Dear Colleague:
ARCUS is pleased to announce the winners of the Sixth Annual ARCUS Award
for Arctic Research Excellence. In addition to the four winners, we also
want to recognize four individuals that received honorable mentions. We
thank all of the competition participants for their submissions, which
reflect the excellence of young researchers working in the Arctic and
the diversity of their research. The list of all students who submitted
papers can be found at http://www.arcus.org/award/index.html.
The winners, by category, are:
INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH: M. Geoffrey Hayes, Department of
Anthropology, University of Utah, for his paper, "Paleogenetic
assessment of human migration and population replacement in North
American arctic prehistory."
LIFE SCIENCES: Joel Bety, Biologie (Centre d'Etudes Nordiques),
Universite Laval, Canada, for his paper, "Are goose nesting success and
lemming cycles linked? Interplay between nest density and predators."
PHYSICAL SCIENCES: Anthony Arendt, Geophysical Institute, University of
Alaska Fairbanks, for his paper, "Rapid Wastage of Alaska Glaciers and
their Contribution to Rising Sea Level." (Previously entitled: Elevation
and volume changes of Alaskan glaciers, measured from airborne laser
altimetry)
SOCIAL SCIENCES: Paul Berger, Department of Education, Lakehead
University, Canada, for his paper, "Adaptations of Euro-Canadian schools
to Inuit culture in selected communities of Nunavut."
These winning students have been invited to attend the annual
ARCUS-sponsored Arctic Forum in Washington, D.C. in May 2002 to present
their papers to an audience of arctic researchers, federal agency
personnel, and representatives of government and private organizations
involved in arctic research. Additionally, each winner will receive a
$500 honorarium.
The honorable mentions, by category are:
INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH: Wendy M. Loya, Division of Biology, Kansas
State University, for her paper, "Annual dynamics of leaf and root
derived carbon in Arctic tundra soils."
LIFE SCIENCES: Robin Brinkmeyer, Biological Oceanography, University of
Bremen, Germany, for his paper, "Oxidation and utilization of
dimethylsulfide and dibromomethane by bacteria in Arctic sea ice."
SOCIAL SCIENCES: Tracy L. Speier, Department of Psychology, University
of Alaska Anchorage, for her paper, "Community well being and infectious
diseases among Alaska Native communities in the Chugach Region."
Annette Watson, Department of Geography, University of Minnesota, for
her paper, "The geography of island exploration: field science in the
Aleutians."
The announcement and entry information for the Seventh Annual ARCUS
Award for Arctic Research Excellence (2003) will be distributed to the
community in late summer 2002. We hope that you will look for it and
encourage young researchers to submit papers to the competition.
Dr. Mark C. Serreze
Committee Chair
ARCUS Award for Arctic Research Excellence