Freddie Edmund thought the pond was safe that cold spring day in Alakanuk, until he broke through the ice and sank into the water. He panicked, but then remembered the ice-safety lesson he heard from the community's elders as part of the Elluam Tungiinun [ISH-lom DOO-nee-nun] research project, spearheaded by.

By winters start, Ashton Comptons young resume already matched up well with some adults resumes. It grew even longer when Gov. Sarah Palin appointed Compton as the University of Alaskas newest student representative on the Board of Regents.

JUNEAU - The University of Alaska Southeast is launching this year's edition of "Tidal Echoes," Southeast Alaska's only literary and arts journal. The annual publication is staffed by student editors and a faculty advisor and was financed by a grant from the UAS Chancellor's Fund.

JUNEAU - Career training and workforce development for Southeast Alaska is the motivation behind a recent $25,000 gift to the University of Alaska Southeast from Icicle Seafoods, a seafood processing company founded in Petersburg in 1965 and currently one of the largest seafood processors in Alaska.

FAIRBANKS At first glance, the UAF Nanook EV looks like just about any other snowmachine you might see tooling around on the trails in Alaska, but take a look under the hood and seat and you will find a very different machine.

University of Alaska President Mark Hamilton will be the first to tell you that his institution is at the leading edge when it comes to providing the state with a quality labor force.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Gov. Sarah Palin has appointed Ashton Compton to the University of Alaska Board of Regents. The 11-member board governs the statewide University of Alaska system.

FAIRBANKS The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner received the Public Service Award from the Alaska Press Club on Saturday for its investigative series Decade of Doubt.

Mark Hamilton, president of the University of Alaska, greeted high school students in Homer with a challenge Monday: College now or college later. "I'm telling you right now that I'll get you sooner or later," Hamilton said.

While most of the student body was on siesta for spring break, five students went to work. The members of the UAA Legislative Advocacy Group went to Juneau, not to wear bikinis on the beach but to advocate on behalf of their fellow students for the second time this semester.

FAIRBANKS Four applicants are finalists for the position of director at the University of Alaska Museum of the North, according to a committee leading the search for a new director.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A month after Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal complained about wasteful spending in President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package _ including money he sneered was for "something called 'volcano monitoring'" _ Alaska pilots were grateful for such expenditures.

In the midst of a nationwide nursing shortage, some hospitals Outside have gone to great lengths to recruit new personnel -- from hiring highly skilled (and high-priced) "traveling nurses" from agencies, to importing beginning nurses from poorer nations overseas.

FAIRBANKS Michael Krauss was named a fellow at the Linguistics Society of America, according to the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Krauss, professor emeritus at the university, was one of a dozen elected fellows at the society and recognized at its 83rd annual meeting January in San Francisco.

A planned multi-million dollar federal fisheries research vessel to be used in Alaska waters looks likely to get a $55 million funding boost from President Barack Obama's stimulus package, which has now been approved by Congress.

James Stugart poses with his piece signifying Guilt as he prepares his Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis exhibit in the UAF Art Gallery. FAIRBANKS Symbolism is an important aspect of Emotive Lessons, James Stugarts Bachelor of Fine Arts thesis exhibition opening Monday at the UAF Fine Arts Gallery.

The University of Alaska Southeast held its seventh annual Native Oratory Contest on March 7. UAS students from Juneau, Ketchikan and Yakutat, one student from Juneau Douglas High School, one from Thunder Mountain High School and one home-schooled student competed in the event.

FAIRBANKS The Arnold Espe Auditorium at the University of Alaska Museum of the North was filled to capacity Tuesday night with people hoping to learn about dinosaurs that roamed across Alaska 70 million years ago.

The Alaska Volcano Observatory has lowered the aviation color code and alert level for Redoubt Volcano, located on the west side of Cook Inlet. After about a month and a half at color code Orange and alert level Watch, AVO decided today to lower the levels to Yellow and Advisory.