New findings have been published by a NIVA (Norwegian Institute for Water Research) from a project commissioned by the Norwegian Climate and Pollution Agency (Klif) to establish the occurrence of nonylphenol, octylphenol and bisphenol A in the marine and freshwater aquatic environments. The full publication can be found here....

UArctic's Board of Governors approve the UArctic Annual Report for 2011 at their recent meeting in Nuuk, Greenland. The report provides an overview of UArctic's activities for the year, organized by Strategic Area, with a particular focus on our Thematic Networks.

Peter Ferguson, a University of the Highlands and Islands student from North Uist, at the Skaftaell glacier in Iceland. Peter is studying for a degree in fine art through Lews Castle College UHI and visited Iceland for the recent Reykjavik Arts Festival. Source: UHI

The first time I’ve become involved into the Arctic in 2006, when I took the first course of the BCS program offered by the University of the Arctic. That time I did not even realize how it was going to change my entire life.

The University of the Arctic’s board meeting is taking place at Nuuk, Greenland from the 4th of June till the 6th of June, chaired by Barry Scherr. The Board will be reviewing the financial activity report of 2011. The Board will also discuss the strategic development and self evaluation of UArctic.

The new issue of UArctic's annual magazine Shared Voices has been released and is now accessible for download. This year's issue takes the theme of 'Our Northern Futures' - and features articles from many of our Thematic Networks and cooperation partners on how northerners are shaping a better future for themselves.

This Ph.D. course, Climate Adaptation Policy, is Organized by the NORD-STAR Graduate Training Program, 13-17 Agust 2012 at  the University of Iceland, Reykjavik (5 ECTS credits).

Rapidly changing health conditions in the Arctic, due in part to climate change and globalization, call for a dramatically new approach to research and delivery of services to improve the health and wellness in Arctic communities, according to a report released by the Dickey Center for International Understanding and the U...

Disputas - Cand.philol. Inger Marie Gaup Eira defender her doctoral dissertation, "The Silent Language of Snow. Sámi traditional knowledge of snow in times of climate change" on May 31 in the Auditorium Sahkaskaidi i Diehtosiida, (Science building in Kautokeino Norway). This PhD thesis is a linguistic study with an int...

The BCS diploma award ceremony has been held at the Northern (Arctic) Federal University. This year 15 NArFU students have been awarded bachelor degree in Circumpolar Studies. The delegation from the University of Nordland where the graduates took BCS courses came to NArFU. Marit Sundet, Eivind Karlsen and Håkan Sander...

The NArFU Organizing Committee of the unique project “Floating University,” which launches on June 1, 2012, has held its first meeting. Members of the Committee organizing the scientific-educational expedition to the high North - including representatives of NArFU and the Northern Hydrometeorology and Environmental Mon...

Alexander Feldt is a Phd student in Northern (Arctic) Federal University and studies tourism in Finnmark University College.

The Nordic Council of Ministers Arctic Co-operation program has granted funding for arranging planning workshop in 2012 (220 000 DKK) to develop a new PhD program on Arctic Health and Wellbeing. The initiative is a joint project by Thematic Networks on Health and Well-being in the Arctic and Global Change led by Thule In...

A group of scholars at the University of Tromsø will host a conference on the cultural and scientific history of the transits of Venus, in Tromsø 2-3 June 2012. The conference takes place in Tromsø for two reasons. First and foremost, the last transit of Venus of our century lends itself to be observed on the disc of t...