Welcome to America's Arctic University

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Choose UAF for your graduate education and work with internationally known faculty on globe-spanning research with an arctic focus.

Alaska's only Ph.D.-granting university, UAF offers graduate degrees in the humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, engineering and professional fields, and is a top producer of Native American degree recipients.

Our geographic location and expert faculty combine to give UAF a well-earned reputation for arctic and northern research.

By working closely with faculty, our graduate students gain valuable experience that can lead to successful employment in the North — or anywhere their profession and passion take them.

UAF Graduate Students Win Awards

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Rusheet Shah

Rusheet Shah - M.S. Candidate in Petroleum Engineering

Rusheet won 1st place in the Society of Petroleum Engineers 2009 Western Regional Meeting and 3rd place in the International Student Paper Contest (M.S. division). Rusheet's competitors were petroleum engineering students from 5 different universities around the world.
 
Rusheet presented his work on application of nanotechnology for enhanced oil recovery (EOR), which is funded by the Office of Electronic Miniaturization (OEM).


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Elizabeth "Bessie" Green Markley

Elizabeth Markley - M.S. Candidate in Biology

Award: Elizabeth (Bessie) won Best Poster at the ACUNS conference in Whitehorse, YT, Canada.

Poster title: Ecology of juvenile Chinook salmon in an interior Alaska clearwater river

Authors: Elizabeth C. Green, Megan T. Perry, Jason R. Neuswanger, Emily R. Benson, Laura Gutierrez, Mark S. Wipfli, Nicholas F. Hughes, and Matthew J. Evenson

Bio:  Elizabeth Green is a Master's student in Biology and Wildlife at UAF.  She recently defended her Master's thesis studying terrestrial and upstream influences on trout in headwater streams in the east Cascade Mountain Range in Washington.  The poster she presented at the ACUNS IPY Communties of Change Conference in Whitehorse is a collaborative effort among several graduate students in Mark Wipfli's aquatic ecology lab.  Elizabeth is  one of five students working on this study of the influence of river flow and temperature on food production, fish diet and growth, and foraging behavior of juvenile Chinook salmon in the Chena River.

Bessie's research interests lie in the ecology and conservation of running water. You can read more about her research here.


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Russell "Russ" Dennis

Russell Dennis - M.S. Student in Biology

Award: Russell won Best Poster at the ACUNS conference in Whitehorse, YT, Canada.

Poster Title: Oviposition Site Preference and Larval Performance of the Aspen Leaf Miner

Russell completed his undergraduate degree in Environmental Science at the University of Vermont, and is a current MS student of biology at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. With Patricia Doak and Diane Wagner, Russell is conducting research on the role of aspen extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) in defense against an outbreak herbivore, the aspen leaf miner (ALM).

You can read about Russ' poster here.

Graduating this Fall?

Here are some deadlines to keep in mind:

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You need to register for at least 3 graduate-level credits. Last day to register is September 11, 2009. Registration deadline in days. Are you registered yet?

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You must apply for Fall Graduation by October 15. Time left to register: days

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The Graduate School needs your Advancement to Candidacy by September 15. Time to deadline: days

We also need the final draft of your thesis by December 3. Time to deadline: days

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All other paperwork, including grade changes, is due by December 16. Time to deadline: days

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