As parts of a specialization in Greenlandic Health and environment of the Arctic, five courses on Arctic subjects are offered by the during the 3rd and 4th quarters 2016 .

The CIRRUS network of Nordic design universities, which includes many UArctic member institutions, will meet this week at the University of Lapland during the Arctic Design Week in Rovaniemi, Finland.

Fulbright Arctic Initiative (FAI) Program held Fulbright Arctic Symposium: Towards a Sustainable Arctic Future at Saalasti Hall, University of Oulu, Finland, on 11 February 2016. The symposium was hosted by Fulbright Center Finland in cooperation with the Thule Institute and University of Oulu.

The official outcome of the Third International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP III) has been published online. The report "Integrating Arctic Research – A Roadmap for the Future“ presents the key messages that emerged from the 2-year ICARP III process.

Antioch University of New England and North-Eastern Federal University became hosts for new online course – Anima Borealis. The course is offered online.   

The WaterWorks ERA-NET cofund, in collaboration with the Water Joint Programming Initiative and FACCE JPI, is inviting applications for their joint call on Sustainable management of water resources in agriculture, forestry and fresh water aquaculture sectors. The deadline for pre-proposals is 19 April 2016.

UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design (ASAD) has published a new peer-reviewed book "Relate North: Art, Heritage & Identity" edited by Timo Jokela and Glen Coutts, published by the Lapland University Press, 2015.

Gerald Anderson, Director of Development and Engagement, Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland, and Vice President Indigenous with the University of the Arctic was recently appointed an Ambassador for the Arctic Inspiration Prize.

The submission of artworks and/or an abstract is now open for the symposium and exhibition RELATE NORTH 2016: Practising Place: Art & Design for Creative Communities. The deadline for submissions is 2 May 2016.

Tyumen State Oil and Gas University invites you to the summer school to experience all secrets of petroleum engineering in petroleum capital of Russia - the city of Tyumen, July11-22/ August 8-19

Siberian Federal University (Krasnoyarsk, Russia), with the support from the Erasmus+ Jean-Monnet program of the European Union, is organising the international summer school “Monitoring and early warnings in biodiversity governance” in July 11–24, 2016.

EU-PolarNet is inviting all interested parties to take part in online consultation on European Polar research priorities.

JPI Urban Europe’s fourth call – the ERA-NET Cofund Smart Urban Futures (ENSUF) – supported by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme, is open until 15 March 2015.

The Trans-Atlantic Platform has launched its first international funding opportunity: the T-AP Digging into Data Challenge. The deadline for this call is 29 June 2016.

International exchange students of the University of Lapland's Faculty of Art and Design have created gift concepts for UArctic Student Ambassadors as part of their Finnish Design course. The designs from the past two courses are displayed February 23 - March 10, 2016 in Gallery Kajo in connection with the Arctic Design Week.