July 29, 2011
Researcher David McGuire was among several authors of an article suggesting forests account for most of the world’s land-based carbon uptake. The article appeared in the July 14 issue of Science Express.
Vice Chancellor for Research Mark Myers will serve on the Global Adaptation Institute of scientific advisors. Myers is among eight scientists, representing seven countries, who will provide advice on global climate change adaptation projects.
Faculty member Rich Boone was invited to co-author an editorial in the journal Scienceencouraging the National Science Foundation (NSF) to re-evaluate its decision to cancel a program that has placed 10,000 science graduate students in more than 6,000 K–12 schools across the country.
Nearly 60 Alaskan high school students from 41 communities participated in the 28th annual Rural Alaska Honors Institute, where they earned up to 10 college credits. Six of them worked at the Institute of Arctic Biology (IAB) Toolik Field Station as part of a special UAF/NSF thermokarst research project.
Katey Walter Anthony received $980,000 from NASA to create methane maps of lake systems using remote sensing data. The process is expected to improve understanding of disturbances to permafrost and the release of methane from high-latitude lakes.
UAF researchers Anna Liljedahl and Sergei Marchenko are leading a collaborative project,Permafrost and Hydrology Modeling to Provide Decision Support to the U.S. Army in Alaska, using a new modeling system to better understand the effects of climate change on specific regions in Interior Alaska.
UAF and Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, sponsored a workshop, “The Arctic Ocean Beyond National Jurisdiction,” for 60 participants from 12 nations. Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell did the keynote.
UAF hosted a multiagency full-scale exercise on the Fairbanks campus July 26–28. The exercise involved some 30 participating agencies and centered upon the basic elements of crisis and consequence management operations, plans, and organization — all within as realistic an environment as possible.
The Rasmuson Library hosted the dedication of the Sen. Ted Stevens Gallery and the opening of the exhibit “Ted Stevens and Alaska Statehood: The Process and the Passion”; the North to the Future Foundation and EADS North America donated $100,000 to endow the Ted Stevens EADS Scholarship.
The Life Sciences Facility contractor designed a custom glass wall for the south side of the building that has extremely good insulation value, yet very clear glass. The project is on budget and schedule.
Chancellor Rogers and the Rotary Club of Fairbanks hosted a fundraising event for the Dorothy Sugg/Rotary Scholarship endowment, benefitting Honors Program students. Dorothy Sugg (1915–1997) was the first female member of the Rotary Club of Fairbanks.