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On Monday, Nov. 29 the University of Alaska Fairbanks held a workshop on the International Polar Year (IPY) at the Geophysical Institute. At the workshop faculty pooled ideas for possible roles UAF would take in IPY, designated from 2007—2008. During this year, scientists from around the world will conduct research to better understand all aspects of the Earth's polar regions. 
Whether it's learning more about the aurora, or dispelling myths on Alaska wolves, Fairbanksans are eager to learn more when it comes to science. Proof comes from a surge in attendance at the Science for Alaska Lecture Series.
Over 40 Alaska Native middle and high school students, elders and teachers from the rural villages of Galena, Kivalina, and Shungnak will visit the UAF Geophysical Institute on April 29 to participate in the Science and Math Enrichment Program. The program is designed to improve students’ science and math skills, and increase student awareness of how these skills are utilized.
Each year more than 20 kids head to Alaska through the Make a Wish Foundation, usually to take part in summer activities. But this year, things are operating a bit differently. Chelsea Hodges, a teenager from Virginia, is traveling across the continent to see the aurora in Alaska’s Interior during the heart of winter.
The Geophysical Institute (GI) and affiliated staff have been tapped to share their knowledge on the aurora and help make Hodges’s wish to witness the northern lights, a reality. Neal Brown, director of the Alaska Space Grant Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and adjunct faculty member of the GI, will meet with Hodges and her family before they view the aurora from Chena Hot Springs Resort next week. He will explain how the aurora is formed, and why the Fairbanks area is such a fine spot for viewing the dazzling lights.
An educational, interactive CDROM describing the colorful and dynamic phenomenon of the aurora was released for sale today by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, the international leader in aurora research for more than 50 years.
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, International Arctic Research Center, and Poker Flat Research Range offer free summer tours that are open to the public.
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, International Arctic Research Center, and Poker Flat Research Range offer free summer tours that are open to the public.
Students at the University of Alaska Fairbanks have collaborated with students from Toyama Prefectural University and Tokai University in Japan to prepare a rocket that successfully launched from Poker Flat Research Range Monday afternoon at 12:06 p.m.
Students at the University of Alaska Fairbanks are collaborating with students from Toyama Prefectural University and Tokai University in Japan to prepare a rocket scheduled to launch from Poker Flat Research Range on March 11. The launch was originally scheduled for March 4, but was delayed to allow time for the students to fine tune their payload equipment.
Students at the University of Alaska Fairbanks are collaborating with students from Toyama Prefectural University and Tokai University in Japan to prepare a rocket scheduled to launch from Poker Flat Research Range on March 4th.
