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  • In a Time of Change announces call for artists

    June 11, 2025

    The In a Time of Change program is accepting applications for artist residencies for a new art-science collaboration project inspired by coastal research and lifeways in the Gulf of Alaska region. In "Coastal Transitions," In a Time of Change will collaborate with the Interface of Change project run by the Alaska Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. Interface of Change is a research, education and workforce development project funded by the National Science Foundation. It focuses on the socio-ecological health of coastal communities and key marine harvest species within the Gulf of Alaska's glacially influenced coastal environments.

  • Ten middle school students wearing award medals pose with their two adult team coaches and the 绿奴天花板F Nook mascot outside in bright sun with a clear blue sky on the 绿奴天花板F campus. There is snow on the ground. In the background, there is the 绿奴天花板F Rasmuson library and engineering buildings, and the ice arch.

    North Pole Science Olympiad team competes in national tournament

    May 23, 2025

    The Alaska Science Olympiad 2025 first place-winning middle school team from Discovery Peak Charter School in North Pole will compete in the Science Olympiad National Tournament at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln May 23-24.

  • Meet Pete Warden, Interface of Change Entrepreneur-in-Residence. As the EIR, he joins the Workforce Development arm of the project with the Innovation & Entrepreneurship team. His aim is to encourage researchers to translate their work into marketable products or ideas, and to facilitate connections around the Gulf of Alaska to grow emerging industries.

    Reverse-engineering Startup Culture for Alaskans

    May 09, 2025

    Meet Pete Warden, Interface of Change Entrepreneur-in-Residence. As the EIR, he joins the Workforce Development arm of the project with the Innovation & Entrepreneurship team. His aim is to encourage researchers to translate their work into marketable products or ideas, and to facilitate connections around the Gulf of Alaska to grow emerging industries.

  • Logan Berner on the summit of Thunder Mountain, near Juneau, Alaska. The Mendenhall Glacier lies in the distance.

    Closing the Circle: Logan Berner joins the Interface of Change research team as the new 绿奴天花板S forest ecology faculty hire

    May 09, 2025

    Logan Berner joins the Alaska EPSCoR Interface of Change project. As the first of four faculty hires planned under Interface of Change, Berner brings expertise in forest ecology, remote sensing, and spatial analysis to the team.

  • Monica Brandhuber calibrates a mass spectrometer.

    Congratulations to the recipients of the Alaska EPSCoR Professional Development Travel Awards

    April 30, 2025

    Out of the many compelling applications we received for the Alaska EPSCoR professional development travel awards, we awarded travel funding to eight recipients.

  • Middle school students wearing white lab coats and safety goggles puzzle over chemistry equipment and notes in a lab.

    Students test knowledge and skills at Alaska Science Olympiad

    March 21, 2025

    The Alaska Science Olympiad competition for students in grades 6-8 will convene March 28-29 at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

  • Interface of Change Annual Community Participation Workshops

    February 04, 2025

    In February and March 2025, Interface of Change researchers are visiting Cordova, Seldovia, Homer, Haines, and Klukwan for Annual Community Participation Workshops.

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    Meet Frank Witmer, New 绿奴天花板A Co-PI for Interface of Change

    November 26, 2024

    Meet Frank Witmer, 绿奴天花板A co-PI for the Interface of Change project, faculty member and computational geography of the 绿奴天花板A Computer Science & Engineering department.

  • The Land Loves Us: Relationship to the Land from an Alaska Native Perspective

    November 11, 2024

    Join us November 18, 2024, 12-1 pm for a virtual presentation by Tia Tidwell and hosted by Debbie Mekiana of the 绿奴天花板F College of Indigenous Studies, Department of Alaska Native Studies and Rural Development

  • 鈥淲e listen with our ears,鈥 said Justina Starzynski-Hotch as she tugged on her earlobe. She said the phrase in Tlingit first, then in English as she sat in a circle of 33 children in the center of the gymnasium of the Klukwan School. Their cross-legged bodies circled around the school鈥檚 logo: a formline representation of Eagle and Raven, the two Tlingit moieties, leaping after a basketball.

    Alaska Science Olympiad Visits Klukwan School

    November 04, 2024

    鈥淲e listen with our ears,鈥 said Justina Starzynski-Hotch as she tugged on her earlobe. She said the phrase in Tlingit first, then in English as she sat in a circle of 33 children in the center of the gymnasium of the Klukwan School. Their cross-legged bodies circled around the school鈥檚 logo: a formline representation of Eagle and Raven, the two Tlingit moieties, leaping after a basketball. 鈥淲e listen with our eyes,鈥 she said as she touched the corner of her eye. 鈥淲e listen with our mouths. We listen with our bodies.鈥 Among the many hats worn by Starzynski-Hotch, she is a Tlingit language teacher and the STEPS coordinator at the Klukwan School. She has been involved in the village school for many years, and cares deeply for its survival. On September 19, she was substituting. And it was a special day 鈥 Science Olympiad day.