Former UA Professor Receives Cook Inletkeeper’s Highest Award
A Commentary By Susan B. Andrews and John Creed KOTZEBUE—Finally, he’s getting a dinner. For almost 30 years, Rick Steiner toiled away at the University of Alaska, rising through the ranks to become one of the most accomplished, high-profile professors in the history of UA’s Marine Advisory Program. But when Professor Steiner left our state’s [...]
Voices from the Flats – Academic Freedom Under Assault at the University of Alaska
By Susan B. Andrews and John Creed, Professors Humanities/Journalism Chukchi College, University of Alaska, Fairbanks University of Alaska president Mark Hamilton is forbidding us, as University of Alaska professors, to write about Sarah Palin. For that matter, we’ve been told that commentary about any political candidate, potential or actual, must be approved by a UA [...]
Voices from the Flats – Truth and Consequences on the Last Frontier
Professor Rick Steiner who, since before the Exxon Valdez disaster has been known as a critic of the oil industry and a defender of marine conservation, has resigned from the University of Alaska. The university had stripped him of a NOAA grant because of his outspoken opposition to offshore oil development in the Bristol Bay [...]
Alaskan Oil vs. Academic Freedom
In Alaska, land of oil and fish, there are battles being waged all the time. The oil companies have infused Alaskan politics like … oil. And their influence moves on from there – they sponsor our symphonies, they support our kids’ sports teams, they donate to local charities, and just last week Conoco-Phillips, one of [...]
Today in Anchorage
There are a couple of worthwhile things going on today in Anchorage if you’re out and about. And if you’re not out and about, here are a couple of reasons to get that way. Last Day of ‘Please Remind Us’ University of Alaska Art Department Chairman Mariano Gonzales’ installation, Please Remind Us….Why Are Americans Still [...]
U of A Professor Loses Federal Grant Money for Being Too Mavericky.
The first time I heard Univeristy of Alaska professor Rick Steiner speak was in 2006. He gave a brilliant and passionate presentation entitled “War and the Environment,” and was preparing to travel to the Niger Delta to participate in a damage assessment of the world’s most severely petroleum-impacted ecosystem. Whatever area of the brain houses the little part [...]
If the University Wants More Money, They’d Better Change Their Politics.
Ironically, I found myself earlier today wishing for a time machine. My wish was completely unrelated to Alaska politics, but as is so often the case, my wish seems to have arrived in a form I did not expect. This is why they say “Be careful what you wish for.” I don’t know quite where [...]
