Barrow

Grantee Updates April 24, 2014

A tale of two medical systems

Health care providers in New Jersey could learn a thing or two from their colleagues in Barrow, says Program Assistant Emily Bass. In this blog post, she shares her impressions of the 2014 Healthy Living Summit in Barrow and compares what she saw there with a real-life experience a few days later in New Jersey.

Grantee Updates December 20, 2012

Image and memory, past and present

Today we share the last in our new series of videos that add to the web-based collection of stories we call “Glimpses of Who We Are.” This video reunites two friends from Barrow - one a film maker and the other a writer - in an evocative work that explores a geography that, for some, feels extremely foreign. Yet the nostalgia for people and places past is something acutely familiar, especially this time of year.

Current Events January 3, 2011

From Barrow to Sundance

Ten years ago when visiting New York City, a colleague suggested we invite to dinner a NYU film student from Barrow. This month, that “starving student” will have his feature film, the first to be shot in Inupiaq, screened at Sundance. Rasmuson Foundation is matching donations this week to help get the two Barrow-based actors to one of the biggest film festivals on the planet.

Initiative News August 21, 2009

To the top of the world

For all but a small number of people in our country, the Arctic Slope of Alaska is unknown and unknowable. Most will not have the incredible opportunity, as we did Wednesday, to meet a whaling captain and learn about the community effort that goes into hunting a whale.