The fieldtrip of students from the Arctic University of Norway (UiT), University of Tromsø, headed by prof. Kare Kullerud with assistance by Anna Pryadunenko to South Verkhoyansk was held from June 28 till July 11, 2015. The field trip was organised by the Thematic Network on Arctic Geology.

Cooperation between Arctic and non-Arctic countries holds great potential for the future of the Arctic region, explains Justin Kim, Head of Polar Policy Research Center at Korea Maritime Institute. The article was originally published in the UArctic Shared Voices Magazine 2015.

In August, in the framework of the II International Field School Seminar "Paleological biogeotsenosis of Mesozoic and Cenozoic ages in Northern Hemisphere " the scientific expedition of Tomsk State University at the new location of the mammoth fauna finished successfully.

September 4, Arctic State Institute of Arts and Culture (Russia) held III International Film Festival

The two interns from the Department of Environmental and Business Economics of the University of Southern Denmark will support the UArctic at the International Secretariat of the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland and the north2north International Mobility Office at the Uit-The Arctic University of Norway, Campus Alta.

The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) is looking for new photographs for their annual yearbook publication 2016.

Surgut Central Children's Library (Russia) held a presentation of a unique book. Its content is available to all children including the blind.

Maria Ackrén from University of Greenland was one of the applicants who received financial support from north2north, UArctic mobility and exchange programme for teachers, researchers and students. During her stay in The Faroe Islands in April 2015, Maria associated with an Academic Board Meeting for the West-Nordic studies.

The Forum will take place at Northern State Medical University, Arkhangelsk, Russia, 29-30 October 2015. Registration deadline is the 1st of October.

Call for sessions and abstract to the Arctic Theme at the Adaptation Futures Conference, 2016, Rotterdam, The Netherlands on May 10-13.

The Nordic Council of Ministers invites proposals for its Nordic Master Programme. This enables higher education institutions to develop joint Nordic master programmes of high academic quality, drawing on the strengths of each of the participating institutions. The deadline for this call is 16 September 2015.

Andrey Golovnev, Professor from Ural Federal University, prepared a report for the International Northern Archaeological Congress. At the forum the scientist will talk about the development of remote areas by the ancient nomads and a person's ability to establish control over the space.

Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research invites submissions of research papers by young authors—students working towards doctoral degrees and those who received PhDs no earlier than five years ago—doing research in social sciences: sociology, anthropology, ethnography, social history, and related disciplines. 

Fulbright Scholar Michael Brown discusses the importance of the Fulbright Arctic Initiative and how it relates to the increasing focus on Arctic issues in the United States. The article was originally published in the UArctic Shared Voices Magazine 2015.

The ArcticNet Network of Centres of Excellence of Canada and its partners are pleased to welcome the Arctic research community to Vancouver for the 11th ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2015) to be held from 7 to 11 December 2015 at The Westin Bayshore in Vancouver, British Columbia.