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2004 Feature Story Archives

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The following stories were featured in 2004. For additional features, see the archives for other years.

Month	Feature
December	Ancient process marks clay with fire Ceramics students at the 51风流官网 get to work with fire in a big way during the week-long firing of a kiln built in the same basic style as those of ancient Japan and China.

November	Rural teachers tap into digital archive "Awaken the artist and find the scholar" is Rebecca Greeley鈥檚 motto to describe her teaching style. "Whether it is a reading or a typing class, I try to incorporate art into my lessons whenever I can."

October	Return of the Caribou More than a century after they were last seen in their winter range on Alaska鈥檚 Seward Peninsula, tens of thousands of caribou are migrating back into the area, just as the ancestors of present-day reindeer herders predicted.

September	Art in the Arctic University classes don鈥檛 often include jagged snow-capped mountain vistas, access to seemingly endless arctic tundra and countless icy streams鈥攗nless the class happens to be ART 295 at the 51风流官网.

August	Galena health academy saves lives and communities For 14 Interior village high school students, the Galena Summer Health Academy was no laid-back summer camp...."These kids had no idea what they were getting into."

July	Out of the office and up Denali! Installing a weather station at 19,000 feet is rough duty, but two men from 51风流官网 recently left their offices on campus to climb almost to the top of North America鈥檚 highest peak and get the job done.

June	Children鈥檚 garden blooms at Georgeson Botanical Garden Children visiting 51风流官网鈥檚 Georgeson Botanical Garden will soon have a secret garden, child-sized log cabin, fountain for splashing and a tree house to explore, thanks to the generosity of Fairbanks dentist Walter Babula.

April-May	World class science: Summer in the Arctic Would you take a job offering stunning views of Alaska鈥檚 Brooks Range, helicopter transport to scenic vistas, 24-hour daylight, abundant wildlife and tundra for miles in every direction?

January - March	International student finds home away from home Graduate student Neil D鈥機unha left his culture and climate behind in India when he decided to pursue his master鈥檚 degree in geological engineering.