University of Córdoba Córdoba, 16-18 May 2010 Co-organised by Foundation Universidad.es In cooperation with the University of Córdoba and the City of Córdoba Within the framework of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union

Organizers of Session 5.1, "New Frontiers and Directions in Biology, Ecology and Biodiversity," announce a call for abstracts. The session will be convened at the IPY-Oslo Science Conference, scheduled for 8-12 June 2010 in Oslo, Norway.

The UArctic project, Arctic Virtual Tools, will convene a project coordination meeting at the Arctic Centre in Rovaniemi, March 8-10, 2010. The project is coordinated by the Thule Institute, University of Oulu and counts Arctic Portal (University of Akureyri), University of Lapland, and the University Centre of the West Fjord...

Organizers of Session 2.5, "From land to ocean: Hydrological, coastal, nearshore, and upper shelf processes in polar regions," announce a call for abstracts. The session will be convened at the IPY-Oslo Science Conference, scheduled for 8-12 June 2010 in Oslo, Norway.

Organizers of Session 1.8, "Contaminants in Polar Physical and Biological Environment, Humans and Climate Influence," announce a call for abstracts. The session will be convened at the IPY-Oslo Science Conference, scheduled for 8-12 June 2010 in Oslo, Norway.

The University of Massachusetts seeks a manager for their Climate System Research Center. The position is a 12-month calendar year appointment, and is based in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Florida International University (FIU) seeks Ph.D. candidates for opportunities in arctic plant ecophysiology and ecosystem ecology. The positions are available starting Fall 2010 and are based in Miami, Florida.

The Top-level Research Initiative launches a call for Nordic Centres of Excellence within the sub-programme ”Effect studies and Adaptation to Climate Change”. The sub-programme “Effect studies and Adaptation to Climate Change” aims to improve knowledge about society’s capacities for adaptation, and the risks and opportunities...

17th Inuit Studies ConferenceOctober 28-30, 2010Val d'Or, Québec, Canada

The Office of Undergraduate Studies would like to announce that it has chosen Marlon Davies as the successful entrant for the “What UArctic Means to You” student testimonial contest, for which her reward is $500.00! Please read below Marlon’s story.

If you want to be among the first to get the latest news on European higher education policy developments, join us on 22 January 2010 for our by now traditional event, held as always in lovely Brussels.

The team of UArctic's International Secretariat has taken on a new German intern for the next three months.

Organizers of Session CR9.1, "Sea Ice and Sea Ice-Climate Interactions," announce a call for abstracts. The year 2008 was another very low sea ice year in the Arctic. Some climate models now predict that summer arctic sea ice might altogether disappear in about 30 or 40 years. While the effects of a shrinking sea ice cover on...

The dates for the 17th Inuit Studies Conference, which will be held at the UQAT First Peoples Pavilion on the Val-d'Or campus in Quebec, Canada, have been changed. The event is now scheduled for 28-30 October 2010.

Following the tradition established by Stanford University and SRI International, the 6th Annual Polar Technology Conference will be hosted by UNAVCO from 25-26 March 2010 in Boulder, Colorado.