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  • 25-Year Partnership Advancing Arctic Science and Diplomacy Celebrated in Iceland

    November 20, 2023
    Oran Young 2023 Stefansson Memorial Lecture

    Deepening its 25 year partnership with the Stefansson Arctic Institute (SAI) of Iceland, the Institute of Arctic Studies in the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth was honored to co-host the 2023 Stefansson Memorial Lecture and Arctic Policy Dialog at the University of Akureyri, Iceland, from November 14-17 with over 35 participants from academia, non-governmental organizations, and government interests discussing the future of

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  • Empowering Indigenous Voices in Arctic Research

    October 31, 2023
    Arctic Circle Assembly

    The event centered dialogs advocating for more equitable, meaningful engagement of Indigenous Peoples in Arctic research, featuring Dr. Melody Brown Burkins and Varvara Korkina Williams (Kumandin) as moderators, along with a distinguished panel that included Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough (Iñupiat), Dr. Tatiana Degai (Itelmen), Dr. Matthew Druckenmiller, and Dr. Andrey Petrov.

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  • Indigenizing Arctic Research

    July 21, 2023
    Institute of Arctic Studies (IAS) Director Melody Brown Burkins (right) and IAS Project Manager and Arctic Innovation Fellow, Varvara Korkina Williams (left)

    A five-institution collaborative co-led by Dartmouth's Institute of Arctic Studies (IAS) has been awarded a two-year, $300,000 grant from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to inform and influence the future of Arctic research through an innovative, Indigenous-led, Indigenous Knowledge engagement process. 

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  • UN Climate Coffee with Circle of Women Ambassadors

    July 7, 2023
    Dr. Melody Brown Burkins, Director of the Institute of Arctic Studies at the UN Climate Coffee

    On July 6, 2023, Dr. Melody Brown Burkins, Director of the Institute of Arctic Studies and Dr. Morgan Seag, Global Mountains Director for the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI), presented to the Circle of UN Women Ambassadors on climate change at a meeting co-hosted by Ambassador of the Principality of Andorra to the United States of America, Elisa Vives Balmaña, and Permanent Representative of the Kyrgyz Republic to the UN, Mrs. Aida Kasymalieva.

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