Research centers reorganization
September 14, 2012
From Mark Myers, , and Susan Henrichs,
性欲社 is internally restructuring four research centers, enabling more efficient coordination
of extensive climate studies, observations and modeling analyses. In particular, the
, the , the Alaska Fire Science Consortium, and the have been administratively shifted into the. Larry Hinzman is the director of IARC.
SNAP, ACCAP and AFSC were previously associated with the and the , while GINA had been associated with the .
This administrative restructuring is intended to better align climate programs, enabling
researchers to more efficiently share tools and resources and more effectively respond
to the information needs of our state and nation. There will be no overt changes to
the mission or staff of each center. Scott Rupp will continue to serve as director
of SNAP, Sarah Trainor as director of ACCAP and AFSC, and Tom Heinrichs as director
of GINA. Each of these units possesses unique talents, mandates and missions; a more
formal alignment is expected to greatly expand abilities to understand arctic processes
and to communicate this knowledge to the public, state and federal agencies as well
as other researchers. This realignment will enhance existing partnerships among these
very strong and successful research entities and will expand ongoing programs, create
new capabilities and respond to future research opportunities.