URSA congratulates Summer Internship and Travel Award recipients
The Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity congratulates the following
students who were awarded summer 2024 travel and internship awards:
Summer Travel Award
Madelyn Brennan (Chemistry)
Mentor: Dr. Sarah Rice
Poster Title: Measuring mitochondrial succinate dehydrogenase activity in hibernating black bears
Poster Presentation at the International Hibernation Symposium (Mont-Tremblant, Québec,
Canada)
Summer Internship Awards
Tatianna Krueger
Biological Sciences
General Animal Care Intern
Topeka Zoo and Conservation Center (Topeka, Kansas)
Zachary Macintyre
Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Disaster Services Intern
American Red Cross of Alaska (Fairbanks, Alaska)
Jackson Nelson
Electrical Engineering
Summer Project Development Intern
Torchgrab Africa (Denver, Colorado)
Cori Patchkofsky
Geoscience
Doctor Assistant & Intern
Hartford Healthcare (Hartford, Connecticut)
Dorothy Sherer
Wildlife Biology and Conservation
Refuge Management Intern
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service- Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (Evansville,
Indiana)
Iva Thomason
Fisheries and Marine Sciences
Advanced Materials Research Institute Intern
University of New Orleans (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Undergraduate students with confirmed volunteer, unpaid or minimally paid internships external to UAF are encouraged to apply for URSA Internship award funding. URSA offers up to $3,000 of support for opportunities in the fall or spring, and up to $6,000 for the summer. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
URSA Travel Awards are available on a rolling basis throughout the year and support students who plan to actively participate in a conference, competition, immersive program, performance, workshop, or other type of meeting or congregation of the student's peers/professionals in their respective field. Students with accepted participation to an event are encouraged to apply.
For more information on previous internship and travel awardees, visit the URSA Award Recipients webpage.
Contact the URSA office for more information on how to get involved: uaf-ursa@alaska.edu | 907-450-8772.