• URSA announces 2025 Spring Student Project Award recipients

    January 17, 2025

    The Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity congratulates individuals who received an URSA 2025 Spring Student Project Award.
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  • Judges needed for virtual competitions Feb. 3-4

    January 17, 2025

    Educators Risings is an organization under the Department of Education, K-12 Outreach, at UAF helping middle and high school students in their quest to become teachers. Every February, virtual competitions are held for students across the state, and a few more judges are needed to make this event happen.
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  • Northwest Archivists annual conference call for proposals

    January 17, 2025

    Northwest Archivists is asking for session proposals for its 2025 annual meeting. The conference will be held virtually May 13-16. This year's theme is: Redefining Resilience: Advocacy, Values, and Creative Solutions.
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  • Practicing partnership: Co-production and boundary spanning in rural Alaska

    January 17, 2025

    The UAF Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy and Elizabeth Figus are hosting a dialogue on Feb. 27 from 1-5 p.m. called, “Practicing partnership: Co-production and boundary spanning in rural Alaska.” This four-hour dialogue will bring together graduate students, staff, and faculty to discuss the nuts and bolts of implementing co-production and boundary spanning frameworks in research.
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  • Two people ascend a climbing wall on the UAF campus.

    Registration open for adult non-credit courses

    January 17, 2025

    Registration is open for three non-credit classes this semester through UAF Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning: knitting, pickleball and rock climbing.
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  • Career Pathways Internships: Summer 2025 positions available

    January 15, 2025

    The Career Pathways Internship Program, a collaboration between the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, and the UAF College of Engineering and Mines, is accepting applications for Summer 2025.
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  • New fees at Student Health and Counseling

    January 15, 2025

    Beginning Jan. 6, 2025, there are new charges for vaccination administration and lab fees.
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  • Student performance notifications Jan. 17-31

    January 15, 2025

    Instructors will be emailing performance feedback to students about concerns and hard work recognition through the UAF notifications system called Nanook Navigator between Jan. 17-31, and throughout the semester.
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  • Two Licensed Practical Nurse students practice medical checks on a test mannequin.

    CTC hosts first LPN pinning ceremony

    January 15, 2025

    Ƶ Community and Technical College is holding a pinning ceremony for the first group of students completing the Licensed Practical Nurse program. The ceremony will be held at CTC downtown, 604 Barnette Street, on Wed., Jan. 15 at 5:30 p.m. The event is open to the public and refreshments will be served immediately following.
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  • A referee watches a basketball player take the ball down the court.

    Spring intramural registration open now

    January 15, 2025

    Nanook Recreation Intramural team registration is open now. Intramural sports are open to students, faculty, staff and Fairbanks community members. Register a team or join a team that already exists as a free agent.
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  • URSA announces Fall 2024 Travel Award recipients

    January 15, 2025

    The Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity congratulates undergraduate students who received a Fall 2024 Travel Award to actively participate in a gathering of their professional peers this semester.
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  • TimelyCare offers mental health resources

    January 10, 2025

    UAF students and employees have access to TimelyCare, a virtual mental health and wellness platform sponsored by the Student Health and Counseling Center.
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  • Earlier Cornerstone deadlines

    January 06, 2025

    Starting this month, there are new deadlines for submissions to the Cornerstone employee and student newsletters.
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  • Photo of sea ice with three photos superimposed in circles on top of webinar speakers featured in the article and the Alaska Sea Grant logo in the corner.

    Webinar: Alaska Sea Grant fellowship opportunities for graduate students

    January 06, 2025

    Graduate students are invited to join a Jan. 9 information session with Alaska Sea Grant at 11 a.m. to learn more about career development opportunities in marine policy and science.
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  • Photos available from headshot day

    December 16, 2024

    Photos taken during the headshot photo station in the Wood Center held on Dec. 5 are now available for download. Photos can be retrieved from photos.uaf.edu with SSO login.
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  • Migratory bird research grant applications due Jan. 17

    December 11, 2024

    Scientists within the University of Alaska System, including graduate students and faculty members, are invited to apply for the Angus Gavin Memorial Migratory Bird Research Grant. Applications may be submitted through Friday, Jan. 17, for 2025 field season proposals.
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  • Alaska INBRE announces 2025 Student Awards

    December 11, 2024

    The Alaska IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence is accepting applications for two student awards: the Summer 2025 UA Undergraduate Research Assistantship Scholar Award, and the Graduate - Undergraduate Research Pair Summer Support 2025 program.
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  • A screenshot of the admissions homepage, showing the chatbot window in the lower right-hand corner.

    Ocelot AI chatbot launches

    December 11, 2024

    UAF Student Affairs and Enrollment Management's communications team is excited to announce that Ocelot's chatbot and texting platform has officially launched on a handful of UAF's student-serving website homepages. The goal of this new platform is for UAF's student-serving offices to continue to help as many current and prospective UAF students as possible by giving them immediate responses to their pressing questions.
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  • New earlier graduation deadline is Feb. 1

    December 11, 2024

    This year's graduation application deadline is earlier than in past years. Students planning to graduate in May must apply by Feb. 1. The application is free and is available through UAOnline.
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  • Updates to UAF cleaning schedule

    December 11, 2024

    To improve the consistency of campus cleaning services, the custodial team is updating the semi-monthly cleaning schedule. The finalized cleaning schedule for the year, along with updated cleaning diagrams, will be available on the UAF Custodial Website starting Jan. 2, 2025.
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  • Spring Break camp registration opens Dec. 14

    December 11, 2024

    UAF Summer Sessions is offering several camps for K-12 students over spring break, March 10-14. There will be full-day and half-day camps. Registration opens Dec. 10 at 10 a.m.
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  • Canvas and UAF Nanook Technology Services

    December 11, 2024

    Canvas services are now supported by the UAF Nanook Technology Service Desk. UAF staff, students, and faculty can now use the same 'go to' help desk for all Canvas questions.
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  • Modern embroidery of forget-me-not on birch bark by artist and instructor Lyndsi Harris

    Non-credit WINTERmester classes now open for registration

    December 11, 2024

    Learn something new this winter at a non-credit course for adults. Subjects include jewelry-making, fly-tying, embroidery, botanical art, and bicycle maintenance. Visit the Summer Sessions website for further details and registration information. Registration is open now - reserve your spot today.
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  • Winter break snow removal

    December 11, 2024

    Facilities Services is working around the clock to provide drivable roads and parking spaces for all university stakeholders. A significant part of the snow clearance is hard-pack removal. To provide a safe and conducive working environment for our plows and graders and to protect your personal vehicles, we need to close certain parking lots.
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  • Apply for Toolik Field Station's 2025 early career Tundra Award

    December 09, 2024

    Toolik Field Station invites students and early career researchers to apply for the Tundra Award for the 2025 field season. This competitive award sponsors independent and original Arctic research projects with up to 10 days at Toolik Field Station.
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