Week’s events: John Manthei, weight meds, nutrition, jazz

University of Alaska Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Summer Sessions is on hiatus during the week of July Fourth. Here’s what’s happening during the week of July 8-14.

Alaska Sea Grant to fund $1.2 million in new research

Alaska Sea Grant will fund six new research projects, with over $1.2 million supporting Alaska researchers and graduate students, during the next two years. Read more about the research projects. 

Midsemester to-do list

So now that you are halfway through the summer semester, what should you be doing now, if anything? UAF eCampus' Nicole Balazs, an enrollment counselor, says that as long as you are participating and staying engaged in your classes, you are on track to completing your courses. Read more for additional suggestions.