International Polar Year at the University of Alaska Anchorage
Posted on October 1st, 2007 by admin.
Categories: Events.
Students, staff and alumni write and perform theatre based on IPY themes
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – UAA is pleased to present an evening of four short plays based on the themes of the International Polar Year (IPY) on Saturday, October 6 at 8:00 p.m. in UAA’s Fine Arts Building, room 150. Modeled after the Alaska Overnighters, these plays will be written, directed and produced in only 24 hours! Participants in this unique event are current UAA students and staff, as well as UAA alumni. The University of Alaska (UA) is taking an active role in celebrating the 2007-2009 IPY by promoting research, education, arts and outreach activities to ensure that the benefits of IPY extend to everyone in Alaska.
The IPY is a scientific program that focuses on the Arctic and the Antarctic and is organized through the International Council for Science and the World Meteorological Organization. 2007 marks the beginning of the fourth IPY. The first occurred in 1882, followed by 1932 and 1957. For additional information on IPY, visit http://greenandgold.uaa.alaska.edu/ipy/.
This event is free and open to the public. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For additional information, please call 786-1196.
Posted on July 17th, 2007 by admin.
Categories: Research Results.
A new water vulnerability assessment tool created by University of Alaska researchers may help communities monitor and protect their water resources. The tool, the Alaska Water Resource Vulnerability Index, or AWRVI (pronounced R-VEE), is the culmination of a five-year project to collect and house existing data in one database. The tool is the first comprehensive water assessment tool focused on the Arctic. Read More…
Posted on June 27th, 2007 by admin.
Categories: Research Results.
Roads and other infrastructure built on permafrost hardest hit
Alaska’s warming climate could have a dramatic financial impact on the public infrastructure of the state that could reach billions of dollars according to a report released today by the University of Alaska Anchorage’s (UAA) Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER).
The report, Estimating Future Costs for Alaska Public Infrastructure at Risk From Climate Change, shows that it will be roughly 10 to 20 percent more expensive to maintain and replace public infrastructure in Alaska between now and 2030, and 10 percent more expensive between now and 2080. The total cost to Alaska could reach well into the billions given the latest regional projections of future climate. (more…)
Posted on June 14th, 2007 by admin.
Categories: Research Results.
The newest edition of the Research News from Research and Graduate Studies is now online here. Take a moment to find out what your colleagues are doing. Topic include WWAMI, concert in China, Ph.D student research, dance research abroad, Orca research, cellular copper research, summer undergraduate research, IPY activities, KIPC researcher on BB and Update and the Joint Ph.D Program in Psychology. It is an overall sample of the fascinating research going on at UAA.
Posted on June 12th, 2007 by admin.
Categories: Photos, Events.
The public was invited to a free community reception on June 6, at the UA Museum of the North in honor of UA’s 11 International Polar Year (IPY) postdoctoral research fellows. IPY is a two year, multi-national effort to boost scientific research on the Earth’s polar regions.
The reception was hosted by the University of Alaska Board of Regents and UA President Mark Hamilton.
Posted on June 8th, 2007 by admin.
Categories: Photos.
Slide show and book signing with Vernon Byrd, Daniel Gibson and Douglas Causey In cooperation with Audubon Alaska, UAA takes you on a stunning virtual bird tour through the Aleutians, with images of avifauna found on Alaska’s remote islands. The authors of the newly published Birds of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, will present rarely seen photographs of birds in their natural habitat. (more…)
Posted on May 30th, 2007 by admin.
Categories: Funding.
The Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research announced in November, graduate and undergraduate support awards statewide. UAA students received awards for International Polar Year research through a competitive review process in a wide variety of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration polar issues in physical, biological and social sciences.
Posted on May 30th, 2007 by admin.
Categories: Funding.
Research will determine how increase in shrubs affects Alaska’s arctic regions
Dr. Jeff Welker of the University of Alaska Anchorage’s (UAA) Environment and Natural Resources Institute (ENRI), recently received a $622,000 grant from the Office of Polar Programs at the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his research project associated with the International Polar Year (IPY) investigations. The proposed project will quantify how increases in shrubs have altered the abiotic environment, causing a fundamental change in the functional attributes of these systems in arctic Alaska.
Posted on May 29th, 2007 by Matt.
Categories: Research Results.
The Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic (SLiCA), is a questionnaire based research project designed to determine how well people live within the Arctic circle. Covering several countries, this research is important to those living in and studying the arctic.
Posted on May 25th, 2007 by admin.
Categories: Podcasts.
Slide show and book signing with Vernon Byrd, Daniel Gibson and Douglas Causey In cooperation with Audubon Alaska, UAA takes you on a stunning virtual bird tour through the Aleutians, with images of avifauna found on Alaska’s remote islands. The authors of the newly published Birds of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, will present rarely seen photographs of birds in their natural habitat. This IPY Podcast is presented in full.
