Pat Pitney and David Read of the University of Alaska Fairbanks met with President Lars Kullerud and the UArctic International Secretariat this week (Nov 30 - Dec 2, 2010) in Levi, Finland to plan the establishment of a UArctic Finance Office.

Thematic network will focus on creating and developing an effective network model to promote environmental education for schools and higher educational institutions of Circumpolar North through establishment of a network consortium of partner universities – UArctic members.

The universities in Norwegian Tromsø and Russian Arkhangelsk are widening their field of cooperation. Last week a delegation from Arkhangelsk visited Tromsø, where it was agreed to give 15 Norwegian students grants to study in Arkhangelsk.via Barents Observer.