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Final rocket of 2011 to launch from Poker Flat

April 27, 2011
Clear skies and fair weather are the only requirements needed for the third and final sounding rocket to launch from Poker Flat Research Range...

Longtime GI researcher Bill Sackinger dies

April 8, 2011
Longtime GI researcher Bill Sackinger died March 18, 2011. He was 72. Bill was employed at the Geophysical Institute from 1970-1995. He worked as...

GI doctoral student wins award for AGU presentation

March 14, 2011
Sarah Henton, a doctoral candidate with the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute and the Alaska Volcano Observatory, received a...

ASF student honored

March 14, 2011
The Alaska Chapter of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing has honored Alaska Satellite Facility Student Intern Kerri...

Meyer wins early career award

March 14, 2011
Geophysical Institute Research Professor Franz Meyer of the Earth and Planetary Remote Sensing group was recently awarded the GOLD Early Career...

Science for Alaska lecture series continues

February 11, 2011
The 2011 Science for Alaska Lecture Series takes place Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in the Westmark Gold Room through Feb. 22. Pre-lecture hands-on...
Kasatochi Volcano. Photo by Jerry Morris, courtesy of Alaska Volcano Observatory.

Lecture to discuss discovery of life after volcanic eruption

February 9, 2011
In early August 2008, Kasatochi Volcano in the Aleutians violently erupted. The green and lush island, formerly the home of hundreds of thousands...

Lecture to examine lessons from Deepwater Horizon spill

February 4, 2011
As one of the worst oil-related disasters of our time, the recent Gulf of Mexico oil spill has sparked an investigation into understanding what...

Longtime GINA staff member dies

February 1, 2011
Kevin Engle, a research programmer and ground station manager at UAF’s Geographic Information Network of Alaska, died Jan. 27. Engle, 46, was a...