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Summer Sessions offers two lecture series for centennial
Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning has scheduled two lecture series to help celebrate UAF's centennial.
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The Down Memory Lane and Centennial Celebration Speakers series highlight important figures in UAF's history.
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Down Memory Lane, Mondays at 7 p.m. June 12-Aug. 7, features two professors emeriti in complementary disciplines discussing their work at UAF.
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The Centennial Celebration Speakers Series features five notable figures who have shaped UAF — Mark Hamilton on June 18, Dana Thomas on June 25, Wendy Redman on July 23, Marshall Lind on July 30 and Brian Rogers on Aug. 27.
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Take an after-hours bike tour of Fairbanks
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The fourth event in the community programming series for UAF's centennial will be a historic bike tour of Fairbanks on June 15. Read more
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Upcoming events and activities
Nanook Rendezvous alumni reunion
July 20-23
Sign up for at least four of the starred events on the reunion website and be eligible to win a free, round-trip ticket on Alaska Airlines. Drawing will take place July 22 at the Alaska Goldpanners baseball team's Nanook Night. Must be present to win.
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Centennial lecture featuring Shankar Vedantam
Aug. 25, 6 p.m., Hering Auditorium
Shankar Vedantam is a science correspondent with National Public Radio, host of the podcast "Hidden Brain" and author of the 2010 book of the same name. Vedantam’s work focuses on unconscious prejudice and how it affects everything from how people fall in love to how nations go to war.
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100 of UAF's people — Cashen
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William Cashen '37 wrote a biography of Charles Bunnell, the university's first president, as part of his many contributions to the college. For his story and many more, visit our centennial website.
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