Jedd Hafer - Love and Logic Institute

Monday, August 15 at 7 p.m.
in Davis Concert Hall. Free.

This is an evening for parents, grandparents and anyone with children in their lives to explore the basic parenting concepts of the Love and Logic Institute. Jedd Hafer, Development Director for Axios Youth Community in Colorado and parent of four children, speaks from experience and practice. Hear easy-to-learn strategies for parenting that can help children of all ages solve their own problems, make wise decisions and resist peer pressure, as well as putting an end to backtalk, arguing and power struggles. In earlier days, Jedd toured as a professional comic, so be prepared for a presentation of enthusiasm and humor.

Brought to you by Summer Sessions & Lifelong Learning, UAF Center for Distance Education and Independent Learning, Fairbanks Resource Agency and Open Arms Lutheran Child Development Center.

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Deborah Blum - Cocktails and Cyanide

Wednesday, July 20 at 7 p.m.
in Schaible Auditorium. Free.

Pulitzer Prize winning science writer and Helen Firstbrook Franklin Professor of Journalism at the University of Wisconsin, Deborah Blum will take you on an entertaining and educational tour through the history of poisons. Blum will introduce you to some very clever homicidal killers and the early scientists who worked to determine what puts us at risk.

Deborah is the author of six books including The Field Guide for Science Writers, The Monkey Wars, Ghost Hunters and her most recent book, The Poisoner’s Handbook which was selected as one of the 100 best books in 2010 by Amazon. Some of the many publications she writes for are The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, The New York Times, Mother Jones, Utne Reader, Science News and The Huffington Post. Her website is deborahblum.com.

“The Poisoner’s Handbook is an inventive history that, like arsenic mixed into blackberry pie, goes down with ease.” —The New York Times

Brought to you by Summer Sessions & Lifelong Learning, the Cooperative Extension Service and Alaska EPSCoR.