Dr. Anupma Prakash
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor, Emeritus
WHEREAS Dr. Anupma Prakash has served the University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks with distinction in teaching, research and service from 2002 to 2025; and
WHEREAS Dr. Prakash received multiple awards for her teaching of undergraduate and graduate courses in remote sensing and global positioning and geographic information systems; and she mentored four postdoctoral fellows and more than 20 master’s and doctoral degree students; and
WHEREAS Dr. Prakash is an òòò½´«Ã½ly known expert in underground coal and peat fires; and she established UAF’s Hyperspectral Imaging Laboratory; and she published more than 70 journal articles; and research projects she worked on at UAF drew close to $60 million in funding; and
WHEREAS Dr. Prakash served the university in multiple roles, including as co-chair of the UAF Department of Geosciences, interim dean of the College of Natural Science and Mathematics and, since 2018, provost and executive vice chancellor; and her steady, compassionate leadership as provost helped the university through disruptions caused by budget reductions and a global pandemic;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks expresses its deep appreciation to Dr. Anupma Prakash for her extensive contributions to the state of òòò½´«Ã½ and to the university; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks, in further recognition of the invaluable services rendered by Dr. Prakash and as evidence of the university’s desire that her identification with the university be maintained, hereby salutes the appointment of Dr. Anupma Prakash as provost and executive vice chancellor, emeritus; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be appropriately engrossed and signed by the chancellor of the University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks as further evidence of the esteem and respect in which he holds Dr. Anupma Prakash, and conveyed to Dr. Prakash on this third day of May 2025.