The Rector of North-Eastern Federal University Yevgenia Mikhailova and the Chairman of the Board of the World Reindeer Herders Association Mikhail Pogodaev had a meeting on March 14 during which a Memorandum of Understanding between the Federal University and the UArctic International Institute for Circumpolar Reindeer...

Applications to the fourth IPY Field School are now accepted. The course will run between 25 June – 13 July and only 25 highly qualified undergraduate and early graduate level students will be admitted. Application deadline is 1. April.

The delegation from North-Eastern Federal University (Yakutsk, Siberia) has visited University of Saskatchewan, March 15-22, to discuss some questions concerning collaboration in some areas including health in the Arctic.

The Nordic Council has adopted a proposal calling for the Nordic Council of Ministers to “initiate an action plan for an expanded Nordic research infrastructure cooperation in the Arctic to stimulate cross-sectorial / disciplinary network of research and research that includes the U.S., Canada, Russia and EU” in recent sess...

Open session including students and youth at the Snow Cinema outside Thon hotel in Kautokeino the presence of H.S.H Prince Albert II and H.S.H Princess Charlene. IPY, Climate Change and Reindeer Herding, finding stories in the field: Dissemination of IPY results and legacies.

On the 12th−13th of March the kick-off seminar within the international project “ArctiChildren” was held at Rovaniemi University of Applied Sciences.

International Conference “Geomorphology and Quaternary Paleogeography of Polar Regions” is held at St. Petersburg State University on September 9-17, 2012.

Finnmark University College and North-Eastern Federal University are extending their cooperation from Bachelor of Northern Studies to other programs, including double diploma program.

Four years after the inaugural 2008 workshop, the Alaska Native Language Center will host the second Dene-Yeniseian Workshop exploring the prehistoric linguistic connections across Bering Strait.

Past4Future is organizing an Open Forum - Special Session on “Understand the Past - Prepare for the Future” on Thursday March 22nd, 2012, 10:30 - 12:00 at the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences in Copenhagen, Denmark.

On the 15th of March, for the first time, the State Polar Academy granted three diplomas of Bachelors of Circumpolar Studies. Graduates Renata Kunitsa, Svetlana Moskvina and Irina Dondokova started studying at Bodø University college (nowadays University of Norland) in 2009. They completed all the core courses online and then...

Future Arctic Leaders Introduction course for “Training Indigenous Leaders for New Arctic Challenges” is being organized March 20th –30rd, 2012 in Kautokeino, Norway.

New research conducted at University of Nordland (UiN) shows that aquaculture salmon can become sustainable by replacing a major proportion of fishmeal in salmon feed with vegetable raw materials and bi-products from the fishing industry.For more information visit our website.Arne Finne, University of Nordland

On Feb 28-29, a business meeting was held at Nordland University (Bodø, Norway) where an international project in the sphere of logistics was planned. This co-project will be submitted to the programme of cross-border cooperation “European neighbourhood and partnership instrument – Kolarctic.” The project was discussed...

University rectors from northern Finland and northwest Russia gathered in Rovaniemi for two days to develop  new forms of cooperation. Special attention will focus on the development of joint master's programs in addition to research, doctoral training and quality assurance.