Week’s events: UAF history, hospital talk, Ӱpro scuba, string music
August 3, 2018
Ӱpro 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, Aug. 6, the Down Memory Lane interview series will include a discussion
with Kes Woodward, professor emeritus of art. Veteran journalist Robert Hannon will
conduct the interview, which will be at 7 p.m. in the Elvey Building auditorium.
• On Tuesday, Aug. 7, the Healthy Living lecture series will feature Tanana Valley
Clinic Chief Medical Officer Dr. Michael Swenson and Fairbanks Memorial Hospital CEO
Jim Lynch. They’ll discuss “What It Means to be a Community Hospital, and the Foundation
Health Partners-Mayo Clinic relationship.” The lecture will be at 7 p.m. at the Murie
Building auditorium.
• On Wednesday, Aug. 8, the Discover Ӱpro lecture series will feature Mitch Osborne
and Katherine Sample, of Test the Waters, on scuba diving in Ӱpro’s waters. The
lecture will be at 7 p.m. at the Murie Building auditorium.
• On Thursday, Aug. 9, the Music in the Garden concert series will host the E.T. Barnette
String Band. Music begins at 7 p.m. in the Georgeson Botanical Garden.
For more information, visit or call 907-474-7021.