2014 Archive

Scott Goldsmith, professor emeritus of economics at ISER, will host a workshop, open to the public, to explain the revenue-generation model he used in his recent analysis of future revenues under the state's old method of taxing oil production, called ACES, and the new method that went into effect in January, known as SB 21 or MAPA. This will be a technical analysis of the model, and not a general discussion of the two production tax systems.

Cody Gibson has a big job ahead of him—mapping the ocean floor. It'll take boats, airplanes, helicopters, lasers, a lot more hands on deck and probably decades. That's some job security for a geomatics scholar.

Since the first install six months ago, new water fountains and bottle-filling stations across campus have saved more than 57,000 plastic bottles from landfills. Read more about the new fountains and the amazing plumber working to install them.

Sometimes you meet two people who just seem to belong together. That would be true for Shawn and Heather Heusser, members of the UAA community who came together over a mutual love of cars, some of which actually run.

Professor Diane Hirshberg has spent her academic career trying to understand what works in schools, what doesn't, and why. "We know something very different has to be done." Read more about proposed reforms.