thousand years old — has given researchers new clues about how domesticated dogs first made their way to the Americas.
Alaska scientists are teaming up to make the state a leader in hunting new COVID strains
Alaska already sequences a large proportion of its positive coronavirus tests compared to other states, but officials say they’re aiming to do even better.
Researchers ask for more Indigenous input in national Arctic science initiative
The National Science Foundation’s Navigating the New Arctic initiative looks at the effects of a warming climate on Arctic communities. But some in the field believe NSF isn’t doing enough to involve Indigenous people who live there.