The International Arctic Research Center (IARC) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) is hosting the summer school, "The Modeling of Arctic Climate," on 26 May - 7 June 2008.

The new deadline for submission of abstracts for the SCAR/IASC IPY Conference and for application for IASC travel grants for early career scientists to participate in the conference is February 15, 2008.

Sixth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences, 22-26 August 2008, Nuuk, Greenland

Papers are invited for "Evolving Coastal, Nearshore and Shelf Processes in the Polar Regions" (session 1.3) being held at the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) / International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) IPY Open Science Conference in St. Petersburg, Russia, on 8-11 July 2008.

The Anthropology Department at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) is expanding its program in archaeology and biological anthropology, and invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position to begin August 2008.

The 18th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence will be held on 9-13 June 2008, in Stockholm, Sweden. The symposium is sponsored by the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and Stockholm University.

The Northern Community in the 21st Century: Seeking Balance in a Changing North Fifth Northern Research Forum (NRF) Open Meeting,  24-27 September 2008,  Anchorage, Alaska

The University of the Arctic would like to send season's greetings and best wishes in the New Year to all of its offices, members, students and supporters.

Today, December 13th, 2007, the International Polar Year (IPY) will launch its second 'International Polar Day', focussing on Ice Sheets and Traverses. In preparation for this, a special webpage, has been prepared with information for Press and Educators, details of current projects and expeditions, contact details for scient...

"Lene has been a real champion for our program," says Mona Johnson, Chair of the north2north Program, in her thank you speech to Lene Oftedal, a member of the north2north Program Team representing the Arctic governments, in Tampere on December 12, 2007.

The University of the Arctic has chosen the University of Lapland in Finland and the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, in the US as joint leads for the UArctic Graduate Area.

With the EU-grant ATANS (Access To Abisko Naturvetenskapliga Station) for the period 2005-2008, the Abisko Scientific Research Station in Sweden will financially support travel and accommodation costs for scientists from EU-countries (outside Sweden) as well as scientists from Associated States.

Three representatives of the Sakha State University, from Sakha Republic in Russia's North East, are visiting Finnish Lapland this week and meeting with representatives from the University of Oulu, Oulu University of Applied Sciences, the University of Lapland, as well as the UArctic International Secretariat.