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Reminder: Graduation Gear-Up on Feb. 6

The Class of 2025 Graduation Gear-Up is scheduled for Feb. 6 from 4-6 p.m. in the Wood Center Ballroom. Get info about commencement, win prizes and celebrate!


Nook strikes a pose while getting a professional headshot taken in the University Relations photography studio on the ÐÔÓûÉç campus on Jan. 16, 2025.

ÐÔÓûÉç Professional Picture Day

For those who need a headshot photo, ÐÔÓûÉç’s professional picture day will be Feb. 6 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Wood Center upstairs, outside of the Ballroom (indoor only). No appointments are required for this date; drop in and get your photo taken care of for free! Read more about this opportunity.


3MT Workshop: Practicing in the Competition Space

Come practice your presentation in the competition space on Friday, Feb. 7 from, 1-2 p.m. in the Schaible Auditorium! This event is hosted by the Department of Communication and the Graduate School. Join us if interested in competing in 3MT.


CTC culinary arts and hospitality program students, faculty and staff with the Golden Ladle award at the Westmark Fairbanks Hotel.

CTC culinary program delivers award-winning soup, service

The ÐÔÓûÉç Community and Technical College's culinary arts and hospitality program won the 2025 Golden Ladle at the Soup Off, a fundraiser for Bread Line, a Fairbanks nonprofit fighting hunger. Students gain hands-on experience through events like Borealis Bistro, the CTC food truck, culinary camps, and the HooDoo Choo Choo train ride, while actively serving the Fairbanks community. Learn more about the Golden Ladle win and the culinary arts and hospitality program.


ÐÔÓûÉç Chinese New Year's Celebration

ÐÔÓûÉç Chinese Student Association is presenting the annual Chinese New Year’s Celebration on Feb. 8 in the Wood Center Ballroom. We will share the joy of celebrating Chinese New Year with our fellow students, professors, and friends from Fairbanks community. Read more about the celebration.


The ÐÔÓûÉç men's basketball team and coaches pose before the 2024-25 season.

Scholarships a focus for returning basketball coach

Frank Ostanik ’93 is working his connections with communities in Alaska and beyond. Learn more in the winter 2024 Aurora.


ÐÔÓûÉç Theatre & Film: Auditions for film "Mend"

Audition for MEND - an original short film written and directed by JB Brown, and produced by ÐÔÓûÉç Department of Theatre & Film's professor Maya Salganek and the students of ÐÔÓûÉç Film Set Production I/II. Get more info on audition dates, times and location.


Federal Relations Summer Intern opportunity

The UA Federal Relations Team is seeking a 10-week summer 2025 DC-based intern. Current undergraduate students within the University of Alaska system, interested in government, government relations, or federal policy are encouraged to apply. Learn more on this opportunity.


Writing Center support for graduate students

A valuable resource is available to your students: the ÐÔÓûÉç Writing Center. The team is here to support students with their writing in any course at any stage, whether they’re brainstorming, drafting, or revising. The center also offers tools like style guides and free printing. Read more about the services available.


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ÐÔÓûÉç offers free online courses on unmanned aircraft systems

The public can learn the history, basics and engineering of unmanned aircraft systems through two free online courses offered by ÐÔÓûÉç Center for Teaching and Learning. Learn more and register for courses.


Ideation Studio at The MILL

Ideation Studio is a series of hands-on workshops intended to help researchers, faculty, staff, and students work together to solve Alaska challenges across silos. Participants automatically qualify to apply for up to $20,000 in seed funding. Read more and register.


Free statistical consulting during spring semester

Need help analyzing your data? The Department of Mathematics and Statistics faculty and students in the M.S. in Statistics program offer free statistical consulting to students, faculty, and staff, as well as members of the community. Get more info on the consulting available.

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WGSS lecture by Eduardo Díaz: Ghosts of the Countryside

Please join us Feb. 5 in Gruening 503H with Eduardo Díaz for his research presentation analyzing women’s roles as actors, bystanders, and victims in Mexico’s Cristero War (1926–1929). Using gender and class lenses, he explores the war’s lasting impact on Western Mexico’s social fabric and national identity. The event includes a brief WGSS meeting and offers a as well. Read more on the lecture.


At a work table, a young child sits on an adult's lap, drawing with brightly colored ice cubes on a piece of paper.

February museum programs explore ice

The University of Alaska Museum of the North will focus on ice during family programs in February. Learn more about program events scheduled for Feb. 7, 8 and 22.


Lat 65 Bluebeary Lemonade reveal at Gov Cup tailgateNanook Hockey Tailgate on Feb. 8

Join us at Latitude 65 Brewing Co. on Saturday, Feb. 8 from 3-4:30 p.m. as we boost our enthusiasm to support the Alaska Nanooks Men's Hockey during the Governor's Cup game. The puck drops at 5:07 p.m. at the Carlson Center. Join us for a thrilling evening! Read more on how to win prizes including game tickets, and an official jersey signed by the 24-25 Alaska Nanooks.


Bookstore closure

The ÐÔÓûÉç Bookstore will be closed on Monday, Feb. 17 for inventory. It will reopen Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 9 a.m.Ìý


Glacial runoff entering Kachemak Bay, Alaska

Analysis reveals extent of Kachemak Bay's surface cloudiness

Scientists have produced the most comprehensive analysis to date of glacier-driven cloudiness on the surface of Kachemak Bay, home to a rich variety of marine life and an important fish and shellfish rearing area. Learn more from the research.


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