Week’s events: UAF memories, sleep medicine, landslides, roots music
July 11, 2019
University of Alaska Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting 40
free lectures, concerts and other events this summer. Here is what’s happening during
the week ahead:
• On Monday, July 15, the Down Memory Lane interview series will include a discussion
with Frank Soos, a UAF professor of creative writing from 1986-2004. Veteran journalist
Robert Hannon will conduct the interview, which will be at 7 p.m. in the Murie Building
auditorium.
• On Tuesday, July 16, the Healthy Living lecture series will feature doctor of osteopathic
medicine Clay Triplehorn, discussing “Sleep Physiology, Common Disorders and General
Health.” The lecture will be at 7 p.m. at the Murie Building auditorium.
• On Wednesday, July 17, the Discover Alaska lecture series will feature Denny Capps,
a geologist at Denali National Park and Preserve, and Sierra McLane, the director
of the Murie Science and Learning Center, on “Landslides and Science Education in
Denali National Park and Preserve.” The lecture will be at 7 p.m. at the Murie Building
auditorium.
• On Thursday, July 18, the Music in the Garden concert series will host the Fairbanks
Summer Arts Festival American Roots Ensemble. Music begins at 7 p.m. in the Georgeson
Botanical Garden.
For more information, visit www.uaf.edu/summer/events/ or call 907-474-7021.