Short takes: People and programs at UAF
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.