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Dr. Alison Criscitiello is an ice core scientist and high-altitude mountaineer. She is an Assistant Professor and the Director of the Canadian Ice Core Lab at University of Alberta, and co-founder of Girls on Ice Canada. Criscitiello explores the history of climate and sea ice in polar and high-alpine regions using ice core chemistry. Criscitiello's work also focuses on environmental contaminant histories in ice cores from the Canadian high Arctic and the water towers of the Canadian Rockies. She has earned the Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal, three American Alpine Club climbing awards, the John Lauchlan and Mugs Stump alpine climbing awards, and the 2025 Summit of Excellence Award from the Banff Centre in recognition of her contributions to Arctic science and the Canadian mountain community.
Dr. Alison Criscitiello is an ice core scientist and high-altitude mountaineer. She is an Assistant Professor and the Director of the Canadian Ice Core Lab at University of Alberta, and co-founder of Girls on Ice Canada. Criscitiello explores the history of climate and sea ice in polar and high-alpine regions using ice core chemistry. Criscitiello's work also focuses on environmental contaminant histories in ice cores from the Canadian high Arctic and the water towers of the Canadian Rockies. She has earned the Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal, three American Alpine Club climbing awards, the John Lauchlan and Mugs Stump alpine climbing awards, and the 2025 Summit of Excellence Award from the Banff Centre in recognition of her contributions to Arctic science and the Canadian mountain community.
![[AD] MIT Holiday Greeting 2024](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KjYpOJ3-51Q/mqdefault.jpg "[AD] MIT Holiday Greeting 2024
Happy Holidays from MIT President Sally Kornbluth and Professor Danny Lew!
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Creative director: Emily Muldoon Kathan
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And MIT Alumni Association Chief Executive Officer Whitney T. EspichHM ’24
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