Media and Public Relations

The Media and Public Relations team promotes Geophysical Institute faculty, staff and student research activities through print, radio, television and online/social media. Public
Relations staff construct press releases, function as media
liaisons, plan community events and lectures, help create announcements
and more.

Some ongoing GI public relations programs include:

•    The Geophysical Institute Quarterly Report
•    The Geophysical Institute Annual Report
•    Science for Alaska Lecture Series
•    The Alaska Science Forum
•    Media Relations
•    Special Editing & Writing Projects
•    Advertising & Public Relations Campaigns
•    The GI Weekly Newsletter
•    The Tanana Valley State Fair

For more information please contact:

Amy Hartley
Public Relations Manager
Elvey 606
amy [dot] hartley [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu
907-474-5823

 

 

Ned Rozell
Science Writer
IARC 203C
nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu
907-474-7468

 

 

Diana Campbell
Public Relations Assistant
Special Events Coordinator
Elvey 608
dlcampbell [at] alaska [dot] edu
907-474-5229

 

 

Kaz Alvarez
Student Assistant
Elvey 608
kaz [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu

Press Releases

All GI press releases are displayed here. You may select a group from the list on the left to view a more targeted selection of press releases.

Visiting a far-north ice cellar

<p>KIVALINA — As charter pilot Dave Lorring taxis a twin-engine Piper PA-31 Navajo through a dogleg in the Kivalina airstrip, he sees resident Perry Hawley waiting on top of a snowdrift with a snowmachine and a sled.</p> <p>As soon as the Navajo props stop spinning, out jumps Kenji Yoshikawa, there for one of his patented science hit and runs. Yoshikawa is soon kneeling on a long wooden sled towed by Hawley, who heads for a few wooden tripods standing on the white arctic plain outside town.</p>

Northern Canada glaciers melting fast

<p>The glaciers and ice fields of Canada&rsquo;s far-north islands have lost enough water over the last few summers to fill three-quarters of Illiamna Lake, Alaska&rsquo;s largest. This news comes jus

Making sea ice 300 miles from the ocean

<p>Marc Mueller-Stoffels unscrews the top of a glass jar and invites a visitor to smell the powder inside. A sniff evokes the image of kayaking Prince William Sound or walking a beach in Southeast.</p> <p>“We call it ‘Instant Ocean,’” he says, returning the lid to the jar.</p>

A new era of rocket recovery in the far north

<p>NEAR ACKERMAN LAKE, NORTHWEST OF VENETIE &mdash; &ldquo;Brian, the chute&rsquo;s right there,&rdquo; Chuck Brodell says from the middle seat of a Cessna Caravan.</p> <p>Brian Lawson, wh

Greenup hits, so does pollen

<p>Greenup &mdash; the great, silent collective explosion of freed tree buds that had been frozen all winter like a clenched fist &mdash; happened yesterday in interior Alaska. I know this because it&

Far-north permafrost cliff is one of a kind

<p>In northern Alaska, an amphitheater of frozen ground is thawing where a northern river is cutting it, exposing walls of ice. The feature, known by scientists as &ldquo;yedoma,&rdquo; is the largest

Fire is a natural part of the boreal forest ecosystem

<p>With their mushroom clouds topped with cauliflower crowns, plumes from wildfire smoke are again a common sight in Interior Alaska, which &mdash; with barely a sprinkle of rain &mdash; just experien

How many Alaska glaciers? There's no easy answer

<p>Not long ago, a glaciologist wrote that the number of glaciers in Alaska “is estimated at (greater than) 100,000.” That fuzzy number, perhaps written in passive voice for a reason, might be correct. But it depends upon how you count.</p>

Rogue glacier again getting people's attention

<p>With the return of summer, many natural cycles have resumed up north &mdash; visiting birds have invaded tundra and forest, salmon torpedo in loose formation up rivers, and Hubbard Glacier again th

Climate change and the people of the Mesa

<p>People tend to think of climate change as a recent phenomenon, but Alaska was once the setting for an environmental shift so dramatic it forced people to evacuate the entire North Slope, according

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