University of Alaska Fairbanks Student International Travel to Attend ACUNS-APEC Communities in Change Conference, Whitehorse

该项目支持一笔小额旅费，用于支付阿拉斯加州大学费尔班克斯分校15名研究生和1名理工科本科生参加加拿大北方研究大学协会(ACUNS)“关于北方研究和极地地区的国际学生会议：变革社区建设IPY遗产”的费用。这次会议的目的是“这次会议将汇聚来自世界各地的年轻研究人员，他们对极地地区的方法、技术、网络、政策和科学规划的进步感兴趣。”会议的结构围绕四个主要主题：*可持续发展、经济活动和极地法律对社区、治理和自然栖息地的影响。*利用自然、物理和社会科学帮助了解极地气候变化的原因和影响。*极地海洋和陆地社区的短期和长期变化。*研究社区的变化以及极地地区如何进行研究。与会学生作口头和海报演讲，阐明会议四个主题中的一个或多个。除了学生介绍外，还安排了会议前研讨会、主要演讲者和学生与知名学者之间建立联系的非正式聚会。阿拉斯加大学的学生将从这些专业互动中受益匪浅，并将为会议内容做出重大贡献，因为他们将从支持北方研究的关键机构培养北方学者。

This project supports a small travel grant to offset the expenses of 15 graduate students and 1 undergraduate student in science and engineering programs at the University of Alaska Fairbanks to attend the Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS) "International Student Conference on Northern Studies and Polar Regions: Communities of Change Building an IPY Legacy." The purpose of the conference is "This conference will bring together young researchers from around the globe who are interested in advances of methods, technologies, networks, policy and science planning in the Polar Regions." The structure of the conference is around Four Major Themes:* The impact of sustainable development, economic activity and polar law on communities, governance and natural habitats.* The use of natural, physical and social sciences to help understand the causes and effects of the changing polar climate.* Changes to polar marine and terrestrial communities over the short and long term.* Changes in research communities and how research is undertaken in the Polar Regions.The participating students give oral and poster presentations that illuminate one or more of the four themes of the conference. In addition to the student presentations there are scheduled pre-conference workshops, key note speakers, and informal gatherings for networking between students and established scholars. The students from the University of Alaska will benefit greatly from these professional interactions and will contribute substantially to the content of the conference as developing northern scholars from a key institution that supports northern research.