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9th International Summer School of Karelia ISSK / deadline April 5th

9th International Summer School of Karelia, ISSK, will be organized in Petrozavodsk 14.-18.5.2012 by University of Lapland and Petrozavodsk State University.

Fri, Mar 30, 2012

Rovaniemi, the home of deep snow judo?

On February 25th Ounasvaara recreation area was the site of the 2nd annual Mad About Snow wintersport carnival where international competitors, young and ol...

Fri, Mar 30, 2012

Reminder: New Thematic Networks proposal deadline is March 31st 2012

Thematic networks coordination welcomes the proposals for new thematic networks that will fill the gaps in our current thematic networks fields. The minimum...

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

UArctic signs agreement with Arctic indigenous peoples organizations

The University of the Arctic (UArctic) today reached a new level of cooperation with the indigenous organizations that are permanent participants in the...

Wed, Mar 28, 2012

SNOWTALKS, a PhD training course gathered Nordic students to Abisko Scientific Research Station

A multidisciplinary course on the climate change effects on people and environment and especially the effects on snow and ice was held in Abisko, in Swed...

Wed, Mar 28, 2012

UArctic Thematic Network on Social Work - March 2012 Newsletter

The UArctic Thematic Network on Social Work has published its March 2012 newsletter, available in PDF. Highlights of the newsletter include Russian-Finnish c...

Tue, Mar 27, 2012

NEFU signs Memorandum with the UArctic Institute of Circumpolar Reindeer Husbandry (EALAT)

The Rector of North-Eastern Federal University Yevgenia Mikhailova and the Chairman of the Board of the World Reindeer Herders Association Mikhail Pogoda...

Tue, Mar 27, 2012

IPY Field School 2012 Applications reminder: Deadline April 1

Applications to the fourth IPY Field School are now accepted. The course will run between 25 June – 13 July and only 25 highly qualified undergraduate an...

Tue, Mar 27, 2012

NEFU and USask: the Development of a ‘Northern Health Summer Institute’

The delegation from North-Eastern Federal University (Yakutsk, Siberia) has visited University of Saskatchewan, March 15-22, to discuss some questions concer...

Mon, Mar 26, 2012

The Nordic Council with an Arctic Strategy

The Nordic Council has adopted a proposal calling for the Nordic Council of Ministers to “initiate an action plan for an expanded Nordic research infrastru...

Mon, Mar 26, 2012

Open session in the snow cinema in the presence of H.S.H Prince Albert and H.S.H Princess Charlene at Thon Hotel Kautokeino

Open session including students and youth at the Snow Cinema outside Thon hotel in Kautokeino the presence of H.S.H Prince Albert II and H.S.H Princess...

Mon, Mar 26, 2012

New phase of the ArctiChildren project – Empowering School e-Health Model in the Barents region (2012-2014)

On the 12th−13th of March the kick-off seminar within the international project “ArctiChildren” was held at Rovaniemi University of Applied Sciences.

Fri, Mar 23, 2012

International Conference “Geomorphology and Quaternary Palaeogeography of Polar Regions”

International Conference “Geomorphology and Quaternary Paleogeography of Polar Regions” is held at St. Petersburg State University on September 9-17, 2012.

Fri, Mar 23, 2012

Finnmark University College and North-Eastern Federal University: new horizons for cooperation

Finnmark University College and North-Eastern Federal University are extending their cooperation from Bachelor of Northern Studies to other programs, inclu...

Thu, Mar 22, 2012

Alaska Native Language Center hosts Dene-Yeniseian Workshop

Four years after the inaugural 2008 workshop, the Alaska Native Language Center will host the second Dene-Yeniseian Workshop exploring the prehistoric lingui...

Wed, Mar 21, 2012