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Youth camp expands across coastal Alaska
Now in its fourth summer, the Coastal Connection Camp program is serving more students and communities in the Gulf of Alaska region than ever before, offering hands-on activities involving science,…
Read MoreCommunity-Engaged Fellows begin summer work
A group of undergraduate students is spending this summer working in coastal communities through the Alaska Sea Grant Community-Engaged Fellowship. Each fellow receives mentorship from a host organization or an…
Read MoreFellowship spotlight: Addie Norgaard
Energy costs in rural Alaska are costly and irregular, and many communities are powered by diesel generators. Motivated to find solutions that are both cost-effective and reliable, communities are getting…
Read MoreHelping students understand local seaweed biology
For thousands of years, the Tlingit people have fostered systems of science and education indigenous to their home, allowing each clan to maintain stewardship of their lands. For generations, this…
Read MoreAlaska Sea Grant co-leads program to learn about resilient economies in the Canadian Arctic
An Alaska Sea Grant specialist helped develop and lead an innovative field school in northern Quebec for a small group of interdisciplinary students from the Arctic. The students learned from…
Read MoreResearch on pink salmon in the Arctic learns from people, place, fish
The Arctic is changing, and scientists and residents alike are interested to understand both the reasons for and impacts of these changes, including how it’s affecting fish populations that Alaskans…
Read MoreFellowship spotlight: Jenna Schlener
As an Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow, Jenna Schlener is collaborating with Mayumi Arimitsu of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Alaska Science Center’s Seabird and Forage Fish Ecology Program…
Read MoreFellow spotlight: Kit Cunningham
Kit Cunningham’s year as a Sea Grant Knauss Fellow in Senator Lisa Murkowski’s office has been a transformative experience, introducing her to the fast-moving world of federal policymaking. Working as…
Read MoreCommunity-Engaged Fellowship spotlight: Joi Gross
Joi Gross, an environmental science undergraduate at the University of Alaska Southeast, is a part of the Alaska Sea Grant Community-Engaged Fellowship (CEF) program for a second consecutive year. Last…
Read MoreUndergraduate fellows start projects helping communities
Alaska Sea Grant is pleased to announce its fourth cohort of Alaska Sea Grant Community-Engaged Fellows. Five undergraduate students are working on projects across the state this summer that connect…
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