URSA Spotlights

Wilkinson student exhibit

Ian Wilkinson: Spheres of Influence

Herreid Spotlight

Sam Herreid: Posters on the Hill

Samantha Allen in the field

Samantha Allen: Sea Otter Prey Availability

Ryan Ownens, Summer 2023 Awardee in the field

Ryan Owens: Evaluation of the Effect of Vegetation Sources on Smith Lake BDOC

Iva in the field

Iva Thomason: How does a permafrost lake influence downstream carbon cycling?

Nick Samuel working in the lab

Nick Samuel: Improving Hydrogen Production Efficiency from Electrode Surface Modifications

Wetherleigh teaching an ESL course

Wetherleigh Griffin: Majoring in Minecraft

Geo Learning Community Group Photo

Geo Learning Community

Erica Ebert and Amelia Knavel in the lab.

Erica Ebert: 2023-2024 URSA Mentor Awardee

Anna Medina- Mentor Award Recipient with student in lab

Anna Medina: 2023-2024 URSA Mentor Awardee

Jessie and Dr. Spellman in the field.

Jessie Skalisky: Invasive Plant Seedbank Development after Wildﬁre in Alaska’s Boreal Forest

Molly Cook and Garrett Savory

Garrett Savory: 2023-2024 URSA Mentor Awardee

Lauren Wilson and Xochitl Munoz in the lab.

Lauren Wilson: 2023-2024 URSA Mentor Awardee

Tyra Best and Cara Roberts award photo

Tyra Best & Cara Roberts: Microplastic Content in Stellar Sea Lions and Cassin's Auklets

Cedar presenting their research poster

Cedar Hanger: Reconstruction of Fire History and its Connection to the Arrival of Spruce from Windmill Lake, Interior Alaska

Anastasia Chen: Quantifying Air Quality in Fairbanks

Dr. Wolf supervises Danny Casner working in the lab in a fume hood

Danny Casner: DNA Analysis of Marmot Stomach Contents

Dorothy in the lab under a fume hood

Dorothy Sherer: Identifying Bacterial Infection in Alaskan Small Mammals

Jonas on a ledge with a view

Jonas Fields: Dendromorphological Tree Cores & the 11-Mile Landslide