Invitation to attend Innovate Awards Review Jan. 28, 2016

by Michelle Saport  |   

Dr. Helena S. Wisniewski invites you to attend the annual Innovate Awards Review of last year's 2015 Awards on Thursday, Jan. 28, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The location will be in UAA Gorsuch Commons, Room 106. Please mark this event on your calendars.

Each year the Innovate Award recipients present an overview of the progress of their work, which was one of the requirements for award acceptance. This is an opportunity to hear about some exciting research, creative works and innovations.

Below is an agenda so that if you cannot attend the entire time, perhaps you can join us for an area that is of most interest to you.

  • 9 a.m. - Welcome
  • 9:30 a.m. - Clare Dannenberg, Anthropology, and David Bowie, English: "Talking Anchorage: An Investigation of Local Identity in Urban Alaska"
  • 10:15 a.m. - Angie Zheng, Economics, and Tim Lu, Business Administration: "Consumer Preference and Market Potentials for Alaska Salmon in China"
  • 11 a.m. - Birgit Hagedorn, ENRI, and Fred Rainey, Biological Sciences: "Microgeochemical Cycling of Mercury in Subglacial Environments"
  • 11:45 a.m. - Max Kullberg, WWAMI: "Reprogramming Immunosuppressive Cells in Tumors by Targeted Delivery of All-Trans Retinoic Acid"
  • 12:30 p.m. - Philippe Amstislavski, Health Sciences, and Joey Yang, Engineering: "A Biometric Alternative to High-End Fabricated Polymeric Foams: Feasibility Study of Native White-Rot Fungi-Based Insulation Material for Geoengineering"
  • 1:15 p.m. - Gwen Lupfer, Psychology, and Khrys Duddleston, Biological Sciences: "Dissociating the Roles of Intestinal Bacteria and Learned Anticipatory Responses to Sweet Tastes in Producing Harmful Effects of Artificial Sweeteners"
  • 2 p.m. - Herminia Din, Art: "UAA Winter Design Book"
  • 2:45 p.m. - Zeynep Kilic, Sociology: "Tables of Istanbul"
  • 3:30 p.m. - Cathy Coulter, Elementary Education, and Ortega Irasema, Elementary Education: "Language Revitalization and Culturally Sustaining Practices in Education through Writers Workshop"
  • 4:15 p.m. - Shannon Donovan, Environmental Studies: "Sowing Seeds and Harvesting Community: Increasing Food Security in Anchorage by Expanding Community Gardens"
  • 5 p.m. - Wrap-up

Please RSVP to Andrea Miller, andrea@uaa.alaska.edu by Monday, Jan. 25.

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