Budget update: Oct. 23

At UAF, shared governance in budget planning begins with the Planning and Budget Committee, a rotating group made up of representatives from across our university and including delegates from governance groups. Read more

Date extended for Usibelli awards

Nominations for faculty members who have demonstrated excellence in the fields of teaching, research or public service will be accepted until
5 p.m. Oct. 29. Read more

Student Support Services accepting applications

SSS works to increase the academic achievement, retention and graduation rates of first-generation, low-income students and students with disabilities.

The award from the American Indian Science and Engineering Society was for research on installing economically feasible wave energy converters in Yakutat. Read more

Alaska and Polar Regions Collections student grant

Undergraduates and graduates should apply by Dec. 1 for this $2,500 award for research projects using the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections and Archives.

Teaching Tip: Are you ready to be Googled?

It matters what appears when people Google you. Here are tips to help UAF faculty and staff spruce up their online image. Read more

Bullock Prize nominations open

Any UA student, faculty, staff or volunteer who has made a significant contribution to the university’s mission can be nominated. The deadline is Dec. 23.

What's on today

Flu shot clinic — Facilities Services

Winter Biking Workshop

UA Press Book Club

KUAC Fall Fundraiser

Deadlines and Reminders

Fall blood drive (Oct. 24)

Staff Council elections (through Oct. 31)

Blind sensitivity training

Correction: The Oct. 29 training will take place in ELIF 305. Read more

Alaska Airlines Governor's Cup watch party

Team and coaches pose on ice with trophy. A celebrating crowd is in the stands behind them.

Alaska Nanooks fans are invited to a watch party
Oct. 26 at Big Daddy's BBQ restaurant in Fairbanks.

Children in halloween costumes looks at museum specimens.

The UA Museum of the North will hold its annual Halloween at the Museum event on Oct. 31 from
4-7 p.m. Read more

Nanooks hockey trick-or-treat

Keep the costumes out! Come trick-or-treat prior to puck drop at the Alaska Nanooks hockey game v. Bemidji State at 6 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Carlson Center.

Water pools in recently formed depressions caused by the thawing of ice-rich permafrost in ice-wedge polygon tundra, Deadhorse, Alaska. July 2019. Anna Liljedahl photo

A new online scientific resource will document changing permafrost conditions at the sub-meter scale throughout the Arctic, providing researchers, educators and the public with new opportunities for exploration and discovery. Read more