By Jason Geck, Environmental Science Toward the close of every Fall and Spring semesters, right around the time of Senior Project Presentations, the Environmental Science Department of Alaska Pacific University organizes a student project Scientific Poster Session. We organize these sessions regularly at APU to provide students with an opportunity to advertise the results of…
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Roman Dial Meditates on the Fate of the Planet
Global Chorus: 365 Voices on the Future of the Planet is an illustrated collection of 365 daily meditations soon to be released by Rocky Mountain Books. Each of the 365 daily entries was written by a different contributor in response to the following questions regarding the fate of the planet and its inhabitants: Do you…
APU on the Web: Candela explains icefield study for LinkTV viewers
Glacier science undertaken by double-major Sal Candela is showcased in a short film that takes viewers to one of the world’s largest non-polar masses of snow and ice. Candela, ’15, is completing bachelor’s degrees in Outdoor Studies and Earth Science and was selected for summer 2013 fieldwork by the Juneau Icefield Research Program. It recruits…
University teams with tribe-based council to gather watershed data
Efforts to gain knowledge about the Kuskowkim River watershed is the object of a canoe trip that will take team leader Martin Leonard, ’02, from the foothills of Mount McKinley to the Bering Sea coast. “There’s very little cohesive baseline water science data,” Leonard told the Journal of Commerce in its September issue. Leonard earned…
21st century conservation is Cornick’s focus for international gatherings, handbook
A symposium developed by Marine Biology Professor Leslie Cornick has gained the attention of international conferences and led to a book proposal. “Integrating Marine Mammal Conservation: 21st Century Challenges” was Cornick’s focus as she led a two-hour panel bringing together experts with diverging interests in science, industry, policy and subsistence hunting. Cornick said she proposed…
Daily News readers gain insight into University’s long-term study of giant Pacific octopus
Anchorage Daily News readers learned about the University’s pioneering research on the little-understood giant Pacific octopus and whether its lineage includes a new species. Following her visit to the 1,000-gallon saltwater tanks on the third floor of Grant Hall, reporter Michelle Theriault Boots explained the sights, smells – and touch – of APU’s giant Pacific…
Law seminar highlights Cornick’s research on Cook Inlet belugas
Associate Professor Leslie Cornick was among invited presenters at a continuing-education seminar for lawyers focusing on the Endangered Species Act in Alaska. Cornick is a regionally ranked expert in Cook Inlet beluga whale ecology, listed since 2008 as an endangered species under federal regulation. More than 3,000 square miles of Cook Inlet has been designated…
APU dominates Wilderness Classic, shows its mettle as an Outside magazine Top 25 campus
Environmental science instructor Luc Mehl claimed first place in the Alaska Mountain Wilderness Classic, a bruising adventure race dominated this year by Alaska Pacific University. Five of seven finishers are APU faculty or alumnus. Fifteen entrants began the race July 8, following a Thompson Pass-to-McCarthy route devised by Mehl and considered by many to be…
APU’s climate change research attracts national interest
A team of APU students led by Earth Sciences Professor Michael G. Loso is featured in a report June 25 on National Public Radio. NPR focuses on Loso’s grant-funded study of Eklutna Glacier, source of water and power for Anchorage, the state’s largest city. As reporter Annie Feidt explains, APU’s field work investigates how climate…
On the trail with the Glaciology and Glacier Travel Course
Students attending the May Block course Glaciology and Glacier Travel left Anchorage early this morning for Eklutna Lake. Today’s warm sun and clear skies provided spectacular views of the mountains. The thinning ice covering the lake is allowing the deep blue colors to emerge from below. The first night will be spent at the Serenity Falls…
