2018 Meritorious Service Award nominations are open

The Meritorious Service Awards Committee will be accepting nominations through June 30 for the 2019 awards. Read more

Sign up to participate in the Golden Days parade

Help represent UAF in the 2018 Golden Days Grande Parade Saturday, July 21. Read more

View of African drought inspired UAF climate scientist

Photo courtesy of Uma BhattUma Bhatt and husband David Newman pictured in Kenya in the mid-1980s, where they served two years in the Peace Corps.

Uma Bhatt decided she wanted to pursue a graduate degree in meteorology and seasonal weather forecasting after her Peace Corps assignment. Her hope was that governments could use her research to better predict droughts so agriculture could be managed to avoid food shortages. Read more

Resilience Film Festival
June 21-22

The Department of Social Work and the Fairbanks Wellness Coalition are co-sponsoring the Resilience Film Festival June 21-22 in Murie Building auditorium. Read more

Featured photo of the week

Visual Art Academy students photograph a spider found near the Duckering Building entrance's bicycle rack Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at the Fairbanks campus.

UAF Summer Visual Art Academy students photograph a spider near the entrance to the Duckering Building on Wednesday, June 6. View online

On the calendar

Visual Art Academy exhibit (Today)

Music in the Garden: O Tallulah (Today)

Museum behind the scenes (Friday)

Talk: Down Memory Lane, Charles Deehr (Monday)

Deadlines and reminders

Deadline: Apply for fall admission (June 15)

Deadline: Apply to graduate summer 2018 (June 15)

Soft closure (July 6)

Cook Inlet belugas' diet shifted amid population decline

A new UAF study has found evidence that the diet of Cook Inlet beluga whales has changed significantly during the past half-century. Read more

Summer brown bag lunch sessions

This summer, two brown bag professional development sessions will be held at UAF. Read more

Inside Out campus preview day scheduled for June 22

UAF is hosting a free campus preview day for high school juniors, seniors and their parents on Friday, June 22. Read more

Teaching Tip: Integrating disciplines to help students succeed

Several new reports show that an integration of scientific, technical and liberal arts fields can enhance student post-graduation success. Read more

Study: Alaska fishermen suffer high rate of health problems

Alaska salmon fishermen have a significantly higher rate of health problems than the general population, according to a new study conducted by the University of Washington School of Public Health in partnership with Alaska Sea Grant. Read more