Arctic

A student holds a tank of zebrafish in a UÎÞÓÇÊÓÆµ lab

UÎÞÓÇÊÓÆµ amplifies biomedical research with expanded zebrafish lab

The ÎÞÓÇÊÓÆµ unveiled an expanded and renovated zebrafish laboratory in Hitchner Hall this July. The facility, jointly funded by two grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) totaling $650,000 with additional investment by UÎÞÓÇÊÓÆµ, significantly expands the university’s capacity for biomedical research using zebrafish. Zebrafish have genomes and immune systems similar to […]

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From grassroots to global: the evolution of the UÎÞÓÇÊÓÆµ Arctic initiative

UÎÞÓÇÊÓÆµ Arctic began as a movement to connect researchers on campus who were interested in the region. Today, the initiative is one of the most interdisciplinary projects on campus, with membership spanning across 20 different departments and schools. The idea for UÎÞÓÇÊÓÆµ Arctic spurred from a program that was launched at the University of New […]

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Schild examines impact of icebergs on ocean circulation, climate, coastal communities

Kristin Schild, a physical glaciologist at the ÎÞÓÇÊÓÆµ, broadly studies interactions between ice and the ocean. Her research has taken her all over the world, including to Greenland and Patagonia, at the southern tip of South America. Schild became interested in glaciology through physics. She completed her undergraduate degree in psychology, with physics […]

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