Comments on: U of A Professor Loses Federal Grant Money for Being Too Mavericky. http://www.themudflats.net/2009/02/15/u-of-a-professor-loses-federal-grant-money-for-being-too-mavericky/ Tiptoeing Through the Muck of Alaskan Politics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:08:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Only The Federal Government Can… — But As For Me http://www.themudflats.net/2009/02/15/u-of-a-professor-loses-federal-grant-money-for-being-too-mavericky/#comment-18581 Only The Federal Government Can… — But As For Me Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:46:53 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=1730#comment-18581 [...] The Mudflats » U of A Professor Loses Federal Grant Money for … [...] [...] The Mudflats » U of A Professor Loses Federal Grant Money for … [...]

]]> By: Team Alaska http://www.themudflats.net/2009/02/15/u-of-a-professor-loses-federal-grant-money-for-being-too-mavericky/#comment-18225 Team Alaska Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:23:47 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=1730#comment-18225 syvanen (22:56:21) : Point well taken. Your insight explains a common mode of operation, regarding higher education and corporate policies that I always felt were there. I have learned the hard way about being too environmental and idealistic. Wanting to force change in our intrenched academia is like reversing climate change..... Great bio on Mark Hamilitary, Greytdog that was very interesting. Looking forward to more of your posts syvanen, welcome. syvanen (22:56:21) :

Point well taken. Your insight explains a common mode of operation, regarding higher education and corporate policies that I always felt were there. I have learned the hard way about being too environmental and idealistic. Wanting to force change in our intrenched academia is like reversing climate change…..

Great bio on Mark Hamilitary, Greytdog that was very interesting.
Looking forward to more of your posts syvanen, welcome.

]]> By: syvanen http://www.themudflats.net/2009/02/15/u-of-a-professor-loses-federal-grant-money-for-being-too-mavericky/#comment-18180 syvanen Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:56:21 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=1730#comment-18180 Professor Steiner deserves our support. What is unusual about this story is not that he has been punished for opposing the interests of big money but that they left evidence of their retaliation. As someone involved in University research for many years this is not uncommon. Normally there is no paper trail left behind to document such revenge. Hopefully, you people can take advantage of this evidence and help the good professor. It seems really grotesque that UA made a military officer it's president. Perhaps that is the result of Republican domination of the state for so long. Maybe that is also why they were not careful to avoid leaving a paper trail in the current case. This is my first post here. My connections to Alaska are minor. Being from Seattle two of my uncles worked your waters as fisherman but I spent only two months in your state. And all but ten days of that were on the slopes of Denali and Mt Huttington. In any case it is very refreshing to find such a vibrant blog here at mudflats. Professor Steiner deserves our support. What is unusual about this story is not that he has been punished for opposing the interests of big money but that they left evidence of their retaliation. As someone involved in University research for many years this is not uncommon. Normally there is no paper trail left behind to document such revenge. Hopefully, you people can take advantage of this evidence and help the good professor.

It seems really grotesque that UA made a military officer it’s president. Perhaps that is the result of Republican domination of the state for so long. Maybe that is also why they were not careful to avoid leaving a paper trail in the current case.

This is my first post here. My connections to Alaska are minor. Being from Seattle two of my uncles worked your waters as fisherman but I spent only two months in your state. And all but ten days of that were on the slopes of Denali and Mt Huttington. In any case it is very refreshing to find such a vibrant blog here at mudflats.

]]> By: wavelength http://www.themudflats.net/2009/02/15/u-of-a-professor-loses-federal-grant-money-for-being-too-mavericky/#comment-18169 wavelength Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:51:31 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=1730#comment-18169 I'm so embarrassed. <a>http://tinyurl.com/8noxx9</a> I’m so embarrassed.

http://tinyurl.com/8noxx9

]]> By: wavelength http://www.themudflats.net/2009/02/15/u-of-a-professor-loses-federal-grant-money-for-being-too-mavericky/#comment-18168 wavelength Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:49:37 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=1730#comment-18168 Well, that didn't work. I mistyped. <a>http://tinyurl.com/</a> Well, that didn’t work. I mistyped.

http://tinyurl.com/

]]> By: CRFlats http://www.themudflats.net/2009/02/15/u-of-a-professor-loses-federal-grant-money-for-being-too-mavericky/#comment-18166 CRFlats Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:42:18 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=1730#comment-18166 AussieBlue: We do make strange bed-fellows here in Alaska. One one hand, we are a bona fide colony of the oil companies, on the other, we talk of our "independent spirit" and "we don't care how they do it Outside". Some of us just take the money and use it to subvert the Colonial masters as much and often as we can. One way to make this palatable is to accept money for schools, and other non-profit enterprises. The oil companies found out early on that education was a good and non controversial way to "give back". So what's a colonialist to do? One shining light at UAA is the new Chancellor: Fran Ulmer. Fran ran for Gov against Frank Murkowski and lost. A sad day for Alaska we continue to pay for. However, she is now in a good job where we can benefit from her considerable talents and good will. AussieBlue: We do make strange bed-fellows here in Alaska. One one hand, we are a bona fide colony of the oil companies, on the other, we talk of our “independent spirit” and “we don’t care how they do it Outside”. Some of us just take the money and use it to subvert the Colonial masters as much and often as we can. One way to make this palatable is to accept money for schools, and other non-profit enterprises. The oil companies found out early on that education was a good and non controversial way to “give back”. So what’s a colonialist to do?

One shining light at UAA is the new Chancellor: Fran Ulmer.
Fran ran for Gov against Frank Murkowski and lost. A sad day for Alaska we continue to pay for. However, she is now in a good job where we can benefit from her considerable talents and good will.

]]> By: wavelength http://www.themudflats.net/2009/02/15/u-of-a-professor-loses-federal-grant-money-for-being-too-mavericky/#comment-18165 wavelength Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:39:11 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=1730#comment-18165 Folks in Washington ~ Our Senator Maria Cantwell is the chairperson the Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard subcommittee of the Senate Science, Commerce and Transportation committee. (Alaska Senator Mark Begich is a member of the full committee. ) You can contact Sen. Cantwell and urge her to hold hearing about this issue by going to the subcommittees web page at <a href="title=" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/8noxx9</a> Folks in Washington ~

Our Senator Maria Cantwell is the chairperson the Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard subcommittee of the Senate Science, Commerce and Transportation committee. (Alaska Senator Mark Begich is a member of the full committee. )

You can contact Sen. Cantwell and urge her to hold hearing about this issue by going to the subcommittees web page at http://tinyurl.com/8noxx9

]]> By: Peaceful Granny http://www.themudflats.net/2009/02/15/u-of-a-professor-loses-federal-grant-money-for-being-too-mavericky/#comment-18164 Peaceful Granny Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:37:25 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=1730#comment-18164 I grew up with a Grandfather that was parilzed on the left side of his body when he was about fifty five years old. His left arm, left hand, and left leg were useless to him and began to shrivel and waste away, so that he had to drag this dead weight around every where he went. He had full use of his right side, but he still could never again accomplish those many of the things he was able to do easily when both sides of his body worked together. His right side grew stronger for awhile, but his left side never did come back. To me this is a great example of what happened to our country when we some how allowed the Right to take over and control Government. Without the support of the Left the body doesn't work nearly as well. Both are needed to be a balanced whole holistic working system. Our Univercities are the same, we need both Left brain thinkers and Right brain thinkers. Together we not only survive, we prosper. Let one side (ether side) get to head strong, spin to far out of control and we end up out of balance on this planet. I'll be sending some emails to friends in support of working all these issues out together. No more either or politics, but getting the left and the right to move forward. I grew up with a Grandfather that was parilzed on the left side of his body when he was about fifty five years old. His left arm, left hand, and left leg were useless to him and began to shrivel and waste away, so that he had to drag this dead weight around every where he went. He had full use of his right side, but he still could never again accomplish those many of the things he was able to do easily when both sides of his body worked together. His right side grew stronger for awhile, but his left side never did come back.

To me this is a great example of what happened to our country when we some how allowed the Right to take over and control Government. Without the support of the Left the body doesn’t work nearly as well. Both are needed to be a balanced whole holistic working system. Our Univercities are the same, we need both Left brain thinkers and Right brain thinkers. Together we not only survive, we prosper. Let one side (ether side) get to head strong, spin to far out of control and we end up out of balance on this planet.

I’ll be sending some emails to friends in support of working all these issues out together. No more either or politics, but getting the left and the right to move forward.

]]> By: Aussie Blue Sky http://www.themudflats.net/2009/02/15/u-of-a-professor-loses-federal-grant-money-for-being-too-mavericky/#comment-18163 Aussie Blue Sky Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:30:04 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=1730#comment-18163 ConocoPhillips pledges $15 million to the University of Alaska Anchorage <i>ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. has pledged $15 million to support science and engineering programs at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA). This gift is the largest the company has ever made in Alaska and is also the largest single corporate gift that the University system, including UAA has received. In honor of this pledge, and in recognition of the $20 million dollars in unrestricted support that ConocoPhillips has contributed to the University of Alaska since 1999, UAA’s new Integrated Science Building will carry ConocoPhillips’ name. Four million dollars of this gift will fund equipment for the state-of-the-art ConocoPhillips Integrated Science Building which is due to open its doors in fall of 2009; $11 million will establish the ConocoPhillips Arctic Science and Engineering Endowment.</i> http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/news/conoco-phillips-pledges-15-million-to-uaa.cfm So, how much of this research in engineering and "science" will NOT be geared towards furthering the company's aims. ConocoPhillips pledges $15 million to the University of Alaska Anchorage

ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. has pledged $15 million to support science and engineering programs at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA). This gift is the largest the company has ever made in Alaska and is also the largest single corporate gift that the University system, including UAA has received.

In honor of this pledge, and in recognition of the $20 million dollars in unrestricted support that ConocoPhillips has contributed to the University of Alaska since 1999, UAA’s new Integrated Science Building will carry ConocoPhillips’ name. Four million dollars of this gift will fund equipment for the state-of-the-art ConocoPhillips Integrated Science Building which is due to open its doors in fall of 2009; $11 million will establish the ConocoPhillips Arctic Science and Engineering Endowment.

http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/news/conoco-phillips-pledges-15-million-to-uaa.cfm

So, how much of this research in engineering and “science” will NOT be geared towards furthering the company’s aims.

]]> By: CRFlats http://www.themudflats.net/2009/02/15/u-of-a-professor-loses-federal-grant-money-for-being-too-mavericky/#comment-18161 CRFlats Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:19:05 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=1730#comment-18161 Austintx, Thank you for today's moment of Zen. I needed that. Austintx, Thank you for today’s moment of Zen. I needed that.

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