News briefs: People and programs at UAF
News briefs: People and programs at UAF
Submitted by Marmian Grimes
Phone: 907-474-7902
04/04/08
Cooperative Extension Service interim vice provost named
Pete Pinney has been appointed interim vice provost for outreach and director of University
of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service. The new position will oversee CES
and will work to integrate it into the learning and discovery mainstream of the university
while providing communities stronger engagement with research and outreach. Pinney
was previously the associate dean of academic affairs for the UAF College of Rural
and Community Development.
Top undergrads slated to compete at research symposium
Ten top undergraduate researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will compete
for tuition and book waivers during the 2008 Undergraduate Research Symposium Tuesday,
April 15, at 4 p.m. in the UA Museum of the North auditorium. The symposium is free
and open to the public. Each student was awarded $2500 to conduct a research project
from any science discipline, especially those related to the International Polar Year.
Projects covered a range of topics in arctic biology, engineering, psychology, geology
and geophysics. The symposium is cosponsored by Flint Hills Resources and the UAF
Center for Research Services.
Faculty members to present at science conference in Dillingham
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Bristol Bay Campus is hosting the 2008 Western
Alaskan Interdisciplinary Science Conference and Forum in Dillingham April 4-7, 2008.
The conference, "Weathering Change, Monitoring Uncertainty," aims to promote science,
innovation and education in western Alaska and will highlight interdisciplinary approaches
to scientific inquiry and resource management. Larry Duffy, professor of chemistry
and biochemistry, Cynthia Fabbri, instructor in the School of Education, and Anna
Godduhn, Resilience and Adaptation graduate student, will travel from Fairbanks to
Dillingham to present "Adapt and Adopt: an interdisciplinary nuclear science course
that includes society and civic engagement."
Three CNSM professors named National Academies Education Fellows
Richard D. Boone, biology and wildlife department chair, Sarah Fowell, associate professor
of geology and geophysics, and Jonathan Runstadler, assistant professor of biology
and wildlife, have been named National Academies Education Fellows in the Life Sciences
for the 2007-08 academic year. They received this award as a result of their participation
in the 2007 National Academies Summer Institute on Undergraduate Education in Biology.
The National Academies is comprised of the National Academy of Sciences, the National
Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council.
CONTACT: Marmian Grimes, UAF public information officer, at 907-474-7902 or via e-mail at marmian.grimes@uaf.edu.