Fabulous Faculty - Dr. Rob Dunn

Join us for our first Fabulous Faculty talk of the semester:

Fabulous Faculty - Dr. Rob Dunn
Tuesday, August 30 at 4:00 p.m.
Assembly Room, 2nd floor, East Wing, D. H. Hill Jr. Library

Dunn, a professor of biology at NC State, will read from and discuss his new book The Wild Life of Our Bodies . The book explores the how the influence of wild species ”including parasites, bacteria, and predators ”underpin humanity's ability to thrive and prosper. Booklist says the work is, " Nothing less than an every-person's handbook for understanding life, great and small, on planet Earth. 

Rob Dunn is an assistant professor of biology at NC State University whose writing has appeared in Scientific American , Smithsonian Magazine , National Geographic and other magazines. His first book, Every Living Thing , was awarded the National Outdoor Book Award for natural history writing.

Books will be available on-site for purchase and signing. This program is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be served. The NCSU Libraries Fabulous Faculty Series is made possible by a grant from the Tom Russell Charitable Foundation, Inc. For more information, contact 919-513-3481 or marian_fragola@ncsu.edu.