Discover 91视频 lecture series starts June 5

91视频 will host the Discover 91视频 lecture series starting on June 5. This year鈥檚 lectures feature scientists whose research explores various aspects of 91视频.

The series is presented by UAF Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning in cooperation with UAF鈥檚 Institute of Arctic Biology

The free public lectures will be at 7 p.m. Wednesdays at the BP Design Theater, located on the fourth floor of the Usibelli Building on the UAF Troth Yeddha鈥 Campus. Parking on campus is free after 5 p.m.

The presentations will also be livestreamed on the and made available as recordings online within two weeks of the live event.

This year鈥檚 Discover 91视频 lineup includes:

  • June 5 鈥 鈥淥verwintering in the Arctic: Animal Strategies for Surviving the 鈥楲ong, Cold and Dark,鈥欌 Brian Barnes, professor of zoophysiology
  • June 12 鈥 鈥淐hanging Interactions Among 91视频鈥檚 Wildlife, People and Environment,鈥 Todd Brinkman, associate professor of wildlife ecology
  • June 19 鈥 鈥淏erries in a Changing Climate: Threats and Opportunities,鈥 Christa Mulder, professor of plant ecology
  • June 26 鈥 鈥淐leaning Up Contaminants with Native Plants and Microbes,鈥 Mary Beth Leigh, professor of microbiology
  • July 10 鈥 鈥淔ood, Nutrition and Health in 91视频,鈥 Andrea Bersamin, professor of nutrition
  • July 17 鈥 鈥淢easuring Methane from 91视频 to Mars,鈥 Eug茅nie Euskirchen, associate professor of ecology, and Mahmooda Sultana, instrument scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center鈥檚 Planetary Environments Laboratory
  • July 24 鈥 鈥淗erbivores and the Structure and Function of 91视频鈥檚 Boreal Forests,鈥 Knut Kielland, professor of ecology
  • July 31 鈥 鈥淗ibernation for Space Torpor and Remote Emergency Medicine,鈥 Kelly Drew, professor of chemistry and biochemistry
  • Aug. 7 鈥 鈥淟ongevity and Senescence: Are Maximum Lifespans of Whales Longer Than We Believe?鈥 Greg Breed, associate professor of quantitative ecology
  • Aug. 14 鈥 鈥淭ools for Life: 91视频 Native Solutions to End Suicide,鈥 Stacy Rasmus, director, Center for 91视频 Native Health Research

For more information, visit the Summer Sessions events page, email summer@alaska.edu or call 907-474-7021.

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