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A woman wearing a beaded vest over a purple shirtStern to serve as UAF interim provost

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I am happy to announce that Dr. Charlene Stern, vice chancellor for rural, community, and Native education, has agreed to serve as UAF's interim provost and executive vice chancellor while we conduct a national search for a permanent provost. Read more about Stern's selection and the provost search committee (which includes a student representative nominated by ASUAF).

UAF Bookstore Bundle: Summer 2025

The UAF Bookstore Bundle makes access to required course materials affordable and convenient for students. Through this program, students can rent all required textbooks, lab manuals, access codes, digital materials and electronic books for a flat fee. Please note that there are two opt-out periods. Read more on the Bookstore Bundle and the summer opt-out deadlines.

The balloon drop during the 2025 ²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø Commencement Ceremony Saturday, May 3, 2025, at the Carlson Center.2025 Commencement Week photos!

Last week was full of events as we geared up to celebrate our graduates during UAF's 103rd Commencement. Check out some highlights in our Facebook albums.

Food trucks are back

Your favorite campus food trucks are rolling back in for the summer! Some of the previous year's top picks will be returning, serving up delicious food all season long. Check theÌýSummer Hours calendar regularly, as new dates and trucks are being added throughout the season.

A woman in bright yellow pants, a gray jacket and a blue ballcap directs a long white plastic pipe into a hole in a spot of dirt emerging from a snowy forest floor.

The 'Hole-in-the-Ground Girl'

Leanne Bulger recently found a new hole in the forest floor on the west end of ²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø. Into it, she poked a long plastic pipe. Read more about the research Bulger is conducting.

A tiny wasp hovers above the white blossoms of a yarrow plant

Build a garden for native pollinators in Delta Junction class

Get hands-on experience propagating native species and learn how to create a thriving community of nectar-rich native plants in a free in-person workshop in Delta Junction. The workshop is hosted by the ²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø Cooperative Extension Service in conjunction with the Salcha-Delta Soil & Water Conservation District and Partners for Progress in Delta. Read more and register for the workshop.

Three chickens stand on a bar inside a yellow-painted coopChicken University teaches the basics of raising poultry

Raising chickens in the backyard is a fun hobby and a great way to improve your food security in Alaska. Chicken University is a free class led by Jim Vinyard with the ²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station. He will discuss everything you need to know to start and nurture your flock. Read more and register.

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UAF colleges honor 2024-2025 top students

Schools and colleges at the ²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø have named their outstanding students for the 2024-2025 academic years. Students are selected for a variety of accomplishments, including exceptional academic achievement, leadership, contributions to their field or community. Read more on the student honors.

UAF student wins press club public service award

²ÊÉñix¹ÙÍø student Lina Mariscal has received the 2025 Alaska Press Club Public Service Award. She is one of a dozen UAF students who received awards at the press club's annual conference earlier this month. Learn more about Mariscal's recognition.

Bear Safety Intensive - Field Safety Training

Bear awareness, encounter prevention and appropriate response scenarios discussed. This May 14 course goes more in depth and includes practice bear spray scenarios, multi media presentation. Inert Bear spray provided for practice. Read more on the training.

Two skin drums, one featuring Northwest Coast tribal designs, are grouped with sheet music of Alaska's Flag Song, a drumstick made of a branch and fur, and two small model drums made of construction paper.

Museum family programs showcase songs in May

Family programs at the University of Alaska Museum of the North will explore the theme of songs in May. Learn more on the programs.

Making Sense of Alaska’s Changing Wildfire Environment

Join the Alaska Fire Science Consortium for this online webinar on Tuesday, May 13 from 11 a.m. to noon to discuss Alaska's changing wildfire environment. This webinar will showcase ways that wildfire managers and scientists work together to improve wildfire-related decision making and the public’s understanding of these topics. Ìýfor the online event.

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