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One of the National Science Foundation’s flagship initiatives for the past few years is called Navigating the New Arctic. It looks at the effects of a warming climate on Arctic communities. However, some in the field believe NSF isn’t doing enough to involve Indigenous people who live there.
Margaret Anamaq Rudolf is a doctoral candidate at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. An Inupiaq woman originally from Fairbanks, her area of study is cross-cultural science education.
“How do we improve working relationships between researchers and Indigenous communities,” Rudolf explained.
Rudolf is also one of the people who authored the letter to the National Science Foundation. While she welcomes the foundation’s initiative, she says it falls short of its potential to include the people who live in the Arctic.
San Francisco, CA (PRUnderground) February 16th, 2021
Volansi, a leader in vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) middle-mile drone delivery services, has partnered with three of the nine participants in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) BEYOND program to accelerate the integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System (NAS). Volansi is working directly with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), the North Dakota Department of Transportation and the University of Alaska Fairbanks for this effort.
“We are really excited to participate in BEYOND and help get us one step closer to being free from the limitations of our current ground infrastructure,” said Hannan Parvizian, Volansi CEO and co-founder. “Each one of our partners are unique and undertaking projects essential in performing the research and testing required to safely integrate drones into the national airspace.”
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