Amid Renovations, Nome’s UAF Campus Remains a Crossroads of Regional Interests
![UAF Northwest Campus director, Bob Metcalf, stands in the hallway of the newly renovated education center. Photo Credit: Davis Hovey, KNOM (2018)](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/BobMetcalf_EducationCenter-2-1200x798.jpg)
There are lots of new things happening these days at Nome’s branch of the University of Alaska–Fairbanks, including the campus buildings themselves, which have recently seen upgrades from multi-million-dollar renovation projects.
Scientists Listen for Mammals, Ships in a Changing Bering Sea
![James Longley uses a pulley over the side of a fishing boat to retrieve a sound recorder from the Bering Sea.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/SeaSounds-1.jpg)
Less sea ice means increased shipping traffic, and that could impact marine mammals in the region. To get a better idea of what’s changing, scientists are listening in on the sounds of the Bering Sea.
In Nome, State Experts Ponder Responses to Potential Bering Sea Crises
![With snow on the beach, the Bering Sea remained unfrozen at the end of October 2017.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_6272-1200x900.jpg)
Experts from throughout Alaska gathered in Nome last week to discuss marine mammals and potential responses to different types of emergencies that may happen in the Bering Sea.