Mike Sfraga, then-chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, speaks on April 10, 2024, at the Arctic Encounter Symposium in Anchorage. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
The former first U.S. ambassador-at-large to the Arctic, Mike Sfraga, has stepped into a new role as interim chancellor of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and brings experience, focus, and a unique passion for the state’s leading research institution, which describes itself as “America’s Arctic university.”
In a phone interview in early August, Sfraga talked about his goals and challenges in the role, which is expected to last one year, as the University of Alaska continues a search for a permanent chancellor…