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UAF graduates celebrate with members of university faculty and leadership during the 2019 commencement in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Academic traditions: Our 101st commencement

From the provost: At the University of Alaska Fairbanks, we take great pride in following our academic traditions. These celebrations are rooted in historic practices, have a deeper purpose, and great symbolic significance. Read more ...

Health & counseling posts summer hours

The UAF student health and counseling center will transfer to summer hours beginning Monday, May 8. Read more ...

Muriel Dittrich, Mike Stekoll and Tamsen Peeples hold a big $10,000 check

CFOS students win  AlgaePrize competition

A team from the UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences won the top prize in the U.S. Department of Energy's 2023 AlgaePrize competition. Read more ...

Yupik language club assists with spelling bee

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Members of the UAF Yugtun Egmilta (Yupik language club) traveled to Anchorage on April 15 to assist with the statewide Yupik and Inupiaq spelling bee. Read more ... 

Innovation competition winners announced

A smiling woman holds an oversized presentation check for $15,000. She is flanked by two men and a woman holding regular checks and a small trophy.

The UAF College of Business and Security Management presented over $45,000 in cash prizes and awards during the 2023 UAF Arctic Innovation Competition last weekend. Read more ...

What's happening

Deadlines and reminders

  • Commencement (May 6)

  • Residence halls close (May 7)

  • Deadline for grades to be posted (May 10)

24-hour study area to temporarily close

The 24-hour study area in the Rasmuson Library will close from May 8-31 for renovations. Read more ...

Students show work at seismology meeting

Fifteen people from the Geophysical Institute attended the annual meeting of the Seismological Society of America annual meeting in person in San Juan, Puerto Rico earlier this month. Read more ...

Three portraits: two women and a man

Cooper, Ickert-Bond, George named 2023 Usibelli Award winners

The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced the winners of the 2023 Emil Usibelli Distinguished Teaching, Research and Service Awards. Read more ...

URSA summer student project awards named

The Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity has named four students recipients of its summer student project awards. Read more ...

UAF research presented at European meeting

Research by several University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute scientists is being presented this week at the annual meeting of the European Geosciences Union in Vienna, Austria. Read more ... 

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