Lecture series highlights broad range of research in sciences, humanities

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    LOUISVILLE, Ky. 鈥 A fall luncheon lecture series will feature University of Louisville researchers whose worksites can range from Cave Hill Cemetery to a campus clinic and topics range from water politics in India to animal research in Siberia.

    The College of Arts and Sciences and the Liberal Studies Project offer the monthly Meet the Professor series to highlight the college’s research and cultural offerings.

    The Thursday luncheon talks begin at noon in the University Club. Reservations are required, with $15 payment by check. To reserve a spot, contact Janna Tajibaeva at 502-852-2247 or janna@louisville.edu no later than the Monday before each event.

    聽聽Here are the fall 2017 semester talks:

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Sept. 7 鈥 “Attending to What Remains: Public Memory at Louisville鈥檚 Cave Hill Cemetery,鈥 Stephen Schneider, English associate professor. He will discuss the cemetery鈥檚 memorial landscape that has become a museum of municipal history dedicated to notables ranging from Louisville鈥檚 first mayor to Muhammad Ali.

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Oct. 5 鈥 鈥淧ipe Politics, Contested Waters: Embedded Infrastructures of Millennial Mumbai,鈥 Lisa Bjorkman, urban and public affairs assistant professor. She will talk about the deterioration of the Indian city鈥檚 water-delivery system despite economic growth and development and its social, political and hydraulic effects.

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Nov. 2 鈥 鈥淗ow to Tame a Fox and Build a Dog,鈥 Lee Dugatkin, biology professor. Drawing on his 2017 book title, the science historian will share the story of lead scientist Lyudmila Trut and a research team in Siberia that for six decades has been domesticating silver foxes to replay the evolution of dogs in real time.

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Dec. 7 鈥 鈥淯sing Technology to Develop Novel Treatments for Eating Disorders,鈥 Cheri Levinson, psychological and brain sciences assistant professor. The director of UofL鈥檚 new Eating Anxiety Treatment (EAT) laboratory and clinic will talk about the deadliest of mental illnesses and discuss her ongoing research to develop novel interventions to treat the disorders.

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    Judy Hughes
    Judy Hughes is a senior communications and marketing coordinator for UofL鈥檚 Office of Communications and Marketing and associate editor of UofL Magazine. She previously worked in news as a writer and editor for a daily newspaper and The Associated Press.