UAA Nursing major Theresa Philbrick was awarded a Discovery Grant to help fund expenses for her research project entitled “Alaskan Registered Nurses’ Perceptions of Empathy: A Preliminary Study.” Congratulations are also extended to Theresa's faculty mentor, Fredricka Gilje of the School of Nursing.
UAA Mathematical Science major Jonathan Crandall was awarded a Discovery Grant to help fund expenses related to the presentation of his research "Symmetry in Allowable Sequences" at the American Mathematical Society's Joint Summer Research Conference "Discrete and Computational Geometry: Twenty Years Later" in Sun Valley, Utah from June 18-22, 2006. Congratulations are also extended to Jonathan's faculty mentor, Dr. Mark Fitch of the Mathematical Sciences Department.
UAA Anthropology major Aaron Leggett was awarded a Discovery Grant to help fund expenses associated with traveling to the 2006 meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in Vancouver, B.C. (March 28-April 2) to present his research project "Dena'ina Heritage and Representation in Anchorage." Congratulations are also extended to Aaron's faculty mentor, Dr. Steve Langdon of the Anthropology Department.
UAA Biological Sciences major Reem Sheikh and Sociology major Stefan Novotney were awarded a Discovery Grant to help fund expenses associated with traveling to the 2006 Pacific Sociological Association meeting (April 20-23) in Hollywood, CA, to present their research paper "Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Popular Culture." Congratulations are also extended to faculty mentor Dr. Sharon Araji of the Sociology Department.
UAA Anthropology major Nataliya Slobodina was awarded a Discovery Grant to help fund expenses associated with traveling to the University Museum in Fairbanks, Alaska to conduct research on stone tool assemblage excavated at the Rosaliya site. Congratulations are also extended to Nataliya’s faculty mentor Dr. Douglas Veltre of the Anthropology Department.
UAA Biological Sciences major Denise Likes was awarded a Discovery Grant to help fund the travel expenses associated with presenting her research paper "Possible Genetic Adaptation to Cold in Hazel Grouse MTDNA" at the Tenth International Grouse Symposium held in Luchon, France September 26th-30th. Congratulations are also extended to Denise’s faculty mentor Dr. Sergei Drovetsky.
UAA Mathematical Sciences major Ben Nolting was awarded a Discovery Grant to help fund the travel expenses associated with presenting his research on "Quasipolynomial Differential Equation Modeling of Scavenger Populations" at the 2006 Joint Meeting of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America in San Antonio January 10-15th. Congratulations are also extended to Dr. Larry Foster of the Mathematical Sciences Department.
