Harry Donkor is congratulated after receiving his master’s degree in cross-cultural education during Commencement 2007.
At home in the world
From its start in 1917 as a mining and
agricultural school, UAF has become America’s
arctic university and the flagship of the state’s
university system. A Land, Sea and Space Grant university, UAF’s range of teaching and research is
as diverse as Alaska itself. From physics to foreign
languages, supercomputers to sociology, UAF helps
people learn more about their world.
Total......................Undergraduate...............Female....................Graduate.......................Male.......................International.................Alaska Native/Median age....................
Degrees of knowledge
Eight schools and colleges offer some 190 degrees and certificates in 120 disciplines.
Commencement 2008*
Laura Alvarez-Aviles, a graduate student studying environmental chemistry at UAF, measures the characteristics of snow at a test site near the Fairbanks campus.
Photo © Patrick J. Endres/Alaskaphotographics.com
Building research
Research at UAF investigates health and environmental issues that affect everyone. Two recently completed buildings — the West Ridge Research Lab and the Biological and Research Diagnostics Facility — have increased UAF’s prestige as a research institution.
Polar extremes
UAF researchers are heavily involved in the fourth International Polar Year (March 2007 – March 2009). This international research campaign focuses on the polar regions and their impact on everything from anthropology to wildlife biology.
Sharing knowledge
Science Education Outreach Network:
This database of UAF science education activities includes math and science topics from agriculture to zoology, with everything from community workshops to hands-on activities for even the youngest explorers.
Cooperative Extension Service and Marine Advisory Program: CES and MAP turn university research into practical information that helps Alaskans make the most of life in the Far North.
KUAC: Part of the Alaska public broadcasting system, the radio and television programs from Emmy Award-winning KUAC reach across the state, connecting Alaska to the world and the world to Alaska.
Archana Bali, a Ph.D. student from India, studies caribou
and wildlife conservation as the first George Schaller Fellowship
recipient, funded by a generous gift from the Liz Claiborne and Art
Ortenberg Foundation.
More options, more jobs
Going the distance
UAF seven campuses, spread throughout the state, give students access to a 360-million-acre classroom.
Bristol Bay Campus, Dillingham ..................Center for Distance Education ....................Chulchi Campus, Kotzebue .........................Fairbanks Campus ...................................Interior-Aleutians Campus .........................Kuskokwim Campus, Bethel .......................Northwest Campus, Nome ..........................Tanana Valley Campus, Fairbanks .............
