Week’s events: UAF memories, balance, beavers, stompable tunes

June 15, 2018

Jeff Richardson

University of Alaska Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and other events this summer. Here is what’s happening during the week ahead:

• On Monday, June 18, the Down Memory Lane interview series will include a discussion with Charles Deehr, UAF professor of physics, 1958-1988. Veteran journalist Robert Hannon will conduct the interview, which will be at 7 p.m. at the Elvey Building auditorium.
• On Tuesday, June 19, the Health Living lecture series will feature physical therapist Cheryl Sackett and athletic trainer Heidi Watkins discussing “Head Over Heels for Balance.” Their lecture will be at 7 p.m. at the Murie Building auditorium.
• On Wednesday, June 20, the Discover Alaska lecture series will present Ken Tape, an ecologist at the UAF Institute of Northern Engineering, and “Tundra be Dammed: Beaver Colonization of the Arctic.” The lecture will be at 7 p.m. at the Murie Building auditorium.
• On Thursday, June 21, the Music in the Garden concert series will host the Rock Bottom Stompers, featuring soulful, stompable tunes and sweet, lonesome harmonies. Music begins at 7 p.m. at the Georgeson Botanical Garden.

For more information, visit www.uaf.edu/summer/events/ or call 907-474-7021.