Read about an alumni bringing artistic talents back to Alaska, a shared love for aurora research,
a longtime researcher's retirement, and more in the winter 2024 Aurora.
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. Get links to the lot clearing schedules.
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. Students are encouraged to get their applications in as soon as possible, as there will be no late application available.
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.
Read more on the new support services available for Canvas.
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. Learn more about the new platform.
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. Learn more about the new cleaning schedule.
According to the 2024 Arctic Report Card, released this week by the National Ocean
and Atmospheric Administration and co-authored by ten University of Alaska Fairbanks
scientists, warming is affecting caribou populations, heat-trapping gas releases and
many other parts of the ecosystem. Learn more on the findings in the new report card.
Join a webinar on Dec. 18 at 11 a.m. to learn about how the National Weather Service’s
Alaska Sea Ice Program supported the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Fish and Wildlife /
USGS personnel onboard the research vessel Norseman II with sea ice briefings via
daily annotated satellite imagery in June 2024 when it was partially-disabled and
trapped in sea ice for a two-week period offshore from the community of Shishmaref
in the Bering Strait region of Alaska. Learn more and register for the webinar.
The Arctic Leadership Initiative is seeking undergraduate and graduate students to
participate in an Arctic Leadership Initiative student cohort. The application deadline
is Jan. 6, 2025. Get application information.
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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