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  • Nickole Conley, chief of staff

    Friday Focus: Thank you Policy Committees!

    June 09, 2023

    The sun is out and the end of FY23 is nearing! Things are always bustling at the end of each fiscal year as fiscal staff are working round the clock to close out accounts, create budgets for the new fiscal year, and clean up any last-minute financial pieces that support staff, faculty, and students. Meanwhile, most students are on a break exploring what life has to offer while our student athletes enjoy some time off from their busy seasons. Faculty are teaching summer courses, doing community outreach, and conducting cutting-edge research from here at Troth Yeddha' campus to all the way in Antarctica. Administrators and other staff are planning for the upcoming fiscal/academic year and working hard on all of the things that make ÐÔÓûÉç an amazing university and a place of belonging. With the business of fiscal year-end, I wanted to take a minute and thank all the staff, faculty and students for all you do.
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  • Charlene Stern, vice chancellor for rural, community and Native education

    Friday Focus: RCNE planning forward

    June 02, 2023

    ÐÔÓûÉç College of Rural and Community Development and the Community and Technical College have been busy working to update their 10-year campus master plan. Board of Regents Policy 05.12.030 requires a CMP for each campus. The 2023 CRCD and CTC campus master planning effort is informed by a shared vision that will guide the development of the two college's campuses and instructional sites over the next decade.
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  • Arctic Health flower bed.

    Volunteers wanted for campus Flower Planting Day

    June 02, 2023

    The ÐÔÓûÉç Grounds crew is looking for volunteers for the 2023 campus Flower Planting Day on Wednesday, June 7. Beginning at 9 a.m., flower beds will be available to plant across the Fairbanks campus.
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  • New URSA funding opportunities for 2023-24 opening July 31

    May 31, 2023

    The Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity is pleased to announce three new funding opportunities for the 2023-24 school year. Each opportunity will open for applications on July 31, 2023, and close on Sept. 10, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. Funds for each award must be spent by June 15, 2024.
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  • Elizabeth Parry is pursuing her Ph.D. in Biological Sciences and is the graduate student spotlight.

    Graduate student spotlight: Elizabeth Parry

    May 31, 2023

    Elizabeth Parry is pursuing her Ph.D. in Biological Sciences. She is developing a new tool to measure food security using a One Health lens with a particular focus on Alaska Native populations.
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  • Mae Mendenhall, the library director for the ÐÔÓûÉç Chukchi Campus in Kotzebue, was named the rural staff member for May 2023.

    May Rural Staff Spotlight: Mae Mendenhall

    May 31, 2023

    Mae Mendenhall serves as the library director for the ÐÔÓûÉç Chukchi Campus in Kotzebue. Mae goes above and beyond for the community on the edge of the Chukchi Sea.
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  • Sue McHenry, left, and Gabby Russell pose for a photograph in the Brooks Building on the Troth Yeddha’ Campus at ÐÔÓûÉç in December 2022. Russell was honored with the 2021-22 McHenry/Martin Staff Advisor Award, named partly after McHenry. ÐÔÓûÉç photo by Eric Engman

    Aurora: Helping rural students belong, across two generations

    May 31, 2023

    Advisors Sue McHenry and Gabrielle Russell talk about creating a home away from home for students who have grown up in Alaska's remote communities.
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  • White paper submissions sought for NSF Major Research Instrumentation program

    May 31, 2023

    The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research is soliciting white papers for the National Science Foundation's Major Research Instrumentation program.
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  • Taryn Lopez, ÐÔÓûÉç Geophysical Institute research associate professor

    Friday Focus: Thinking big - our path to R1

    May 25, 2023

    In 2018, I was invited by Chancellor White to lead ÐÔÓûÉç's strategic planning goal to "Achieve R1 research status." At the time I was relatively new faculty and knew little about the Carnegie Classification's Very High Research status university ranking (R1). I was also used to working within my own discipline and focused on my own research. Achieving R1 status was a big idea that, like many other faculty on campus, I had difficulty wrapping my brain around! Together, with a team of faculty, staff, and students from across ÐÔÓûÉç, we learned what it means to be an R1 university, how R1 would benefit ÐÔÓûÉç, and how ÐÔÓûÉç could achieve that goal.
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  • Rasmuson Library holiday closures and summer hours

    May 25, 2023

    The Elmer E. Rasmuson Library will be closed May 27-29 for the Memorial Day Holiday. The library will also be closed July 1-4 for the Independence Day holiday.
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  • New process for accessing funds held at the UA Foundation

    May 25, 2023

    The UA Foundation is pleased to announce that gaining access to funds held at the UA Foundation will be easier than ever before. This new process was developed in collaboration with fiscal managers from each university with a goal to allow for a simplified and standardized process of spending foundation funds, making it easier for the university to put these donor dollars to work.
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  • Erlingur Gudleifsson works with ÐÔÓûÉç ABEC, ACEP, and Center ICE to identify opportunities in the fisheries and energy sectors of Alaska and Iceland.

    ÐÔÓûÉç participates in Nordic Innovation Summit 2023

    May 24, 2023

    ÐÔÓûÉç participated in panel discussions at the Nordic Innovation Summit in Seattle, organized by the National Nordic Museum. The summit brought together innovators and industry leaders from Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland to discuss emerging trends and challenges in the seafood industry.
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  • A Visual Art Academy student works on cartoons.

    Registration open for Visual Art Academy

    May 24, 2023

    ÐÔÓûÉç Department of Art in collaboration with the College of Liberal Arts will host the 19th annual Summer Visual Art Academy, an intensive visual arts program for students from grades 6-12. Students will select their preferred areas of interest and will be assigned to classes prior to the beginning of the academy.
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  • Trent Sutton pauses for a photo in the ÐÔÓûÉç Wood Center during Research and Creative Activity Day.

    Sutton appointed ÐÔÓûÉç vice provost and accreditation liaison officer

    May 24, 2023

    University of Alaska Fairbanks Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor, Anupma Prakash, has appointed Trent Sutton as the new vice provost and accreditation liaison officer. In his new role, Sutton will also be serving as the dean of General Studies and the director of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activities.
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  • Student Erik Bach uses a jackleg drill in ÐÔÓûÉç's underground mine training camp near Delta Junction in November 2022. In the foreground is instructor Jim Smith. Instructor Sam Reves is in the background. Photo courtesy of the ÐÔÓûÉç Mining and Petroleum Training Service

    Aurora: Students go underground to find rock-steady jobs

    May 24, 2023

    In a ÐÔÓûÉç-owned tunnel southeast of Delta Junction, hundreds of Alaskans have learned the skills needed to succeed in underground mine jobs -- and many others.
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  • Karsten Hueffer has been appointed dean of the College of Natural Science and Mathematics at ÐÔÓûÉç and will begin his appointment on July 2, 2023.

    Hueffer appointed dean of ÐÔÓûÉç College of Natural Science and Mathematics

    May 24, 2023

    University of Alaska Fairbanks provost and executive vice chancellor, Anupma Prakash, has appointed Karsten Hueffer to serve as the dean of the College of Natural Science and Mathematics.
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  • Sean AsikÅ‚uk Topkok has been appointed director of the Center for Cross-Cultural Studies.

    Sean Asikłuk Topkok appointed director of Center for Cross-Cultural Studies

    May 22, 2023

    The College of Rural and Community Development is excited to announce that Sean Asikłuk Topkok has been appointed director of the Center for Cross-Cultural Studies. Asikłuk has a long history with the CXCS, having worked with the center and previous leadership since 1997 through the Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative and the Alaska Native Knowledge Network. Topkok's new appointment became effective April 10, 2023.
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  • Limited employee spaces available in Nanook Grown Student Gardener Training Program

    May 22, 2023

    For the first time, the Nanook Grown Student Gardener Training Program has limited spaces available for ÐÔÓûÉç employees during the 2023 gardening season. The program is free for students. ÐÔÓûÉç employees may participate for a $40 fee.
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  • A Summer Music Academy jazz combo practices outside on the ÐÔÓûÉç Campus.

    Registration still open for ÐÔÓûÉç Summer Music Academy

    May 22, 2023

    Registration is open for the ÐÔÓûÉç Summer Music Academy. SMA is a day-camp for young musicians who have completed 5th-12th grades. All levels are welcome. This year we are introducing a new Introduction to Band and Orchestra program. No experience is necessary and instruments will be available for rent.
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  • Vice Chancellor for Research Nettie LaBelle-Hamer and her husband, Brendan, enjoying the beautiful weather during the Arctic Research Open House held on May 18, 2023, with their friends Nook and Pingo Pete.

    Friday Focus: Spring, hope and delayed gratification

    May 19, 2023

    Here at ÐÔÓûÉç, you know that spring is here when your eyes water and you see green. Traditionally that has been tied to pollen counts soaring along with the geese coming back and then, pop! Green-up! That day when the trees have gone miraculously from brown to green, seemingly overnight. Spring is here!
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  • Alaska Native Language Center Film nominated for Northwest Regional Emmy

    May 19, 2023

    The Alaska Native Language Center's film, Awake, has been nominated for a Northwest Regional Emmy through the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
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  • Illustration of neurodiversity

    Increasing awareness about neurodiversity among learners in our classrooms

    May 17, 2023

    Neurodiversity among learners in our classrooms may include neurotypical students as well as those with autism, dyslexia, ADHD and other types of neurodiversity. A series about this coming to campus in July will help you be prepared.
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  • White paper submissions sought for National Science Foundation’s BioFoundries Program

    May 17, 2023

    The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research is soliciting white papers for the National Science Foundation’s BioFoundries to Enable Access to Infrastructure and Resources for Advancing Modern Biology and Biotechnology Program. Submissions are due by June 9, 2023.
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  • Caribou crossing the haulroad

    Aurora: Comprehending caribou in the oil patch

    May 17, 2023

    A half-century of research by ÐÔÓûÉç alumni and others uncovers how caribou react to oil work on Alaska's North Slope.
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  • InsideOut Story lab seeking science-inspired stories, poems, and sketches

    May 12, 2023

    The Learning InsideOut Story Lab invites submissions to their latest collection, Science on the Move. Submit original short stories and black-and-white sketches that spark curiosity about Arctic research. Submissions are due by Sunday, May 14.
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