Short takes: People and programs at UAF

Submitted by Marmian Grimes
Phone: 907-474-7902
09/11/07

UAF alumna awarded Fulbright Scholarship
UAF alumna Carolyn Stice will travel to Venezuela this academic year as a recipient of a Fulbright U.S. Student Scholarship. She plans to study female Venezuelan poets and their work. Stice recently graduated from UAF with a master’s degree in creative writing. The Fulbright Program provides students, scholars and teachers with the opportunity to observe political, economic, educational and cultural institutions, exchange ideas and help the international community. Recipients of Fulbright Awards are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields. Stice is one of more than 1,300 U.S. citizens who will travel abroad for the 2007-2008 academic year through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

Registration now open for energy summit
Registration is now open for the Arctic Energy Summit Technology Conference, slated for Oct. 15-18, 2007 in Anchorage. The technology conference will draw hundreds of researchers, academics, government leaders, industry representatives and arctic residents. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are scheduled to open the conference. Energy experts from Russia, Canada, the United States and Norway are invited to provide their perspectives. The conference will include two days of presentations on technical aspects of energy in the Arctic and panel discussions on policy and rural energy challenges, as well as a two-day energy exposition.

UAF professor reveals history via cookbooks
UAF history professor Carol Gold recently published "Danish Cookbooks: Domesticity and National Identity, 1616-1901." The book, published in both the United States and Europe, draws from 300 years of cookbooks to offer insight on literacy levels and gender roles in the home and society, as well as the evolution of Danish nationalism and identity. Through the pages of cookbooks and their recipes, menus and table-setting instructions, Gold charts the growth of a nationalist Denmark and the development of what it means to be a Dane. Gold’s work is described as "a tasty menu of Danish cultural delights served up through an enchanting historical narrative."

UAF alumnus anthropologist awarded international fellowship
UAF anthropology professor and alumnus Ben Potter has received a postdoctoral fellowship awarded by The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc. The $30,000 Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship enables Potter to devote himself to a focused period of writing. His work, "Site Structure and Organization in Central Alaska: Archeological Investigations at Gerstle River," will be based on dissertation research conducted while he was a doctoral student in the UAF anthropology department. Potter is one of only four such recipients in the world and two in the United States.

UAF receives transportation research grant
The University of Alaska has received a $3.01-million grant to support advanced transportation research at the Alaska University Transportation Center, headquartered at UAF. The funds will be used for transportation research, education and workforce development with a focus on cold region transportation safety, security and innovation. The funding is part of the university’s four-year designation as a U.S. Department of Transportation-sponsored university transportation center.

CONTACT: Marmian Grimes, UAF public information officer, at 907-474-7902 or via e-mail at marmian.grimes@uaf.edu for more information.