The University Centre of the West Fjords is pleased to offer a master's program in Coastal and Marine Management commencing in the Fall of 2008. The Program prepares students to engage with one of the most compelling and important subjects today: natural resource management and utilization.

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) is accepting applications from Masters and PhD students for travel scholarships to attend the 20th Annual Meeting and Arctic Forum 2008, to be held 13-15 May 2008, in Washington, DC. The theme of this year's meeting is "Tipping Points - The Arctic and Global Change."

The Conference 'Resilience 2008: Resilience, Adaptation and Transformation in Turbulent Times' will be made available for viewers over the Web. The Conference takes place in Stockholm from April 14-17. 2008, however more than 40 live coverages of panel discussions, workshops and key presentations will be available via Web TV.

As a part of a extensive tour of the Yamal-Nenets Region, UArctic representatives,  led by President Lars Kullerud, visited the Yamal Polar Agroeconomic College in Salekhard, located in Siberian Russia, to meet with students and try authentic local cuisine on April 7, 2008.

This one-day seminar is a joint initiative by the Canadian Circumpolar Institute and the Thule Institute. It is the first in a proposed series and is organized in collaboration with the Embassy of Canada in Finland. The Seminar will take place at the University of Oulu in Finland, on May 19, 2008.

ARCUS is accepting applications from Masters and PhD students for travel scholarships to attend the 20th Annual Meeting and Arctic Forum 2008, to be held in Washington, DC, 13-15 May 2008. The theme of this year's meeting is "Tipping Points - The Arctic and Global Change."

The principal objective of Cold Climate HVAC 2009 is to provide key elements of a strategy by which scientists, designers, engineers, manufactures and other decisionmakers in cold climate regions can achieve good indoor environmental quality (IEQ), with a minimum use of our precious resources and energy. The Conference will...

The ministers with responsibility for climate from the Nordic countries and Poland will meet on Tuesday in Copenhagen to discuss the ongoing climate process. The Nordic ministers for the environment will hold an internal meeting in the morning. However, the discussion in the afternoon will focus on the negotiations for a new...

On Tuesday, April 8, middle- and high-school students from Fairbanks, Shageluk and Wasilla, Alaska, will join with students from the other end of the globe, in Ushuaia, Argentina, in a live two-hour videoconference that is part of International Polar Year (IPY) activities at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF).

When Nikolas Sellheim arrived in Rovaniemi, Finland for the first time in September 2007, he knew he was in exactly the right place. Although the 27 year old Berliner has had an interest in the North for many years, his decision to study the Arctic Studies Program at the University of Lapland in Finnish Lapland has confirm...

The Arctic Region Supercomputing Center (ARSC) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) seeks one or more recent PhD graduates for postdoctoral fellowships. Postdoctoral fellows will work under the guidance of faculty and staff colleagues. 

The University of Alaska Fairbanks announces an undergraduate summer research opportunity. The Institute of Arctic Biology (IAB) seeks enthusiastic undergraduates and recent college graduates who are interested in summer field research in Alaska.

ARCUS is accepting applications from Masters and PhD students for travel scholarships to attend the 20th Annual Meeting and Arctic Forum 2008, being held in Washington, DC on 13-15 May 2008. The theme of this year's meeting is "Tipping Points - The Arctic and Global Change."

Vivian Elias first became distinctly aware of the North as a 14 year old living in Toronto. News reports of the hearings into a proposed Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline, known as the Berger Inquiry, focused the consciousness of Canadians on the injustice of paternalism and exploitation that dominated South–North relations. The...

The Ocean Engineering Department in the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) at the University of Washington (UW) announces a Senior Field Engineer position vacancy.