Iina is a 22 year old law student, who is about to begin her fifth year at the University of Lapland. Studying in Rovaniemi was a natural choice for her, because she did not want to move to Southern Finland, coming herself from Taivalkoski. She has been happy with her choice of applying to University of Lapland, because it is...

A special course and workshop on science and photography will be arranged at Oulanka research station between 3.9 – 7.9 2012 as part of the Thematic Network on Communicating Arctic Science. The course is aimed at students that have a keen interest in photography and want to develop their skills in scientific imaging and...

Please find attached a letter of invite for you or your organization to attend the 9th Yukon North Slope Conference, Pathways to Arctic Innovation: Arctic Wildlife Conservation and Management - Lessons Learned and Future Challenges. The Conference will be held October 2-4 in Whitehorse, Yukon.  For more information about t...

The recent issue of the Russian-English language journal 'Arctic Herald' features an article on UArctic by President Lars Kullerud, documenting the progress that the organization has made over its first decade. The article is available online in Issue No.2 of Arctic Herald.

In Arpil 2011, NASA Senior Research Scientist Nancy Maynard spent a week with indigenous reindeer herders in the tundra of northern Norway, organized by UArctic's EALAT Institute, studying climate change and its effects on reindeer spring migration. (Source: NASA)

The first joint multidisciplinary summer school by Finnish-Russian cross border university networks will collect approximately a hundred students and researchers at the University of Lapland at the end of August. (Source: ULapland)

The Arctic ice cap is on course for a record-breaking melt session following a summer of unstable conditions, says the National Snow and Ice Data Center. (Source: Wired UK)

"Arctic Design. Opening the Discussion" is the first publication to open the debate on what is 'Arctic design.' Interest in the Arctic region has grown strongly, but discussions have focussed on economic, political and cultural issues. The book brings the perspective of design into these discussions: how design can suppor...

University of Washington's Canadian Center Studies publishes a regular online newsletter, highlighting its activities. Check out the July issue which reports on the tremendous growth in Canadian studies and research at the University of Washington this summer.

The leader of the Thematic Network on Environmental Training and Education for Sustainable Development of the Arctic (NETESDA), Olga Alekseevich visited partners in Norway, Aug 5-10, 2012. The main goal of her visit main goal was to discuss further joint activities on the network development with international partners.

The 2012 UArctic Rectors' Forum is being hosted by the University of Manitoba November 13th-15th, 2012 in Winnipeg, Canada. Complete information and links to the Rectors' Forum program and practical planning details available at www.uarctic.org/rectorsforum.

The University of the Arctic's Board of Governors and Strategic Area leads (Ma-Mawi) will meet in Levi, Finland from Dec 8-11, 2012, with the new Strategic Plan 2020 central to their discussions. This week (Aug 6-8, 2012), staff from the UArctic secretariat met in Levi to go through plans for the December meetings, and to mak...

The Barents International Political Economy (BIPE) researcher network has received funding to start a two-year joint research project in the Barents region. The aim of the new project is to study the role of states in advancing sustainable development focusing on local communities perspectives in different parts of th...

Teachers and researchers interested in learning more about participating in PolarTREC (Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating) are encouraged to participate in an informational webinar (web seminar) scheduled for Thursday, 9 August 2012, at 2:00 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time (3:00 p.m. PDT; 4:00 p.m. MDT; 5:00 p....

PolarTREC (Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating) is currently accepting applications from researchers for the seventh year of teacher research experiences. Researchers are invited to submit an application to host a PolarTREC teacher during the 2013 (usually Arctic) or 2013-2014 (usually Antarctic) field sea...