Project News
January 26, 2006 - Doug
Reynolds receives the
Harold T. Caven Professorship
Oil and gas consultant Douglas Reynolds, who is currently
working with Information Insights on the Statewide Assessment of Gasline Economics
for the Alaska Dept. of Revenue, was named the recipient of the two-year
Harold T. Caven professorship which includes a $20,000 award. This award
is intended to enable Reynolds to carry out activities beyond those
associated with his normal faculty assignments. Projects
proposed by Reynolds include studying Alaska’s energy future and creating
a book to explain energy issues and how they will affect Alaska. Reynolds
earned his Ph.D. in oil and energy economics in 1994 from the University of
New Mexico and spent two years in Khazakstan teaching and studying
oil energy economics. Reynolds
has been taught economics as a professor in UAF's School of Management
since 1997.
November 28, 2005 - FASD Report
Released
This is the final report from four regional FASD
summits held in May and June 2005. The summits brought together Alaskans
concerned about prenatal exposure
to alcohol and its effects on the health of our state to share ideas, thoughts
and strategies for continuing and enhancing the state’s
agenda on fetal
alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). Ideas presented in the report will help
shape the state’s approach to services, prevention and advocacy for
FASD in the next one to five years.
Honoring
Our Past, Sustaining Our Future (PDF,
186K)
October 21, 2005 - 2005 Alaska
Housing Needs Assessment Released
The study updates and expands on the 1991 Alaska Housing Needs
Study by ASK Marketing and Research Group. The new study covers urban and rural
Alaska, documenting the current state of housing, based on population as well
as size and condition of home, and highlighting regional needs and conditions.
The study was paid for by the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation and the Association
of Alaska Housing Authorities, and was managed by the Cold Climate
Housing Research Center.
Alaska Housing Needs Assessment Part I (PDF, 2.0 MB)
Alaska Housing Needs Assessment Part II (PDF, 3.3 MB)