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  • E.B. and Bertha C. Ball Center Introduction to Infectious Diseases - Part 2 4:00pm to 5:30pm @ The E.B. and Bertha C. Ball Center 400 Minnetrista Boulevard, Muncie
    Cost: No Charge - Reservations Required
    Ages: 18+
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    This non-credit, personal enrichment course meets six Tuesdays, March 6-April 10, 4-5:30 p.m.

    Infectious diseases touch the lives of everyone. Whether it's something as minor as the common cold or as serious as Ebola, we all have grappled with infections. This DVD series, produced by The Great Courses, will provide a comprehensive overview of diseases from the mundane to the fatal with renowned physician and award-winning professor Dr. Barry Fox of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. 

    Topics Covered (two, 30-minute lectures per class):
    March 6: Food-Borne Illness: What’s Your Gut Feeling?; and Respiratory and Brain Infections
    March 13: Flesh-Eating Bacteria and Blood Poisoning; STDs and Other Infections Below the Belt
    March 20: Stay Out of the Hospital!; and The Nemesis of Mankind: HIV and AIDS
    March 27: Malaria and Tuberculosis: Global Killers; and Global Travel, War, and Natural Disasters 
    April 3: Influenza: Past and Future Threat; Bioterrorism: How Worried Should We Be?
    April 10: Emerging and Reemerging Diseases; and Outbreak! Contagion! The Next Pandemic!

    You may attend Part 2 without having attended Part 1.

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Apr 24, 2018

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  • E.B. and Bertha C. Ball Center Forensic History: Crimes, Frauds, and Scandals - Part 1 10:00am to 11:15am @ The E.B. and Bertha C. Ball Center 400 Minnetrista Boulevard, Muncie
    Cost: No Charge - Reservations Required
    Ages: 18+
    E.B. and Bertha C. Ball Center E.B. and Bertha C. Ball Center

    This non-credit, personal enrichment course is six Tuesdays, April 24-May 29, 10-11:15 a.m.

    This DVD series, produced by The Great Courses, steps into the world of forensic science and focuses on the most fascinating historical crimes and mysteries from the last two centuries. Delivered by acclaimed Professor Elizabeth A. Murray of Mount St. Joseph University, a forensic anthropologist with nearly 30 years of experience in the field, the lectures will discuss cutting-edge advancements in science and technology and how they are applied to investigations.

    Topics Covered (two, 30-minute lectures per class): 
    April 24: The Infamous Jack the Ripper; and Analyzing the Black Dahlia Murder
    May 1: Dissecting Hollywood Deaths; and Decomposition and Confusing Interpretations
    May 8: Lizzie Borden and the Menendez Brothers; and The Tylenol Murders
    May 15: Copycats and Hoaxes; and Frauds and Forgeries 
    May 22: Blood Doping and Other Sports Scandals; and Boys of U.S. Politics 
    May 29: Criminals of the Wild, Wild West; and Investigating Incredible Bank Heists

    Part 2 to be offered Fall 2018. 

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