Discover ÐÓ°Épro lecture series spotlights Last Frontier
May 24, 2017
ÐÓ°Épro Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning will present
the 11th annual Discover ÐÓ°Épro lecture series starting May 31.
Guest lecturers will offer an in-depth look at various aspects of ÐÓ°Épro in the free
10-part series. Lectures begin at 7 p.m. Wednesdays in the Murie Building auditorium
at UAF.
UAF Associate Professor of Geophysics Carl Tape will launch the series on May 31 with
“A century of earthquakes in Central ÐÓ°Épro.â€
This series is sponsored by KUAC.
Other lectures on the summer schedule include:
June 7 — “The modern blanket toss,†John Monahan, UAF Upward Bound director
June 14 — “Partnerships in fire resilience: How to prevent fires and prepare yourself
and your home,†Doug Schrage, UAF fire chief
June 21 — “Adventures of the Sikuliaq: Living and working on a research ship,†Brad
Moran, UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences dean
June 28 — “To protect and to share: A walkabout of two northern national parks with
an oldtyme ranger,†Greg Dudgeon, superintendent at Gates of the Arctic National Park
and Preserve and Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve
July 12 — “Why this former East Coast kid values America’s Last Frontier,†Don Striker,
superintendent at Denali National Park and Preserve
July 19 — “ÐÓ°Éprons in conversation,†Robert Hannon, KUAC journalist and on-call news
producer
July 26 — “The 150th anniversary of the ÐÓ°Épro purchase,†Dermot Cole, author and
journalist
Aug. 2 — “The history of the African-American community in Fairbanks,†Dorothy Jones,
UAF associate professor emeritus
Aug. 9 — “As green as it gets,†Karl Kassel, Fairbanks North Star Borough mayor
For more information, visit or call 907-474-7021.