S.T. Lee Lecture in Arctic Studies, IARC/UAF

The International Arctic Research Center has received an endowment through Singapore philanthropist, Dr. S.T. Lee to establish a "Lecture in Arctic Studies" series. This program will bring prominent scholars in arctic research to IARC.

Dr. Lee has established important lecture series at academic institutions throughout the world, including Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard, spanning topics in humanities, military history, public policy and government.

S.T. Lee Lecture Series

06/20/2008 - Dr. Jan-Gunnar Winther
Norwegian-US IPY Traverse

11/30/2006 - Dr. Vladimir Ryabinin
World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and its Climate and Cryosphere Project (CliC)

02/14/2006 - Dr. Charles Vörösmarty
Integrating and Synthesizing Climate Research

11/29/2004 - Dr. Peter Schlosser
Studying a Changing Arctic: an Oceanographic Perspective

S.T. Lee Young Researcher Travel Award

An exchange program for young scholars between The Antarctic Research Center at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and IARC/UAF has been established. This program fosters collaboration between Antarctic and Arctic research at the two institutes. The first recipient of the S.T. Lee Young Researcher Travel Award exchange program was Daniel Pringle from Victoria University. His lecture on November 24, 2004 was titled "Measuring the Thermal Conductivity of Sea Ice."