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Discover Alaska lecture series starts June 8

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The free nine-lecture series is presented by ������ϲʹ������� Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning. Lectures will be at 7 p.m. Wednesdays at the BP Design Theatre, located on the fourth floor of the Engineering Learning and Innovation Facility on the ������ϲʹ������� Fairbanks campus.

The presentations will also be livestreamed and available as recordings online. For more information about those options, visit uaf.edu/summer/events.

Lectures in the Discover Alaska series include:

June 8 — “Permafrost: How the Ongoing Thaw is Impacting Alaska’s Landscapes,” Louise Farquharson, research assistant professor, Geophysical Institute Permafrost Laboratory

June 15 — “The Road to Exhibition: Bus 142 at the UA Museum of the North,” Angela Linn, senior collections manager, University of Alaska Museum of the North

June 22 — “Tsunamis in Alaska: Are We Ready for the Next Big One?,” Elena Suleimani, research analyst and tsunami modeler, Alaska Earthquake Center

June 29 — “Sunny with a Chance of Electron Precipitation: Space Weather and What it Means to You,” Don Hampton, research associate professor, atmospheric and space science, Geophysical Institute

July 13 — “Flying to the Future: Drones in Alaska,” Cathy Cahill, director, Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration

July 20 — “������ϲʹ������� Center for Innovation, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship (Center ICE): Supporting Innovative Researchers and the Statewide Entrepreneurial Ecosystem,” Peter Webley, associate director of research

July 27 — “The Air We Breathe: Indoor Air Quality in Alaska,” Bill Simpson, professor of biochemistry, ������ϲʹ������� College of Natural Science and Mathematics

Aug. 3 — “Ranked Choice Voting: Will it Work for Alaska?” Dermot Cole, journalist and historian

Aug. 10 — “From Nanook to Atanarjuat: The Evolution of Recording Culture in the North,” Lenny Kamerling, professor and curator of film emeritus, UA Museum of the North

Aug. 17 — “Portraits,” JR Ancheta, Geophysical Institute chief storyteller

For more information, visit or call 907-474-7021.