The Arctic and Northern Studies program provides students the opportunity to study some of the world’s most pressing problems in one of the world’s most beautiful settings.
In recent years, as climate change has threatened the global environment, the world’s eyes have turned to the Arctic, where the pace of warming is more than double that elsewhere in the world. Residents of the circumpolar North don’t have to imagine how climate change might affect them in a decade or two. Communities are already experiencing the devastating effects of coastal erosion, sea ice melt, crumbling infrastructure resulting from melting permafrost, and the most destructive wildfires on record. Our program educates the next generation of students and supports their research on these and other pressing issues.
Arctic and Northern Studies Program Contact Information
Email: uaf-northern@alaska.edu
Phone: 907-474-7126
Fax: 907-474-5817
Physical address:
1747 S Chandalar Drive
Gruening Building, Room 605
Fairbanks, AK 99775
Mailing address:
UAF Arctic and Northern Studies Program
PO Box 756470
Fairbanks, AK 99775
Laura Schneider
Office: Gruening Building, Room 605
Phone: 907-474-7126
Email: uaf-northern@alaska.edu
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Our CLA Comprehensive Academic Advisors, Dan Darrow and Grace Carroll can assist with registration, petitions, change of major requests, and answer any number of questions related to the college experience. Advising appointments are available in person, via telephone, over zoom or via email.

Dan Darrow
CLA Lead Comprehensive Academic Advisor
College of Liberal Arts
Gruening Building, Room 503 G
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Grace Carroll
CLA Comprehensive Academic Advisor
College of Liberal Arts
Gruening Building, Room 503 F
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