Category: Research

ANSWERS Website is Now Live

ANSWERSANSWERS will link current Alaska K-12, higher education and employment data to deliver critical outcomes information to Alaska’s policymakers, educators, and general public about the state’s education continuum.

The new ANSWERS website is live at ANSWERSresults.alaska.gov. It provides information on what ANSWERS is, and what it does, while protecting the privacy of all Alaska students.

On the Home page you will find a new ANSWERS video that explains why ANSWERS is so important to the State of Alaska.

On the bottom of the Home page you will notice a News and Announcements section.  This section will provide you with a quick glance of news and new items that have been added to the website.

ANSWERS has recently released three interactive reports relevant to the outcomes of the Alaska Performance Scholarship (APS).  All reports can be found on the Reports page.

Gunnar Knapp Honored with Marine Research Award

Dr. Gunnar Knapp, fisheries economist and director of the UAA Institute of Social and Economic Research, has received the 2016 Marine Research Award from the Alaska Sealife Center in Seaward. This honor is given to a scientist, team of scientists or an institution that is acknowledged by peers to have made an original breakthrough contribution to any field of scientific knowledge about Alaska’s oceans.

Knapp has been studying fisheries management, fisheries markets and the world seafood industry for more than 25 years, focusing particularly on the Alaska salmon industry. Knapp’s willingness and ability to build close links with all sectors of the industry make him an inspiration to researchers in his field. He has written numerous articles and reports on salmon markets, trends in limited entry permit ownership, the effects of halibut and crab IFQs, the Chignik salmon co-op, implications of climate change and the economic impacts of Alaska fisheries. Knapp is closely engaged with the seafood industry and policy makers in Alaska. Currently, he is writing a book, The Economics of Fish, which is intended as an introduction to the insights provided by economics about fisheries, aquaculture and the seafood industry.

Knapp received the Marine Research Award at the 2016 Alaska Marine Science Symposium, held at the end of January. Please join us in congratulating him on this honor.

Source: Green & Gold News

Hinzman named to lead UAF research

Permafrost hydrologist and longtime professor Larry Hinzman has been selected to serve as vice chancellor for research at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Hinzman has served as interim vice chancellor since March 2015.

“UAF leads the world in Arctic research, and our capabilities extend far beyond the North to include every continent, the world’s oceans, the entire atmospheric system, the far reaches of space and deep into the Earth’s mantle. Our physical, biological and social scientists, our engineers and our creative artists are renowned both throughout Alaska and nationally and internationally,” Hinzman said. “I am humbled to serve amongst them and to work with UAF’s faculty, staff and students to resolve the science, engineering and policy challenges facing our state, nation and world.”

Read the full article here.

Source: Alaska Business Monthly

ConocoPhillips Donates $500,000 for Energy Research Facility at UAF

A $500,000 donation from ConocoPhillips Alaska will help complete the fourth floor of the new engineering building at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Read more here.

Source: Alaska Business Monthly.

Alaska Sea Grant Invests Over $1 Million in Research

Alaska Sea Grant has awarded more than $1 million to six new research projects focused on critical coastal environmental and economic challenges in Alaska.

‘We selected these six because they are creative and innovative research projects that contribute to our focus areas in healthy coastal ecosystems, sustainable fisheries and resilient communities and economies,’ said Ginny Eckert, Alaska Sea Grant research director.

Read the full press release here.

Source: Noodles Gateway to Facts