Society and science
2026 Radio Series – Episode 6: Home
“There’s the energy of the emptiness is it’s almost like the opposite of nothing…”
-Lloyd Pikok Jr
2026 Radio Series – Episode 3: Leadership
“this is what I want our kids to have. This is why we do the things. That’s why Tlingit and Haida and and all these organizations, it’s like we’re a race against the clock. But at the same time, the solution is just to be indigenous.”
-Gloria Wolfe
Partnering with communities for reciprocal research
“There’s this history of research happening, disregarding those pieces, and I’m really excited about this as a mechanism to shine a light on that, and ask those questions: does this work really need to be done? Are you willing to invest in the relationships with the community to ensure that your work is meaningful to the people who live here, and if not, then maybe we need to think twice about it.” -Lauren Bell
Read MoreSupercomputer as stepping stone
“I was always interested in technology, ever since I was a little kid. I remember the first computer my dad bought us was an old Compaq and he thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread.”
-Bob Torgerson
Weathering winter rainstorms
“An actual inch of rain between November and March had only happened one other time in the climate record.” – Eric Stevens
Read MoreWhen the ice dam fails
“We landed and when we landed the basin was finishing draining. So the glacier ice where we landed was still settling and cracking, it was very disconcerting.” – Eran Hood
Read MoreWhat faces tomorrow’s climate scientists
“Once we destroy those natural areas it’s very difficult to get them back.” – Emily Fort
Read MoreReaching passersby through poetry
“Creating doesn’t have to be a scary thing where you have to go into your special corner and turn a light on and turn the world off and think about how awful life is.” – Rebecca Lawhorne
Read MoreLearning as a scientist when to say “I don’t know”
“I was always the kid getting outside and getting lost and grimy and playing with frogs and cutting trees.”
Read MoreDesigning accessible research for rural communities
“I think that the first thing that agencies have to acknowledge is there’s an extreme power imbalance between what value we put on scientific knowledge and what value we put on local knowledge.”
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