Weekly RAP February 11, 2013

ALL RAP:
Will resume February 27 from 3:30 -5:00 pm and will be held the last
Wednesday of each month.  Details soon.

Wednesday, February 13
1:00-2:00 pm
Vera Alexander Learning Center (201 O'Neill)
SFOS Fairbanks Fisheries Division Seminar
Fish and fire: a vulnerability analysis for bull trout (Salvelinus
confluentus) across a wildfire-prone landscape
Jeff Falke, Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

1:30 -3:00 pm
401 IARC
Atmospheric Sciences Informal Seminar
Tips for writing successful job search documents for industry and academia
Jackie Debevec, UAF Career Services

3:30-4:30 pm
Vera Alexander Learning Center (201 O'Neill)
Institute of Marine Science Seminar
Social media and science: Why you should do it and how to begin
Kim Martini, School of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences, UAF

3:30-5:10
Geophysical Institute Elvey Auditorium 214
February 2013 Chapman Seminar
Seismic stratigraphy and early formation of the Canada Basin
Debbie Hutchinson
US Geological Survey

5:30 -6:30 pm
Schaible Auditorium, Bunnell Building
UAF Research showcase sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Research
and Scholarly Activity
What we do in modern bird collecting
Kevin Winker, UA Museum of the North

Thursday, February 14
1:30-2:30 pm
501 Akasofu Building (IARC)
International Arctic Research Center Seminar
Heat flux calculation and analysis for the Mackenzie, Yukon, and Lena rivers
Daqing Yang, National Hydrology Research Centre, Environment Canada; and
IARC affiliate

2:00-3:00 pm
401 IARC
Candidate seminar - Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Natural
Science & Mathematics
Xenotransplantation of testis tissue and germ cells into mice: an
attractive model for the study of testicular development and function in
large species
Jose Rodriguez-Sosa, University of Calgary; candidate for veterinary
anatomy position

Friday, February 15
2:30-3:30 pm
Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Life Sciences Seminar Series
Is it still the same species? Explosive changes of mitochondrial genome
and gene expression in an angiosperm, Silene vulgaris
Helena Storchova, Institute of Experimental Botany, Prague, Czech
Republic; Institute of Arctic Biology, UAF

3:30 -5:10 pm
201 Reichardt
February 2013 Chapman Seminar
Evidence for two episodes of magmatism and deformation in the Canada Basin
Debbie Hutchinson
US Geological Survey

3:30 -4:30 pm
304 Eielson Building
Anthropology Colloquium Series
Foreshadowing the future: Djluchen and partibility of personhood in
northeastern Siberia
Olga Ulturgasheva, Cambridge University

3:30 -5:00 pm
531 Duckering Building
Water and Environmental Research Center Seminar
Title & speaker TBA

3:30 -5:00 pm
214 O'Neill Building
By VCON from Juneau
SFOS Fisheries Division, Juneau Center Seminar
Are Bering Sea canyons unique habitats within the eastern Bering Sea?
Mike Sigler, NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center


COURSES
PhD course in Community Adaptation to Climate Change in the North
http://www.geo.umu.se/kulturgeografi/utbildning/norcam-phd-course-in-community-adaptation-to-climate-change-in-the-north-/

This residential PhD course will be held outside Umeå, Sweden, from Monday
June 10 to Friday June 14, 2013.

The course focuses on the social science aspects of adaptation to climate
change, based in a community context. The course discusses and
problematizes social vulnerability and community adaptation literature,
theoretical relevance and usability of an adaptation perspective, and
relevant methodologies for community adaptation research. During the
course, a specific focus will be placed on cases from the circumpolar
north for reference, but students from all regions are invited to apply.

The residential stay may be supplemented by preparatory coursework, and
the submission of a final essay after the course. For students who are
accepted, costs for lodging and board will be covered (students need to
cover their own travel).


Application deadline: 1 March 2013. For more information, please see link
above.


March 2013
http://expectationandexpertise.com/course-programme/
COURSE TITLE:  REGIONAL ETHNOGRAPHY IN A GLOBALISED WORLD: EXPERT
INSTITUTIONS,
COLLABORATIONS AND CULTURAL DYNAMICS
TIME: Wednesday 6 to Friday 8 of March, 2013.
PLACE: University of Tromsø

knowledge about the contemporary ethnographic landscape_ and social fields
of emerging actors involved in
resource extraction in the High North. A _critical view on expert
knowledge_, specifically, the organisation of scientific work, the
production, commodification and dissemination of expert forecasting, and
social technologies, combining _analysis in anthropology, Science and
Technology Studies, sociology_--with hands-on case studies.

May 2013
SECONDLY, in May, there is a course on extractive industry more
specifically for PhD students or those who are about to start or finish a
PhD:
STV-8008 Cumulative Effects of Arctic extractive industrial development
http://uit.no/for-studiesokere/vis-emne?p_document_id=320642&ar=2013&semes
ter=V

Place: Tromso
Time: 27-31 May 2013
Registration with: gunhild.hoogensen.gjorv@uit.no

Course contents:
In this course we comparatively analyse the principles in which such
effects of industrial development can be studied and regulated. The
remoter the locations for possible resource extraction, the more
frequently is a marginalised population in the periphery and a vulnerable
natural environment affected. As a result, the benefits often go to the
centres, while the costs remain in the periphery. Specialists in the field
of political science, international relations, social anthropology, human
geography, and law will introduce lessons learned from their respective
cases in the Arctic, with comparative outlooks to elsewhere. Discussion is
encouraged to focus on ways, instruments and tools to ensure that
extractive industrial activity in remote areas brings benefits for the
people living there. PhD students with a thesis topic remotely or directly
connected to regions and topics of Arctic extractive industrial
development are encouraged to participate in this course as part of the
Uarctic Thematic Network of "People in Arctic Extractive Industries" PhD
programme.

 If you are interested in learning more about Complex Adaptive Systems,
the Santa Fe Institute is offering an online open course: "Introduction
to Complexity."  There are weekly online lectures, weekly exercises, and
a final exam. If successfully completed, you can get a certificate of
completion from SFI. It's a "Massive Open On-line Course" but they say
there will be opportunities to interact with the instructor and fellow
students. More here:  http://www.santafe.edu/education/schools/sfi-mooc/
Registration is not yet open, but you can sign up for a listserv to be
notified when registration opens.
ABSTRACTS/PAPERS/CONFERENCES

Abstracts (oral/poster/workshop) deadline:  February 15, 2013.
Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference
WAISC will be held in Nome on March 20–22, 2013.
See http://seagrant.uaf.edu/conferences/waisc/
Additional information: Claudia Ihl, cihl@alaska.edu or
907-443-8417.

*Application Deadline: **February 28, 2013*
*DISCCRS VIII* *Interdisciplinary Climate Change Research Symposium**
*http://disccrs.org/disccrsposter.pdf
October 12-19, 2013
La Foret Conference and Retreat Center (Colorado)

Participation limited to 30 early-career Ph.D. scholars
Airfare and on-site expenses are supported through grants from NSF and NASA
http://disccrs.org

The DISsertations initiative for the advancement of Climate Change
ReSearch (DISCCRS, pronounced discourse) hosts symposia for early-career
climate change researchers. Our goal is to catalyze international,
interdisciplinary collegial networks and foster collaborative
interdisciplinary research and dynamic interactions between science and
society to enable us to better understand and respond to the myriad
challenges posed by climate change.

During the weeklong symposium, 30 competitively selected recent Ph.D.
graduates will share their research, engage in discussions with peers,
mentors, and funding agency representatives, and hone their teambuilding
and communication skills. Most importantly, scholars will depart from the
symposium with a collegial peer network that extends across the full range
of climate science.

2012 Symposium *Report*:
http://disccrs.org/files/DISCCRS_VII_Symposium_Report.pdf
2012 Symposium *Scholars*:
http://disccrs.org/files/DISCCRS_VII_Symposium_Scholars.pdf*

Symposium Eligibility:* Ph.D. requirements completed between September 1,
2010 - February 28, 2013 in any field. Applicants should be conducting
research relevant to the study of climate change, its impacts, or its
societal implications. We encourage applicants from the biological,
physical, and social sciences, mathematics, engineering, and other fields.
 While U.S. citizens and residents have preference, some funds are
available
for non-U.S. participants.
 *Symposium Application Instructions: *
http://disccrs.org/application_instructions*

DISCCRS Website: *http://disccrs.org**

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Deadline April 1, 2013
EDITED BOOK COLLECTION
Critical Norths: Space, Nature, Theory
Melting glacial ice reminds us of the North’s role in global climate
change. Detritus from the 2010 Japanese tsunami reveals the ring-of-fire
traffic of economies, risks, species, bodies, and waste. Environments and
communities in the North disproportionately bear the costs of the planet’s
dependency on oil. It is clear that the North is not an isolated,
anachronistic, pristine, exceptional, or “authentic” space, as prevailing
assumptions hold. As this collection seeks to demonstrate, the North is a
dynamic, transnational, connected and contested space where natures,
identities, histories, and politics constantly intersect.

We seek proposals for scholarly essays that address “the North” in these
new and illuminating ways.  Concerns often associated with the
North—melting icebergs, oil development, and indigeneity, for example—are
overwhelmingly approached from perspectives in the natural and social
sciences, making questions about the truth of climate science, the
validity of traditional ecological knowledge, or the cost-benefits of oil
development projects dominate our thinking about the region.  This book
seeks to add an environmental humanities perspective and thereby challenge
prevailing assumptions about Northern concerns, and even what counts as
“the North” to begin with.

By understanding the North through perspectives that might seem mismatched
at first glance—urban ecology, technology, postmodernity, globalization,
post- and neo-colonialism, new media or popular culture, minority or
migrant species and communities, reproductive justice, and queer
ecologies, to name a few—this collection seeks to put Northern studies in
dialogue with these important theoretical fields.

Some questions we seek to explore are:
•       Why “the North,” and how does “the North” serve as shorthand for
other assumptions?
•       What voices, perspectives, and texts are left out of dominant
understandings of the North?
•       How is the North connected to other places, yet, somewhat
paradoxically, an exceptional geography?
•       What might Northern studies contribute to environmental inquiries,
and what might emerging scholarship in environmental humanities offer
studies of the North?

The intended audience for this collection is humanistic scholars
interested in a critical environmental cultural studies approach to the
North, especially the region understood as the North American North. We
seek to appeal to scholars in the fields of environmental humanities,
environmental literary studies, ecocinema studies, Canadian Studies,
American Studies, indigenous studies, environmental justice, tourism and
leisure studies, critical human geography, movement and spatial justice
studies, and language and colonialism, and especially welcome proposals by
Canadian or other scholars outside the U.S. University of Alaska Press has
expressed interest in publishing this collection.

Proposals may address the following topics:

    • Geographical imaginaries of the North
    • Movement and migration
    • Queer ecologies
    • Reproductive justice, population, gender
    • Security, scarcity, risk, or military
    • Cold/dark ecologies
    • The North and eco-apocalypse
    • Representations of the North—literary, film, or new media
    • Technology, urbanization, or postmodernity
    • The study, use, and changing role of traditional ecological knowledges
    • Embodiment
    • Time, nostalgia, anachronism, slow violence, or temporality
    • Petrocultures and petronatures
    • Post-humanism
    • The North versus the South, “other” Norths, eco-cosmopolitanism and
the North
    • The global North and/or Northern exceptionalism
    • Globalization and transnationalism
    • Food security and food justice
    • Social movements and protest
    • Indigeneity and modernity
    • Border studies
    • The toxic North
    • Northern perspectives on environmental humanities

CALL FOR PAPERS SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS
*Annals of the Association of American Geographers*
2015 Special Issue *Futures: Imagining Socio-Ecological Transformation*

The* Annals of the Association of American Geographers* invites abstracts
of papers to be considered for a special issue on Futures: Imagining
Socio-Ecological Transformation. This will be the seventh of a series of
annual special issues that highlight geographical research around a
significant global theme. Papers are sought from a broad spectrum of
scholars who address social, cultural, political, environmental, economic,
theoretical, and methodological issues related to imagining and enacting
socio-ecological futures. These include geographical research in areas
such as: knowledge production and possible socio-ecological futures;
critical perspectives on climate futures; transformation, transition,
revolution and resilience; spatial futures and climate justice; governing
socio-ecological futures; eco-climatic, eco-hydrological and ecosystem
dimensions of socio-ecological futures; the role of science-fiction, art
and imaginative socio-ecological futures; utopias, dystopias and
apocalypses. Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted by
February 1, 2013, to *rmaier@aag.org* <rmaier@aag.org>.

Final papers will be due on November 1, 2013, for publication in 2015.
Papers will have a target maximum length of 6,000 words, with a smaller
limit if a large number of tables and/or figures are included. All
submitted papers will be subject to full peer review. All papers published
in the 2015 Special Issue will later be published (by Taylor & Francis) as
an edited book.

Bruce P Braun
Professor and Chair
Department of Geography, Environment and Society
University of Minnesota
CALL FOR PAPERS RESISTANCE or RESILIENCE
A special issue of the new interdisciplinary journal *Resilience:
International Politics, Practices and Discourses** *on the topic of
"Resistance or Resilience". This special issue has a more focused theme
and the journal seeks to attract submissions from across a range of
disciplines.  The call for papers can be found here:
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/cfp/RESI_CFP.pdf).
Bruce P Braun
Professor and Chair
Department of Geography, Environment and Society
University of Minnesota

EMPLOYMENT/INTERNSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS
The Department of Anthropology is offering one and perhaps two
interdisciplinary 3-year PhD studentships to start in September 2013. The
studentship will include full UK/Europe fees and a maintenance stipend set
at RCUK rates. The successful applicant(s) will submit a proposal which
fits within the research topic of 'Arctic Domestication' as specified on
the project website arcticdomus.org. The student(s) are expected to do
field research in at least one of the seven circumpolar regions covered by
the project and to integrate one of the four component disciplines of the
project (anthropology, history of science, archaeology, genetics).

Arctic Domus is a 5-year international research project funded by a
European Research Council Advanced Scholarship. The goals of the project
are to elaborate a model of emplaced human-animal relations in the Arctic
evoking theoretical concerns of the definition of the person, the
attribution of agency, and renewed attention to build environments. A full
project synopsis is on the project website within the 'events' section
under the title Two PhD Studentships 2013--2016.

http://arcticdomus.org/events/2187/

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/funding/details.php?funding_id=209

For further information please contact David Anderson
david.anderson@abdn.ac.uk

Deadline for 2013 Research Fellowship Applications is February 15

DENALI PARK, Alaska:  The application deadline for two research
fellowships available to individuals wishing to conduct research in Denali
National Park and Preserve and other national parks in Alaska is Friday,
February 15, 2013.

The Discover Denali Research Fellowship is for research in or near Denali,
and the Murie Science and Learning Center Fellowship is for research
taking place in Denali or other arctic or subarctic Alaska national parks.
Both fellowships are designed to assist graduate students, but may be
appropriate for college and university faculty, state and federal agency
scientists, undergraduate students, and private-sector researchers.
Proposals for research that will help managers make decisions about
critical resource issues are particularly encouraged.

 If an applicant wants to be considered for both funding sources, only one
application is needed; however, only one fellowship may be received per
applicant. More than one fellow is expected to be selected for each
program.

Applications for 2013 fellowships will be considered for funding requests
up to $8000, to be used over one or two years.  Any previous fellow may
reapply, but is not assured of additional funding.

A decision is expected to be made by March 1, or soon thereafter. The
fieldwork of fellowship program recipients must be arranged before
September 1, 2013.

An information guide about either of the fellowships, which includes
specifics on how to apply and other information helpful to the application
process, may be downloaded from
www.nps.gov/dena/naturescience/discodena.htm. For more information contact
Denali’s Research Administrator Lucy Tyrrell at 907-683-6352 or
lucy_tyrrell@nps.gov.


WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY CANADA
Position Title: Arctic Program Research Associate
Closing date: 15 March 2013
Job type: Full-time position, 2.5 years with potential to extend
Location: Western North American Arctic, based in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.
Anticipated start date: 1 July 2013 (negotiable)
Salary: Commensurate with experience. Health and retirement benefits.
Northern travel allowance.

 Job Description:
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Canada seeks a dynamic, early-career
scientist to join a team of wildlife conservation practitioners pursuing
the objectives of a long-term Arctic conservation program. The program has
pan-Arctic interests, but is focusing geographically on northwest Canada,
northern Alaska and northeastern Siberia, along with associated oceans
(herein termed the WCS Beringia land and seascape). The position is
primarily oriented to finding solutions to, or ways of managing, emerging
wildlife conservation issues in the Arctic.

 The general objectives of the Arctic Beringia program are to:
•         Enhance scientific knowledge of the distribution, abundance, and
habitat relationships of focal wildlife and fish species vulnerable to
human activities (especially the expanding transportation of materials and
northern resources) and climate change, and integrate this knowledge into
existing monitoring and management programs.
•         Engage with various international and national governance
institutions (e.g., Arctic Council) and various governance processes
(including public policy development and the planning and management of
marine and terrestrial areas), with the goals of educating participants
about new and existing scientific and community-derived wildlife and
conservation knowledge, and promoting the incorporation of such knowledge
in policy, procedure, regulation and best practices.

The Research Associate will help implement this program, with an emphasis
on integrating Canadian knowledge, information and perspectives into the
existing Beringian and pan-Arctic conservation contexts. The Research
Associate will have the following specific duties and responsibilities:

•       Apply diversified knowledge of scientific principles and practices, and
public policy processes, in a coordinated program of conservation and
research activities within the WCS Beringia program;
•       Develop and maintain strong and effective working relationships with
government and community organizations that directly influence and control
wildlife conservation and land and marine management policies. These
include technical working groups of the Arctic Council, community-based
government agencies set up through settled aboriginal land claims,
community-based hunters’ and trappers’ organizations, territorial and
federal government agencies, and other non-governmental organizations.
•       Pursue a research program on focal marine or terrestrial species, or
focal ecological processes, or focal stressors (e.g., climate change,
transportation and resource development) that are particularly relevant in
the context of current conservation threats and opportunities.
•       Work collaboratively within the various WCS programs that will depend
on, and can directly influence, the Research Associate’s successes,
including Arctic Beringia (linking WCS-Russia, Marine and North America
programs), and WCS Canada. In addition, the Research Associate will engage
with other WCS programs (e.g., the Species and Global Initiatives
programs), as necessary and pertinent, to further conservation outcomes.
•       Maximize the distribution and communication of science and policy
analyses and outcomes to partners so that information from WCS’s Arctic
research and expertise immediately informs policy and planning decisions.
•       Participate where appropriate in decision-making or policy initiatives
regarding wildlife conservation and management issues relevant to WCS
Canada’s long–term goals for the region.
•       Promote the conservation of wildlife and wild lands in the Arctic within
the conservation community, donors, agencies and other non-governmental
organizations through meetings, speaking engagements, media interviews,
writing, and general communications.
•       Represent WCS as a lead organization dealing with science and natural
resource management policy in the conservation community.
•       Create and manage an annual work plan and budget, including coordination
with supervisor and WCS Toronto office on fund-raising.
•       Coordinate with supervisor, and with WCS Arctic-Beringia and WCS Toronto
offices, in the development of communications materials regarding the
program.

 Qualifications:

•       Ph.D. with a background in conservation biology (including terrestrial
and/or freshwater and/or marine ecology), and/or natural resources
management process and policy;
•       Demonstrated strong working knowledge of, and experience with, Arctic
conservation issues, especially in Canada;
•       A clear understanding of food security needs of indigenous peoples in
the Arctic, including the intimate links between social and environmental
health;
•       Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work effectively
in a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary work environment;
•       Strong quantitative and modeling skills, and knowledge of conservation
planning;
•       Sufficient knowledge and work experience in effective collaboration with
other scientists and conservation practitioners;
•       Excellent communication skills, including the ability to write,
articulate, and synthesize information for diverse audiences;
•       Record of peer-reviewed publications relating to species, ecosystems,
conservation policy or related topics.
•       Self-motivated, and comfortable with and capable of working with
dispersed staff.
•       Self-reliant and capable of working safely in remote Arctic environments.

About WCS Canada
WCS Canada was established as a Canadian conservation organization in July
2004.  Our mission is to conserve wildlife and wildlands by improving our
understanding of and seeking solutions to critical problems that threaten
key species and large wild ecosystems throughout Canada.  We implement and
support comprehensive field studies that gather information on wildlife
needs and then seek to resolve key conservation problems by working with a
broad array of stakeholders. We also provide technical assistance and
biological expertise to local groups and agencies that lack the resources
to tackle conservation concerns.  WCS Canada is independently registered
and managed, while retaining a strong collaborative working relationship
with sister WCS programs in more than 55 nations, including an integrated
North America Program.  The Wildlife Conservation Society (www.wcs.org) is
a recognized global leader in conservation and for more than a century has
worked in North America promoting actions such as bison reintroduction,
pioneering field studies, parks creation, and legislation to protect
endangered wildlife.

To apply:
Please send cover letter detailing research and conservation interests and
experience, the names of three references, and Curriculum Vitae to WCS
Canada by email, fax or mail:

By email:  wcscanada@wcs.org
By fax:       416-850-9040

By mail:    Human Resources
Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
720 Spadina Avenue, Suite #600,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2T9

 For more information, contact Donald Reid, dreid@wcs.org
We thank all candidates for their interest, however, only those selected
for interview will be contacted.

POSITION VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Assistant Professor of Human Dimensions in Natural Resources
Department of Ecosystem Science and Management
WORK LOCATION:  Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

POSITION DESCRIPTION:   Applications are invited for a 10-month, tenure
accruing assistant professor position emphasizing the human dimensions of
the natural resources to contribute to a social-ecological systems
emphasis in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management (ESSM) at
Texas A&M University, College Station. All applicants with a PhD and
expertise in social sciences that directly pertains to natural resource
management and the environment will be considered. Preference will be
given to those with multi-disciplinary research experience and expertise
in one or more of the following areas: 1) environmental policy and
governance, 2) adaptive natural resource management, and 3)
social-ecological systems.

ESSM is one of 14 academic departments within the College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences.  It consists of 48 faculty members affiliated with
various agencies within the state, 20 staff members, 100 graduate and 180
undergraduate students on the College Station campus (essm.tamu.edu). The
programmatic mission of ESSM is to “solve real world problems with
research-based solutions.”

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:  A doctoral degree in human dimensions of
natural resources, rural sociology, political science, human geography, or
a related discipline and demonstrated expertise and accomplishment in one
or more of the above emphasis areas is required. The ability to develop an
internationally recognized research program; conduct collaborative,
multidisciplinary research; solicit extramural contracts and grants, and
effectively contribute to graduate and undergraduate teaching programs is
essential. The incumbent will be responsible for teaching a senior
undergraduate course in Natural Resource and Environmental Policy, and
contribute to a second undergraduate course in Coupled Social-Ecological
Systems or Environmental Impact Assessment or Ecosystem Management, and
development of a graduate course in their area of expertise.

SALARY AND BENEFITS:  Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and
experience. A guide to the benefits offered can be found at
://www.tamus.edu/assets/files/benefits/pdf/GuideBooklet. .

DATE AVAILABLE:  May 1, 2013 or upon completion of the selection process.

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  March 1, 2013 or until a suitable candidate is
identified.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:   Qualified individuals are invited to submit a
letter of application, curriculum vita, statements of research and
teaching philosophy, and names and contact information of three references
via the GreatJobs website ( ://greatjobs.tamu. ) NOV #06634.
Contact David D. Briske ( @tamu. or 979-845-5581) for additional
information. Applications will be evaluated beginning March 1, 2013 and
will continue until a suitable candidate has been identified.

The Texas A&M University System is committed to the fundamental principles
of academic freedom, equality of opportunity and human dignity. To fulfill
its multiple missions as an institution of higher learning, Texas A&M
encourages a climate that values and nurtures collegiality, diversity,
pluralism and the uniqueness of the individual within our state, nation
and world. All decisions and actions involving students and employees
should be based on applicable law and individual merit. Texas A&M
University, in accordance with applicable federal and state law, prohibits
discrimination, including harassment, on the basis of race, color,
national
or ethnic origin, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, or
veteran status.

GRANTS
The Arctic Institute of North America (AINA) is extending the deadline for
applications for its Grant-in-Aid Program to 20 February. The Grants are
$1,000.00 each and are paid directly to the student rather than going
through the University.
These grants can supplement on-going funded research.
All that is needed is a short statement of the project and what the money
will be used for and (important) the address to which the check should be
sent in case the project is funded.  It helps to indicate the major
professor and the University involved.
Applications:
 1. should be mailed to Rasmuson Library P.O. Box 756808, UAF.
 2.  hand delivered to the Alaska Polar Regions Department in Rasmuson
Library.
 3.  Or they can be sent by e-mail to: Mark Johnson <majohnson@alaska.edu>

IN the NEWS
Kristin Timm:
http://www.newsminer.com/features/outdoors/article_26fcc95c-7102-11e2-b3f9-0019bb30f31a.html

OTHER
New Exhibit:  Hibernation and the Science of Cold
Through May 15, UA Museum of the North, Special Exhibits Gallery
Please send suggestions, announcements, etc. to Mary van Muelken,
fyabnp@uaf.edu