Arctic Summer School 2020 organized by North-Eastern Federal University, Russia and Northern Forum international organization will be held online from July 27 – August 7, 2020

Laura Halbach a PhD student from Aarhus University, started her journey to Nuuk, Greenland in February.  "Since I have a great passion for the polar regions and since I am working within my PhD with microalgae living within glacier ice, the course “Sea Ice Ecology” fitted very well to my ongoing research projects."

Associate Professor Jennifer Munday from Albury Wodonga Campus of Charles Sturt University, Australia will speak about using embedded ePorfolio in a Bachelor of Education. The webinar will be held on 6th of May, 2020 at 17.00 Australian time (UTC +10).

Research in the Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Climate, and Environment (CAGE) focuses on the role of the Arctic Ocean gas hydrate in the context of environmental and climate issues.

The UArctic Philanthropy Manager will work closely with its leadership and partners to define, lead and execute philanthropic fundraising activities and programs for the non-profit UArctic Association (50-75%), the Arctic Circle (25-50%), and collaborations between the two.

Aiming to serve as a platform for a tri-centennial stocktaking, CIRCLA/AAU Arctic invites panel sessions and papers presenting and discussing analyses from across the human and social sciences for a conference on ‘Greenland-Denmark 1721+300=2021’.

Roza Laptander's "When we got reindeer, we moved to live to the tundra - The spoken and Silenced History of the Yamal Nenets"​ is based on the stories of the Nenets reindeer herders from the Yamal peninsula, Western Siberia. [original article from Arctic Centre - University of Lapland]

IASSA Council published the major update to the IASSA Principles and Guidelines for Conducting Ethical Research in the Arctic. This statement of principles has been formulated in accordance with the IASSA Bylaws and approved by the IASSA Council.

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $500,000 grant to Georgetown University, in partnership with the University of Alaska Anchorage and the Arctic Institute, to establish a Research Coordination Network on Arctic Migrations.

On April 10, 2020, official order was signed by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation to rename the Yakutsk State Agricultural Academy. Now the Academy has received the status of the University and will be called the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Arctic State Agrotechnolo...

The International Association of Universities (IAU) is closely monitoring the various impacts of COVID-19 on the higher education community. [original article]

UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education and UNESCO/UNITWIN Network on Teacher Education had a joint webinar on research perspectives on Greenlandic primary school system on March 30, 2020. The recording is now published.

UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education held a seminar and a book launch event on 11th of March at the University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland. 

UArctic Research Chair, Professor Jeff Welker (University of Oulu & University of Alaska Anchorage) recently led an on-line IARPC seminar on the Arctic Water Cycle to the Arctic Atmosphere Team (https://www.iarpccollaborations.org/members/people/teams/8).

A new article from ArcticFinland focusses on how Arctic researchers have responded to the current crisis as more activities move online, including contributions from UArctic's VP Organization Outi Snellman and VP Research Arja Rautio. [excerpted from original article by Maija Myllylä]