Published Apr 12, 2023

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded Merlin, the leading developer of safe autonomous flight technology for fixed-wing aircraft, a $1 million contract to demonstrate a highly automated flight control system in conjunction with a safety pilot. In partnership with the FAA designated University of Alaska Fairbanks UAS Test Site and Everts Air Cargo, the Merlin Pilot will be the first autonomy system integrated into the NAS. Flight trials will run along three test routes serving five destinations. All test routes originate from the FAA designated UAS Alaska test site in Q2 2023.

Published Apr 12, 2023

The University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) is partnering with Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) to bring Dr. Colbey Reid to Juneau for a presentation titled “Indigeneity and the ‘Domestic Posthuman’: Reevaluating the Scale, Pace, Texture, and Place of Technology” on Tuesday, April 18. The event will take place in the SHI Clan House, Walter Soboleff Building from 6:30 to 8:00 pm.

Dr. Reid will discuss the idea of “lo-tek,” an anti-primitivist conceptualization of Indigenous innovation, to reorient understanding of the design futures forecast by technology and human-technology relations toward humanity, conviviality, and ecological longevity. 

Published Apr 11, 2023 by Lena Branch

On Mar. 31, Arctic Students for Life, a pro-life student organization at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks (UAF), had their "Cemetery of the Innocents" display vandalized by students. 

The display contained 2800 pink crosses: one "for each baby that is killed by abortion every single day in the U.S," according to the group. Shortly after the display was completed, pro-abortion students arrived to remove the crosses and accost the pro-lifers. 

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According to the UAF Media Relations department, Arctic Students for Life is a registered student organization, which followed the university’s processes for free expression events on campus, and gathered its materials at the end of its event.

“UAF supports free and open discussion of ideas. Our campuses often serve as a public forum for those discussions, displays or demonstrations," a Media Relations representative explained to Campus Reform.

Weeks concluded by sharing how pleased she is with how the university handled the situation. 

“Overall, the University as a whole did their part in remaining neutral and supporting us as a student organization," she said. "Of course we are grateful for this, and hope that in the future Arctic Students for Life and other conservative student organizations have the same experience, if not a better one”.