in state funds last week for the purchase of a simulated welder. "Basically, it simulates the welding experience," said Lorraine Stewart, vocational and technical education coordinator for Kodiak College.

As descendants of people who inhabited Kodiak long ago, local Alutiiq tribal members know they hold a special place on the Kodiak archipelago. When members of the Woody Island Tribal Council unearthed artifacts left behind by their ancestors thousands of years ago, it lent this connection a powerful and...

Anchorage - ANCHORAGE, AK â Chevron, one of the worldâ s leading energy companies, has donated $1 million to support the University of Alaskaâ s Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program (ANSEP), and the Process Technology, Instrumentation, and Computer Electronics programs located at UAAâ s Kenai...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) - Members of a Kenai tribe are trying to preserve their cultural heritage by keeping their language alive. The Kenaitze Indian Tribe, in partnership with the Administration for Native Americans, Alaska Native Heritage Center and Cook Inlet Tribal Council, recently hosted the Dena'ina...

Filed at 3:47 a.m. ET TORONTO (AP) -- A chunk of ice shelf nearly the size of Manhattan has broken away from Ellesmere Island in Canada's northern Arctic, another dramatic indication of how warmer temperatures are changing the polar frontier, scientists said Wednesday.

TOOLIK FIELD STATION, Alaska: As Anne Giblin was lugging four-foot tubes of Arctic lakebed mud from her inflatable raft to her nearby lab this summer, she said, 'Mud is a great storyteller.

The University of Alaska now attracts 63 percent of our state's college-bound high school graduates. This was unheard of a dozen years ago, when only 44 percent chose to stay inside Alaska for vocational and career training, community college or a university education.

The University of Alaska Museum of the North gets an icy facelift The new University of Alaska Museum of the North doubled the size of the original building from 40,000 to 78,000 sq ft.

FAIRBANKS College can be a daunting place with its new buildings, people and schedules. Sometimes, its too daunting. Twenty-eight percent of University of Alaska freshmen dont return for their second year, according to a study by the Institute of Social and Economic Research.

JUNEAU - Due to popular demand, the University of Alaska Southeast School of Career Education will offer a second section in Cold Climate Coastal Construction via distance delivery.

Kodiak College has a busy semester ahead, with some new class offerings, a busy student orientation Wednesday night, and a 40th anniversary commemorative celebration.

FAIRBANKS The University of Alaska Fairbanks was the only university in Alaska to be named one of the Wests best colleges by The Princeton Review. Six hundred and thirty schools, about a quarter of all four-year colleges, were named regional best.

Aug. 25, 2008 -- Locked away in the frozen soils of the Arctic tundra, there lies a ticking time bomb. Nothing more than accumulated leaves, roots and other plant matter, the unassuming detritus is rich in carbon, giving it the power to dramatically enhance the effects of global warming should it ever get...

FAIRBANKS Women earn half of the bachelors degrees in science and engineering nationwide, but in 2003 only 29 percent of doctoral science and engineering faculty and 18 percent of full professors were women, according to the National Science Foundation.

FAIRBANKS -- A researcher and professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has won an international award. Gary Laursen is the recipient of the 2008 Regional Advisor of the Year award from the Golden Key International Honor Society.

An Anchorage scientist is part of a world renown team that is credited with discovering a celestial object. Some are calling it an asteroid; others say it's a planet, maybe even a comet.

FAIRBANKS " Most people carry a spare tire or a tool kit in their trunk. LaOna DeWildes is filled with assorted containers of river water, rain boots and a water-quality meter that is worth more than her car.

NCHORAGE, Alaska-- New data out this week shows startling information on what scientists say is a growing -- or in this case, a melting problem. A large chunk of Arctic ice is vanishing at what some scientists call an alarming rate.

The vice chancellor for research at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has been named to the U.S. Arctic Research Commission. Buck Sharpton is one of three new members of the commission appointed by President Bush.

Soaring costs are not new for many villages, but situation now is dire BARROW, Alaska A gallon of unleaded gasoline: $10. Heating fuel: $9.10 a gallon.