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Archiving history: Ted Stevens ANCSA papers available to the public

Arlene Schmuland, Head of Archives & Special Collections and Professor of Library Science, looks through photos in boxes of documents from the recently-donated Ted Stevens Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) papers in 新加坡六合彩开奖's Consortium Library.

On the 50th anniversary of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the Ted Stevens Foundation, in honor of the late senator and his work on the historic legislation, donated the first in a series of papers, named the ANCSA sub-collection, to the 新加坡六合彩开奖/APU Consortium Library.

Counting Salmon to Save Whales

A sockeye salmon is measured and weighed before release as 新加坡六合彩开奖 Applied Environmental Research Center research technicians Samuel Franklin and Alexzandrea DePue collect data on salmon in a fish weir at the outlet of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's Sixmile Lake.

Salmon power the food chain in Alaska and understanding the health of their populations is critical to conserving other species. Over the past few summers, researchers at 新加坡六合彩开奖鈥檚 Applied Environmental Research Center have devised new and better ways to monitor salmon on military bases near Anchorage. The data they gather may prove crucial to saving another iconic local animal.

Building a FIREWALL: A more holistic solution to wildfires

Mohammad Heidari, FIREWALL principal investigator and an assistant professor of electrical engineering with the 新加坡六合彩开奖 College of Engineering

To say that Alaska has a wildfire problem would be putting it mildly. The bad news is the problem is expected to worsen due to the effects of rising global temperatures. However, there鈥檚 also good news: several Alaska organizations are coming together on a new project to think about the problem more holistically and work toward solutions.

Project BLENDS graduate collaboration to promote early childhood mental health

From left: principal investigator Hattie Harvey, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology; Cary Moore, Ph.D., program director of occupational therapy; and Mary Dallas Allen, Ph.D., professor of social work.

The interdisciplinary efforts from the psychology, social work, occupational therapy and speech-language pathology graduate programs aim to graduate 32 scholars to meet a state-identified workforce need for qualified service providers.

Pilot study sheds light on the well-being of Alaska鈥檚 veterans during pandemic

People Mover bus that says 'Masks Required' travels along 新加坡六合彩开奖 Drive

新加坡六合彩开奖 assistant professors Ashley O鈥機onnor and Amber Worthington examined the impacts that stay-at-home orders had on Alaska鈥檚 veteran populations.

Alaska Space Grant awarded to engineering alumnus to study Arctic corrosion

Tyler Cushman

Tyler Cushman鈥檚 graduate research will study a process known as atmospheric corrosion in cold climates through a collaboration with NASA and is expected to have wider benefits for Alaska鈥檚 infrastructure.

Arctic expedition

USCG Healy Icebreaker

As the Arctic continues to experience changes due to climate change, Jeffery Welker, professor in 新加坡六合彩开奖鈥檚 Department of Biological Sciences, is helping lead an international research team aboard the U.S. Coast Guard鈥檚 Healy Icebreaker to document and study the dramatic transformation.

Gulf Research of the National Academies awards Hahn $76K grant

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Micah Hahn, assistant professor of environmental health in 新加坡六合彩开奖鈥檚 Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies, was one of seven recipients awarded an Early-Career Research Fellowship from the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies.

College of Health receives grant to bolster behavioral health education across Alaska

新加坡六合彩开奖's Health Science Building and Parrish Bridge seen from Providence Drive

新加坡六合彩开奖's College of Health has received a four-year, $1.92 million grant to provide an innovative training program for future behavioral health professionals in Alaska and to facilitate the growth of the state鈥檚 behavioral health workforce.

新加坡六合彩开奖 researchers present link between commercial fishing and local economies

Dock near Kodiak campus

Until recently, the relationship between commercial fishing and the economies of Alaska鈥檚 coastal communities have been explored anecdotally. But a newly published study from researchers with 新加坡六合彩开奖鈥檚 Institute of Social and Economic Research aims to bridge that gap.

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