Read up on some of the latest research news in the current edition of the Geophysical Institute Quarterly Report. Glaciers, thermokarst lakes, the 20th anniversary of the Alaska Satellite Facility, GI's new Education Group and details on our new director, Bob McCoy, are all available in this new, extended edition of the Quarterly. 

View the pdf here or request a copy of the publication through the Outreach Office. Email info [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu with your requests.

A scientific book by GI Professor Nicole Mölders titled "Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes: Impact on Climate and Air Quality" was published by Springer as 
Volume 44 of the Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library.

The U.S. Permafrost Association will provide six $500 travel grants for U.S.-based students and post-graduate researchers to attend the American Geophysical Union’s Fall Meeting in 2011. Applicants must be first author on a permafrost-related research presentation at AGU. Preference will be given to applicants who possess both U.S.P.A. and P.Y.R.N. memberships. Undergraduate students are encouraged to apply.

The application is due midnight on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011.

At the Alaska Math and Science Conference, held this week at the Princess Hotel and Lathrop High School, Kathy Berry Bertram, Glenda Findlay, Amy Hartley and Stevie Seibert of the GI Outreach Office will present on professional development and curriculum resources developed at the institute. Jessica Garron and Vicky Wolf of the Alaska Satellite Facility will present a session and host an exhibitor booth showcasing educational resources available to teachers.

Apply now for iTeach Weekends for Fall 2011.  iTeach Weekends is a four-day hands-on clinic in e-learning and educational technology that is suitable for those who want to enrich or supplement their face-to-face classes as well as those who are teaching at a distance, either in whole or in part. The clinic will occur over two weekends.

iTeach Weekends Fall 2011 will be held all-day October 15, 16, 29, and 30. All sessions will be at the UAF Center for Distance Education offices located in Fairbanks at 2175 University Avenue, south.

Assistant Professor of Geophysics
The Department of Atmospheric Science, Earth Science & Physics (ASEP)
University of Louisiana at Monroe

The Department of Atmospheric Science, Earth Science, and Physics (ASEP) at the University of Louisiana at Monroe invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Geosciences to begin in Fall 2012.   This position is contingent upon funding. 

Earth System Science Education Evaluation Toolkit

Staff in the Geophysical Institute’s Outreach Office recently created Cryospheric Connection, an online professional development course for secondary teachers. The NASA-funded course is focused on permafrost and examines how this changing element of the cryosphere affects Earth as a whole.