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unusual facts about University of Alaska



ANLC

Alaska Native Language Center, an institute dedicated to linguistic research and preservation at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Echelmeyer Ice Stream

The name was changed from Ice Stream F by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2002 to honor Dr. Keith A. Echelmeyer of the Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, who studied the flow of Marie Byrd Land ice streams, 1992–93 and 1994–95, as well as the fast flow of surging glaciers in Alaska and Greenland.

Katey Walter

In March 2007 Walter was appointed the Presidential International Polar Year Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks.

Tiger penis

Medical studies conducted by scholars at the University of New South Wales and the University of Alaska claim that as Chinese are rapidly modernizing, more and more men are purchasing Viagra instead of tiger penis to cure erectile dysfunction.


see also

Brian D. Rogers

University of Alaska President Mark Hamilton named Brian Rogers permanent chancellor of UAF in May 2009.

Brian Rogers

Brian D. Rogers (born 1950), chancellor of the University of Alaska Fairbanks

Charles Bunnell

Charles E. Bunnell (1878–1956), president of the University of Alaska

Kantner

Seth Kantner, writer who has attended the University of Alaska and studied journalism at the University of Montana

Mark Hamilton

Mark R. Hamilton, American academic and former president of the University of Alaska

Puff model

In a joint program called University Partnering for Operational Support (UPOS) between the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (early 2000s), Puff was integrated into the U.S. Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA) volcano monitoring system by Rorik Peterson and David Tillman.

Rowe Nunataks

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1999) after C.A. Rowe, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, who investigated volcanic activity and seismicity at nearby Mount Erebus, 1984–85 and 1985-86.