Lessons from subarctic Iceland, the Michigan women who chronicled the Grand Canyon’s botany and the behavior of migratory birds — those are some of the topics for this summer’s lecture series at the University of Michigan Biological station in Pellston.
The free events are an annual tradition for the research campus on Douglas Lake.
There will be a new speaker every Wednesday at 7 p.m. now through July 31 at 9133 Biological Road in Pellston. The talks will take place in Gates Lecture Hall.
Biological station director Aimee Classen says she hopes attendees will arrive with curious minds and leave with new perspectives on the natural world.
“I think sometimes people think that science that you learn, maybe in school, or you hear about, it's very dry,” Classen said. “But the natural world is incredible. And the stories that we can tell are really fascinating, almost like the best suspense novels.”
See the full list of lecturers at the Biological Station website.
Two lectures will also be taken on the road:
- Tuesday, June 4, at 6 p.m. at Charlevoix Public Library, located at 220 Clinton St., in Charlevoix. “Michigan Botanists Brave the Grand Canyon” with author Melissa Sevigny.
- Monday, July 15, at 7 p.m. at Headlands International Dark Sky Park, located at 15675 Headlands Rd., in Mackinaw City. “See the Northern Lights! Make Your Dream a Reality” with aurora chaser, photographer and WTVG-TV meteorologist Ross Ellet. View the Facebook event.
Founded in 1909, the UM Biological Station is one of the nation’s largest and longest operating field research stations.
