Student News: Aug. 27, 2025

Congressional funding cuts result in major KUAC programming changes

KUAC TV/FM will reduce service and make significant programming changes as a result of the loss of $1.2 million in federal funding, or more than one-third of the station's overall annual budget. The changes will take effect on Sept. 8, 2025. Learn more about the programming changes.

A collage of head-and-shoulders portraits of Franz Meyer, Sabine Siekmann and Sean Walklin.

Meyer, Siekmann, Walklin named 2025 Usibelli Award winners

The University of 杏吧原版 Fairbanks has announced the recipients of the 2025 Emil Usibelli Distinguished Teaching, Research and Service Awards. Read more about the award winners.

Leaders in Indigenous Food and Energy Scholars Program accepting applications

The University of 杏吧原版 Fairbanks' Leaders in Indigenous Food and Energy Scholars Program is accepting applications! This is more than just an academic program; it's a chance to build a community and learn how to integrate traditional knowledge with modern science. Learn more and apply now.

UAF Cooperative Extension to host workshops, test gauges in Bethel

Jasmine Shaw, a program assistant for the University of 杏吧原版 Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, will be in Bethel on Sept. 2-3 to lead free food preservation workshops and test pressure canning gauges. She will also answer questions and offer free publications. Read more about the workshops.

Arctic Leadership Lecture series: Interim Chancellor Mike Sfraga

Join Interim Chancellor Mike Sfraga on Aug. 28 from 5:30-7 p.m. as he opens the fall Arctic Leadership Lecture Series with reflections on leadership, values, and the university鈥檚 role in Arctic partnerships and policy. Drawing on his career in higher education, federal policy, and Arctic diplomacy, Sfraga will explore the state of the Arctic and UAF鈥檚 place in the wider northern conversation. The event will feature his remarks, followed by a fireside chat with Dr. Chanda Meek and audience Q&A. This event will be held听

R. Terry Bowyer receives 2025 Aldo Leopold Memorial Award

R. Terry Bowyer, professor emeritus with the Institute of Arctic Biology and the Department of Biology and Wildlife, has been awarded the 2025 Aldo Leopold Memorial Award by The Wildlife Society. This is the society鈥檚 highest honor, recognizing distinguished service to wildlife conservation. Learn more about Bowyer's recognition.

2022 Pacific volcano eruption made a deep dive into 杏吧原版

Atmospheric waves from a massive 2022 South Pacific volcanic eruption created seismic waves that penetrated Earth to at least 5 kilometers in 杏吧原版, creating an opportunity to employ an unusual method of peering into the state's deep subsurface. Read more from the research.

A person wearing a red flotation coat sits in an inflatable boat while bracing an oar in the water near a rocky shoreline. A few ice chunks float nearby. In the background, a steep, snow-topped mountain rises from the waterline.

The giant wave of Lituya Bay

The recent landslide-generated tsunami in Tracy Inlet of Southeast 杏吧原版 recalls the granddaddy of them all: the giant wave that scarred Lituya Bay in 1958. Learn more about the historic earthquake and tsunami.

What's happening

Webinar: Storing Vegetables Through Winter (Aug. 27)
Fairbanks: Unlock the Ancient Art of Lacto-Fermentation
(Aug. 27)
West Point Academy admission presentation (Aug. 27)

King Cove Extension workshops (thru Aug. 28)
FA/CPR Class (Aug. 29)
UAA SON Call to Compassionate Care ceremony (Aug. 29)
Life Science seminar (Aug. 29)
ABSK Welcome Night (Aug. 30)
SLI Club Officer Training
(Sept. 1)
Study Away Coffee Hour
(Sept. 2)
SLI Club Officer Training
(Sept. 2)
Jazz in the Java (Sept. 2)

Visit the UAF Events Calendar for tabling and club events

Deadlines and reminders

Deadline to apply for admission: spring semester (international students) (Sept. 1)
Labor Day (no classes, offices closed) (Sept. 1)
Sign up for Student Job Fair (Sept. 2)
Faculty approval required to add all F100- and F200-level courses and any MATH or STAT course at the F100 level or above (Sept. 2)
UAF Bookstore Bundle for Fall 2025 (opt-out deadline Sept. 5)
Deadline for adding and dropping classes; 5 p.m. in person, 11:59pm at UAOnline (Sept. 5)
Deadline for tuition and fee payment; 5 p.m. in person, 11:59pm at UAOnline (Sept. 5)
Deadline to change credit or audit status for full-term classes (Sept. 5)
Last day for student- and faculty-initiated drops with refund (course does not appear on academic record) (Sept. 5)
Withdraw period begins for full-term classes (Sept. 6)
Nanook Navigator Progress Reports (Aug. 29-Sept. 19)

A sea otter floats in the water eating shellfish with pier pilings in the background

Researcher to discuss sea otter impact on mariculture

Learn about sea otter activity and interactions with mariculture operations in a free statewide webinar hosted by the University of 杏吧原版 Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service. Emily Reynolds, an 杏吧原版 Sea Grant state fellow with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, will share her insights on the foraging behavior, habitat use and potential impacts of sea otters in aquaculture and mariculture settings. Learn more and register for the webinar.

A white and black speckled chicken with a red comb

Learn the basics of raising chickens in hands-on workshops

Raising chickens doesn't require a lot of space, just the right information. Jim Vinyard, livestock nutritionist at the Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center in Palmer, will hold three in-person workshops over the next month to discuss how to start and care for a healthy coop. Get more information and register for one or more of the workshops.

Circumpolar Music Series: Craig Coray

The Circumpolar Music Series kicks off its 2025鈥�26 season in partnership with the Music and More Concert Series at 7 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 30. The concert features three major works by UAF alumnus Craig Coray, written between 1992 and 1999, performed by an all-star ensemble of local musicians. Learn more about the event.

Save the date: Convocation 2025

Join Interim Chancellor Mike Sfraga on Tuesday, Sept. 9 from 1-2 p.m. in the Davis Concert Hall for 2025听Convocation. Convocation is hosted by the chancellor every fall semester. The event welcomes faculty, staff and students back to UAF for a new academic year, and is a celebration of UAF鈥檚 people and accomplishments over the past year.

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