Northern Science and Education at CUNYA Northern Science and Education Center has been set up at the City University of New York as a collaborative effort involving four college campuses and the Graduate School and University Center. Support for new laboratory facilities, equipment, and a student research assistant has been generously provided by the cooperating CUNY units, and the new center became fully operational in Spring semester 2001 with its headquarters at the Brooklyn College Dept of Anthropology and Archaeology. However, even before the formal opening, NORSEC members have already begun organizing international meetings (Akureyri July 1999, New York 1999), planning the 2000 international field school in Iceland, organizing a session for the Society for American Archaeology meetings (Philadelphia 2000) and involving students in cutting edge research. Thanks to both established researchers and new faculty, CUNY has outstanding capabilities in northern research and education, and has a track record of accomplishment that has already attracted over $2.1 million in external funding. Students interested in northern research (including northern natives) already make up a significant proportion of the doctoral program of CUNY, and outreach to undergraduates has attracted additional students to the north. The establishment of the NORSEC center recognizes existing strengths in research and education, and provides a strong basis for further development at CUNY and stronger cooperative links with other northern research and education programs around the world.
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