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New bench on Wildfire Walk trail
July 18, 2025
The UAF North Campus has a new bench, thanks to Uma Bhatt and David Newman. The bench is located on the Wildfire Walk trail, approximately halfway through the interpretive signs area in the burn scar of the 2021 Yankovich Road Fire site.
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Call for Proposals: URSA Community-Engaged Learning Awards
July 11, 2025
Undergraduate students, graduate students, researcher staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty from all UAF-affiliated campuses are invited to apply for an URSA Community-Engaged Learning Award of up to $5,000.
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RSVP today for Nanook Rendezvous
July 09, 2025
Don't miss out on our all-class Nanook Rendezvous reunion, July 17-19, during Golden Days. Whether you graduated last year, 60 years ago, or somewhere in between, we'd love to see you. This three-day celebration includes signature events, campus experiences, and opportunities to honor fellow alumni. Admission to all events is free.
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Building ventilation and wildfire smoke
July 07, 2025
Now that wildfire season has arrived, many members of the UAF community have been asking why they can smell smoke inside campus buildings and why the buildings' HVAC systems don't eliminate the smell.
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Nenana parking lot land use permit with NIT
July 07, 2025
The University of Alaska has entered into a Land Use Permit with Northern Industrial Training, LLC. As part of this agreement, NIT will use a designated portion of the Nenana Parking Lot to operate a commercial driving school.
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Toolik Field Station names 2025 early career research awardees
July 01, 2025
The Institute of Arctic Biology's Toolik Field Station has selected five recipients for their student and early career research Tundra Award in 2025.
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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 ¹û½´ÊÓƵ' 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 ¹û½´ÊÓƵ 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 ¹û½´ÊÓƵ 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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