2. Arctic Research Activity at University of Alaska Anchorage Capacity Building: Infrastructure: Conoco Phillips Integrated Science Building 15Million Dollar Donation for Equipment and Research Support Intellect: Faculty: New EPSCoR and IMBRE Positions New Post-Doctoral Researchers

3. Research in Arctic Alaska and Greenland IPY: ITEX. Welker, J., Sveinbjörnsson, B., Sullivan, P. and Boggs, K. Post-Docs: Lina Taneva, Robert PattisonTOOLIK Shrubs and winter snow depth : IPY Welker, J., Sveinbjörnsson, B., Sullivan, P.TOOLIK Post-Docs: Lina Taneva, Robert Pattison Latitudinal treeline Patrick Sullivan NSF Post-Doc with Bjartmar Sveinbjörnsson NOATAK Biocomplexity Welker, J THULE

4. Research in Arctic Alaska and Greenland Rodent winter physiology and population biology van Tets, BARROW Ground squirrel Hibernation Buck, L.TOOLIK Social and ecological systems Alessa, L., Kliskey, A.SEWARD PENINSULA