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July 01, 2025
Join the Department of Military and Veteran Services on July 18, along with UAF alumni and members of faculty, staff and student body, as the university celebrates Nanooks who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces with the unveiling of a Veterans Wall.
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CNSM hosts SLMath summer school on sea ice modeling
July 01, 2025
This June, UAF had the honor of hosting a two-week summer school sponsored by the Simons Laufer Mathematical Institute (SLMath), an internationally renowned center for advancing mathematical research and innovation, funded by the National Science Foundation and private donors. The program, focused on mathematical modeling of sea ice and the ecological diversity of polar environments, brought together 40 graduate students from a variety of academic backgrounds--including aerospace engineering, biology, statistics, pure, and applied math--five of whom were UAF students.
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Full-day summer camps with openings
June 30, 2025
UAF Summer Sessions still has openings in several of its full-day summer camps in July and August.
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Go behind the scenes at the museum
June 30, 2025
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is offering behind-the-scenes tours to visitors this summer. Participants will get exclusive tours of the museum's labs and workspaces, where collection managers and curators take care of 2.5 million objects and specimens.
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Openings in Sign Language Fun kids camp
June 27, 2025
UAF Summer Sessions has openings in some of our full-day and half-day summer camps. Sign Language Fun has openings for rising second and third grades, July 14-18, from 9 a.m. to noon.
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Alaska at the forefront of wind energy innovation
June 25, 2025
ACEP researchers Gwen Holdmann and Richard Wies highlight in a recent article how the environmental and economic challenges many small, remote communities in Alaska experience have also created opportunities, leading to innovations that later became mainstream.
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UAF students awarded Gilman Scholarship for study abroad
June 17, 2025
UAF students John Davis, Kaylana Nations, and Matthew Lesh were all recently awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, which supports students studying abroad.
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Wildlife M.S. student, Sam Simon, receives 2025 Angus Gavin Award
June 16, 2025
Department of Biology and Wildlife M.S. student, Sam Simon, has been selected as a co-recipient for the 2025 Angus Gavin Memorial Migratory Bird Research Grant award.
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June 11, 2025
UAF civil engineering students placed fourth at the 2025 national Student Steel Bridge Competition, earning top honors in construction speed and structural efficiency with an innovative, student-led design.
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Doyon, Limited and lessees donate $50,000 to GeoFORCE Alaska
June 04, 2025
GeoFORCE Alaska, a transformative outreach program housed within the ҹɫ' College of Natural Science and Mathematics, has received a $50,000 donation from Doyon, Limited and two of its lessees.
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SMS authentication being removed from Duo MFA
June 02, 2025
As of June 30, 2025, SMS (text messages) will be removed as an authentication option within Duo MFA. This change is required to ensure all accounts are protected from SMS spoofing, a common vector for compromising accounts.
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Honors House to close June 1 in preparation for move to Rasmuson Library
May 28, 2025
The UAF Honors College will officially close the Honors House at 1818 Copper Lane on June 1, 2025, as it prepares to move into a new, modern space in the Rasmuson Library later this summer. The move marks the end of a notable chapter in the college's history and the beginning of an exciting new era.
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Learn to make earrings this summer
May 22, 2025
UAF Summer Sessions offers a one-day, non-credit beaded earring workshop for adults in June. The workshop is led by local artist Carol Wilbur and meets Saturday, June 14, from noon to 4 p.m., and costs $80. Materials are provided. Spaces are limited.
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URSA announces 2025 Innovative Technology and Education awardees
May 14, 2025
The UAF Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity has recognized nine recipients of an URSA 2025 Innovative Technology and Education award.
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URSA congratulates Spring Internship and Travel Award recipients
May 14, 2025
The Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity congratulates students who were awarded spring 2025 travel and internship awards.
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May 14, 2025
UAF Summer Sessions offers a weekend-long non-credit fly fishing course for adults in June. The course is led by Shann Jones and meets June 7-8, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Troth Yeddha' Collective
May 12, 2025
The ҹɫ has been awarded $1,000,000 from the Mellon Foundation to establish the Troth Yeddha' Collective for transdisciplinary research. The mission of the Troth Collective at the ҹɫ is to form a collective focused on growing a community of scholars committed to transdisciplinary research that centers Indigenous knowledge at the core of the arts and humanities.
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Signers' Hall east entrance closed during May
May 09, 2025
Contractors will replace the main level entrance doors at Signers' Hall through May 30. Access to functions in Signers' Hall will be detoured through the Eielson Building during the closure.
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Stern to serve as UAF interim provost
May 07, 2025
I am happy to announce that Dr. Charlene Stern, vice chancellor for rural, community, and Native education, has agreed to serve as UAF's interim provost and executive vice chancellor while we conduct a national search for a permanent provost.
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May 07, 2025
Get ready -- your favorite campus food trucks are rolling back in for the summer! Some of the previous year's top picks will be returning, serving up delicious food all season long.
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UAF Bookstore Bundle - Summer 2025
May 01, 2025
The UAF Bookstore Bundle makes access to required course materials affordable and convenient for students. Through this program, students can rent all required textbooks, lab manuals, access codes, digital materials and electronic books for a flat fee. Please note that there are two opt-out periods.
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UAF student wins press club public service award
April 30, 2025
ҹɫ student Lina Mariscal has received the 2025 Alaska Press Club Public Service Award. She is one of a dozen UAF students who received awards at the press club's annual conference earlier this month.
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Special Art Exhibit: Conversations with Nature
April 28, 2025
Join us for an opening reception of Conversations with Nature on Friday, May 2, from 3:30-7 p.m. to meet some of the artists featured in the special art exhibit and enjoy some food. This event highlights the 25 years that Japan and UAF have been working together through the International Arctic Research Center.
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Linguist James Kari publishes Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary
April 28, 2025
James Kari, a professor emeritus of linguistics at the ҹɫ, has completed the Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary.
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URSA announces 2025 Summer Student Project Award recipients
April 28, 2025
The Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity congratulates individuals who received an URSA 2025 Summer Student Project Award.
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