ARCUS Student Award | Past Award Winners

Dear Colleague:

ARCUS is pleased to recognize the winners of the ARCUS Award for Arctic Research Excellence from 1997 to 2003. The abstracts of the winning student papers are available by clicking on the abstract link for each paper, below. A complete listing of the submissions from all seven years can be found in the dropdown menu at the top of the page.

The winning students have attended the annual ARCUS-sponsored Arctic Forum in Washington D.C. each year 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 receives a $500 honorarium.

In recent years, the submissions to the competition have increased dramatically and the program has outgrown ARCUS' ability to operate it solely with ARCUS member dues. The ARCUS Board of Directors made a decision to have a hiatus for the 2004-2005 competition in order to take time to develop the program and to seek additional grant funding or sponsorship to sustain the ARCUS Award for Arctic Research Excellence on a long term basis.

In an effort to continue to support and highlight the work of young arctic researchers during this hiatus, ARCUS partnered this year with the SEARCH Open Science Meeting (OSM) sponsoring agencies and the meeting organizers to sponsor a student poster competition at the 27-30 October 2003 meeting in Seattle, Washington. Click here for more information about student scholar participation in the SEARCH OSM and to review the posters submitted to the competition.

ARCUS partnered with the Arctic Institute of North America (AINA) to offer awards to the the competition winners. The winners will receive support to attend a relevant conference on the Arctic and their work will be highlighted at the 2004 Arctic Forum in Washington DC. They also will receive a two-year Arctic Institute of North America membership, which includes a subscription to the interdisciplinary journal ARCTIC.

We thank all of the competition participants over the past seven years for their submissions, which reflect the excellence of researchers working in the Arctic and the diversity of their research. We also thank the many arctic researchers who have served as competition judges; your contribution to the development of these young investigators has been significant and we would like to acknowledge the many hours and the dedication and commitment that have been the hallmark of the judges.

Timothy Boyd, Oregon State University
Committee Chair
ARCUS Award for Arctic Research Excellence

7th Annual ARCUS Award for Arctic Research Excellence

INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH:
Michael N. Weintraub, Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology (EEMB), University of California, Santa Barbara, California
"Interactions Between Carbon and Nitrogen Mineralization and Soil Organic Matter Chemistry in Arctic Tundra Soils."
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES:
Sarah Boon, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
"Impact of an Extreme Melt Event on the Hydrology and Runoff of a High Arctic Glacier."
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SOCIAL SCIENCES:
Stephanie Irlbacher Fox, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
"Women’s Participation in Self Government Negotiations in the Northwest Territories, Canada."
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LIFE SCIENCES:
Emily Jenkins, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
"Geographic Distribution and Seasonal Patterns of Larval Shedding of the Muscle-Dwelling Nematode Parelaphostrongylus odocoilei in Thinhorn Sheep from Northern North America."
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Honorable Mentions:

INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH:
Nina Karnovsky, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
" The Foraging Behavior of Little Auks in a Heterogeneous Environment."
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INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH:
W. Wyatt Oswald, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle , WA, USA
"Holocene Pollen Records from the Central Arctic Foothills, Northern Alaska: Testing the Role of Substrate in the Response of Tundra to Climate Change."
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LIFE SCIENCES:
Claude Belzile, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, West Boothbay Harbor, Me, USA
"Colored Dissolved Organic Matter and Dissolved Organic Carbon Exclusion from Lake Ice: Implications for Irradiance Transmission and Carbon Cycling."
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LIFE SCIENCES:
Juha Heikkinen, Environmental Science, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
"Carbon Dioxide and Methane Dynamics and Annual Carbon Balance in Tundra Wetland in NE Europe, Russia."
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES:
Laura Bowling, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
"The Role of Surface Storage in a Low-Gradient Arctic Watershed."
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES:
David Burgess, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
"Recent Changes in Areal Extent of the Devon Ice Cap, Nunavut, Canada."
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES:
Hans-Peter Marshall, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
"Depth-Varying Constitutive Properties Observed in an Isothermal Glacier."
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SOCIAL SCIENCES:
Elana Wilson, Scott Polar Research Institute/Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
"Gender and Nationalism in Nunavut: A Case Study of the 1997 Gender Parity Vote."
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6th Annual ARCUS Award for Arctic Research Excellence

INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH:
M. Geoffrey Hayes, Department of Anthropology, University of Utah, Utah
ìPaleogenetic assessment of human migration and population replacement in North American arctic prehistory.î
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES:
Anthony Arendt, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska
ìElevation and volume changes of Alaskan glaciers, measured from airborne laser altimetry.î
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SOCIAL SCIENCES:
Paul Berger, Department of Education, Lakehead University, Canada
ìAdaptations of Euro-Canadian schools to Inuit culture in selected communities of Nunavut.î
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LIFE SCIENCES:
Joël Bêty, Biologie (Centre d'Études Nordiques), Université Laval, Canada
ìAre goose nesting success and lemming cycles linked? Interplay between nest density and predators.î
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Honorable Mentions:

INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH:
Wendy M. Loya, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Kansas
ìAnnual dynamics of leaf and root derived carbon in Arctic tundra soils.î
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SOCIAL SCIENCES:
Tracy Speier, Department of Psychology, University of Alaska Anchorage, Alaska
ìCommunity well being and infectious diseases among Alaska Native communities in the Chugach Region.î
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Annette Watson, Department of Geography, University of Minnesota, Minnesota
ìThe geography of island exploration: field science in the Aleutians.î
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LIFE SCIENCES:
Robin Brinkmeyer , Department of Biological Oceanography, University of Bremen, Germany
ìOxidation and utilization of dimethylsulfide and dibromomethane by bacteria in Arctic sea-ice.î
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5th Annual ARCUS Award for Arctic Research Excellence

INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH
Valerie A. Barber, Institute of Marine Science and Forest Sciences Department, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska
"Reduced growth in Alaskan white spruce in the 20th Century from temperature-induced drought stress."
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Luke Copland, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
"Mapping thermal and hydrological conditions beneath a polythermal glacier with radio-echo sounding."
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SOCIAL SCIENCES
Dyanna Riedlinger, Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
"Contributions of traditional knowledge to understanding climate change in the Canadian Arctic."
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LIFE SCIENCES
Tim J. Karels, Division of Life Sciences, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
"Concurrent density dependence and independence in populations of arctic ground squirrels."
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Honorable Mentions:

Interdisciplinary Research
Anna E. Klene, Department of Geography and Center of Climatic Research, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
"The n-factor in natural landscapes: variability of air and soil-surface temperatures, Kuparuk River Basin, Alaska."
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Physical Sciences
Ted Lewis, Department of Geography, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
"Spatial and temporal changes in sedimentary processes at proglacial Bear Lake, Devon Island, Nunavut."
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Life Sciences
Victoria M. Woshner, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois
"Concentrations and interactions of selected essential and non-essential elements in marine mammals of Arctic Alaska."
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4th Annual ARCUS Award for Arctic Research Excellence

INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH
Jennifer Y. King, Department of Earth System Science, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California
"Methane emissions and transport by arctic sedges in Alaska: results of a vegetation removal experiment."
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Michelle Coombs, Alaska Volcano Observatory, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska
"Magma storage and mixing conditions for the 1953-68 eruption of Southwest Trident volcano, Katmai National Park, Alaska."
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SOCIAL SCIENCES
Peter Collings, Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, Unversity Park, Pennsylvania
"If you got everything, it's good enough": perspectives on successful aging in a Canadian Inuit community.
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LIFE SCIENCES
Carita M. Bergman, Department of Zoology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
"Foraging strategies of subarctic wood bison: energy maximizing or time minimizing?"
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3rd Annual ARCUS Award for Arctic Research Excellence

INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH
Nikolay I. Shiklomanov, Department ofGeography, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
"Analytic representation of the active layer thickness field, Kuparuk River Basin, Alaska."
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Gilles Arfeuille, Centre for Cimate and Global Change Research, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"Simulation of the interannual variability of the wind driven Arctic sea ice cover during 1958-1998."
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SOCIAL SCIENCES
Kerrie Ann Shannon, Department of Sociology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
"An examination of traditional knowledge: the case of the Inuit sled dog."
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LIFE SCIENCES
Kimberlee B. Beckmen, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska
"Factors affecting organochlorine contaminant concentrations in milk and blood of northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) dams and pups from St. George Island, Alaska."
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2nd Annual ARCUS Award for Arctic Research Excellence

Kurt M. Cuffey, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
"Temperature, accumulation, and ice sheet elevation in central Greenland through the last deglacial transition."
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Brenda Ekwurzel , Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY
"Distribution and variability of freshwater sources within the Arctic Ocean surface and halocline waters."
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Sadredin C. Moosavi, Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
"CH4 oxidation by tundra wetlands as measured by a selective inhibitor."
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Brian T. Person, Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK
"Forage variation in broodrearing areas used by pacific black brant geese on the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta, Alaska."
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1st Annual ARCUS Award for Arctic Research Excellence

J. A. (Tony) Beesley, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
"Towards an Explanation of the Annual Cycle of Low-Cloud Amount Over the Arctic Ocean."
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Julia Boike, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany
"Thermal and Hydrological Dynamics of the Active Layer at a Continuous Permafrost Site (Taymyr Peninsula, Siberia)."
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Scott Forrest, University of Northern British Colombia, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
"Barium as a Tracer of Arctic Halocline and River Waters."
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Chris Guay, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
"Barium as a Tracer of Arctic Halocline and River Waters."
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