Stress Expert Sapolsky Speaks Oct. 28

Contact: (336) 334-4314

Posted 10-27-08

GREENSBORO — Robert Sapolsky, whose research on stress has taken him from the neuroscience labs of Stanford University to the Serengeti, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28, in the Sullivan Science Building at UNCG.

This Science & Society lecture - “Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers: Stress, Disease and Coping” - is sponsored by the university's Institute for Community and Economic Engagement. It is free and open to the public.

A professor at Stanford and a MacArthur Foundation “genius” fellow, Sapolsky has spent more than three decades studying the effects of stress on health. His reasearch was recently featured in "Killer Stress: A National Geographic Special."

His books, which will be on sale before and after his lecture, include the bestseller “Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers,” “A Primate’s Memoir,” “The Trouble with Testosterone” and, most recently, “Monkeyluv.” A reception and book signing will follow his lecture.

Campus maps are available at www.uncg.edu/online_map, and parking in the McIver Street Parking Deck will be free for those attending Sapolsky's lecture. The Sullivan Science Building is at the corner of Carr and McIver streets.

The lecture series also includes more informal Science on Tap talks with UNCG faculty members at M’Coul’s Pub – www.mcoulspub.com – 110 W. McGee Street, Greensboro. Upcoming Science on Tap events, 8-9:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month, include:

• Nov. 20 – “How environmental and dietary factors can influence the progression of HIV infection” – Dr. Will Taylor, director and senior research professor, UNCG Laboratory for Molecular Medicine.

• Dec. 18 – “Superbugs: Our contribution to the evolution of opportunistic germs” – Dr. Dasantila Golemi-Kotra, associate professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

For more information about the Science and Society Lecture Series, visit scienceandsociety.uncg.edu, email researchpartners@uncg.edu or call (336) 334-4623.