Published Sep 26, 2023 by Josh Reed

On the college scene, the UAA volleyball team fell in both of their first two GNAC matches of the season. Despite getting a career-high 20 kills from senior outside hitter Nicole Blue, the Seawolves fell in four sets to Western Washington on Thursday and were swept by Simon Fraser in three sets Saturday.

UAA junior cross-country runner Cole Nash was named the GNAC Runner of the Week following his second victory of the season that he notched by finished first among a field of 134 competitors at the Bill Roe Classic on Saturday. He edged out Simon Fraser’s Sebastian Brinkman by a little more than three seconds to claim the title with an eight-kilometer time of 24:41.7. With the win, he moved into a tie with former Seawolves standout runner Marko Cheseto for the most career cross-country weekly honors at eight.

Published Sep 25, 2023 by Alaska Native News

Top Department of Defense civilian and military leaders visited the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute in late August and learned about the numerous ways the institute’s facilities and researchers support the nation’s defense in the Arctic.

Undersecretary of Defense Heidi Shyu visited on Aug. 24, and Air Force Lt. Gen. David Nahom, commander of the Alaskan Command, visited on Aug. 30.

“The visits by such high-level Defense Department officials provided another opportunity to showcase all that the Geophysical Institute and its people have to offer in service to the public, and that includes activities related to national defense,” Geophysical Institute Director Robert McCoy said after the visits concluded.

Shyu, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, toured the Geophysical Institute’s home building at UAF. She also visited the Fairbanks airport at the hangar of the institute’s Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration.

Shyu is the department’s chief technology officer and is responsible for the research, development and prototyping activities throughout the department. She also oversees the activities of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Missile Defense Agency and the Defense Innovation Unit.

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Nahom, as commander of the Alaskan Command, oversees all military forces in Alaska. The Alaskan Command, headquartered at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, includes more than 20,000 Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine personnel and 4,700 Guardsmen and Reservists.

Nahom, accompanied by several Alaska Command personnel, had an itinerary similar to that of Shyu.