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Gay marriage, chemical catalysts, robots and post-communist cinema are the topics that will be explored during this year’s Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series.
All lectures begin at 4 p.m. and will be held in the Massachusetts Room at the Mullins Center, with the exception of the first lecture on Nov. 9, which will be held in the Bernie Dallas Room in the Goodell Building.
This year’s lecturers are:
M.V. Lee Badgett, professor of Economics, whose talk, “From I Can’t to I Do: When Gay People Get Married,” will be presented Monday, Nov. 9.
Bret E. Jackson, professor of Chemistry, will discuss “How Catalysts Make It Happen” on Monday, Dec. 7.
Roderic A. Grupen, professor of Computer Science, will speak on “Programming Robots to Live Among Us: A Developmental Approach” on Monday, March 1.
Catherine Portuges, professor of Comparative Literature in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, will speak on “After the Wall Came Down: Post-Communist Cinemas in East-Central Europe” on Monday, April 26.
A reception follows each talk. After their lectures, faculty members in the series receive the Chancellor’s Medal, the highest honor bestowed on individuals for exemplary and extraordinary service to the campus. The lecture series is sponsored by the offices of the chancellor and the provost.
Image: (clockwise from top left) M.V. Lee Badgett, Roderic Grupen, Catherine Portuges and Bret Jackson
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