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Museum seeks community submissions for special exhibit
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is looking for photo submissions from community members for the upcoming special exhibit, "RENEW: Fairbanks Cityscapes."

Juneau high school students sweep ocean bowl for third straight year
Juneau high school students have done it again. For the third year in a row, high school students from Juneau have won first and second place in the Tsunami Bowl, Alaska's regional version of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl.

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Short news items on people and programs at UAF

Researchers bring soy biodiesel for cold weather testing
A team of scientists, researchers, soybean farmers and truckers will be in Alaska March 5-10 for cold weather testing of soy biodiesel.

UAF in the news: week of Feb. 23, 2009
Selected news clips for the week of Feb. 23, 2009

Alaska Summer Research Academy accepting applications
The UAF College of Natural Science and Mathematics is now accepting applications for the Alaska Summer Research Academy, which is scheduled for July 20-31.

Homebuilding workshop March 7 in Anchorage
Cooperative Extension Service housing and energy specialist Rich Seifert will teach his Cold Climate Homebuilding Techniques workshop Saturday, March 7 in Room 117 of the University of Alaska Anchorage Commons.

Energy researcher to speak in Anchorage
University of Alaska Fairbanks energy researcher Gwen Holdmann will speak Tuesday, March 3 at 7 p.m. at the Loussac Library in the second of five installments of the Science For Alaska Lecture Series in Anchorage.

KUAC’s Petrowich accepts job at alma mater
KUAC/AlaskaOne CEO and general manager Greg Petrowich has been named executive director of the WSIU Broadcasting Service at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Delta Farm Forum to highlight area agriculture
Farmers and others interested in the latest agricultural developments are invited to the annual Delta Farm Forum Feb. 28 at Delta High School.

Nobel Prize-winning physicist to speak at UAF
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Murray Gell-Mann will present a free public lecture, “A Crude Look at the Whole,” Wednesday, March 4, at 6 p.m. in the Wood Center Carol Brown Ballroom on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus.

Lecture to focus on collaborative arts
The University of Alaska Fairbanks music department will host a free public lecture with Michael Cherlin Friday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. in the Charles W. Davis Concert Hall on the UAF campus.

KUAC opens DTV hotline on the day the transition almost happened
KUAC is opening its DTV hotline Tuesday, Feb. 17 from 6 to 8 p.m. to help viewers prepare for the shutdown of analog TV service, which Congress has now delayed until June 12, 2009.

Sunshine barley ready to grow
A barley variety developed by researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks may provide a new high-nutrient, high-yield crop for Alaska farmers.

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