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A partnership led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks is trying to address one of rural Alaska’s enduring challenges — finding homegrown teachers to work in village schools. The SILKAT project — Sustaining Indigenous and Local Knowledge, Arts and...

An aerial photo of a stream winding through Tanana Flats taken by pilot Jessica Cherry. (Photo by Jessica Cherry) Jessica Cherry spends her favorite moments looking at Alaska from above. As a new recruit for a class of astronaut candidates, she may...

With massive fossil fuel resources but also some of the highest energy costs in the United States, Alaska is pushing to tap its equally vast supplies of renewables as quickly as possible. Signs of the push are visible throughout the state, including...

I recently attended a seminar for university teachers. Its mission was to help teachers use online geographic tools in creative ways.  And I was really surprised – there are so many interesting map-based tools that can be used to help conceptualize...

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