Nearly 90 University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute researchers — faculty, students and staff — made just over 100 oral and poster presentations last week at the 2024 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union this year in Washington, D.C. In total, more than 170 UAF representatives made presentations. The theme for AGU24 was “What's Next in Science.”

That’s a lot of science, and those presentations covered so many diverse subjects.

“Conferences like AGU provide a place for scientists to come together in ways that there's simply no other opportunity to do,” Geophysical Institute Director Bob McCoy said. “It's hard to overemphasize the value of researchers being able to build networks with their colleagues from other organizations and meet with prospective grad students as they share their work and insights with each other face to face.”

In addition to science presentations, the UAF research booth was once again a big draw at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The booth was quickly awash in visitors when the exhibit hall opened at 3 p.m. Monday and remained busy until the hall closed Thursday afternoon. The booth was visited by hundreds of people, from students, faculty and researchers from other universities and science institutes, as well as representatives of federal agencies and funding sources.