Beginning in Fall 2008, the Year of Darwin celebration will host regularly scheduled events pertaining to Charles Darwin, evolution and associated science topics. Additional events, sponsored by departments across campus, will also be held throughout the year.
If your campus department or organization is holding a Darwin/Evolution-related event, please fill out our event submission form so that we may include it in our list of activities. Inclusion in the list is subject to the discretion of the Year of Darwin committee.
All events are open to the public unless otherwise specified. Additional details forthcoming.
Year of Darwin Speakers & Events
August 28, 2008 — David Quammen (Fall Convocation)
David Quammen is a journalist and his book "The Reluctant Mr. Darwin," will be assigned to incoming students as part of the 2008 Common Reading Program.
September 9, 2008 — Gary Litman (Ecker Lecture)
Professor Litman (University of South Florida) is an authority on the evolution of the immune system. Hosted by the Department of Pathology.
September 12, 2008 — Sean B. Carroll
Professor Carroll (University of Wisconsin) is a highly regarded investigator who studies animal development in an evolutionary context. He is supported by the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute for his experimental work, and he has written a number of popular books on biological development and evolution. Hosted by College Scholars and SAGES.
September 18-19, 2008 — Robert Richards
September 18, 5:00pm Wolstein Research Bldg. "Darwinian Moral Theory"
September 19, Public Affairs Friday Lunch Discussion Group "Evolution and Politics" in the Inamori Center, Rooms 09 and 11
Professor Richards (University of Chicago) is a noted historian of science and medicine who has published several books relating to evolutionary thought. Hosted by the Inamori Center.
September 25 , 2008 — Judge John E. Jones III
5-6 p.m. with 30 minute Q&A, Strohsaker Auditorium
Judge Jones is the federal judge who presided in the controversial trial pertaining to the teaching of intelligent design in Dover, PA. Hosted by the School of Law.
September 26, 2008 - Richard Katskee and Lauri Lebo
12:30 - 1:45 p.m. in Clark Hall, room 309
Richard Katskee is an attorney for American United for Church and State and Lauri Lebo is a journalist who covered the Dover, PA intelligent design trial. They will present "The Devil in Dover and Elsewhere: The Personal Side of the Creationism Controversy". Judge John E. Jones III presided over that trial and will speak on September 25th. Hosted by the Religion Department.
http://pipl.com/directory/people/Richard/Katskee
http://laurilebo.com/dp/
October 14, 2008 — Neil Shubin
7:00 p.m., Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Admission is free, but tickets—available from the museum box office, 216.231.1177—are required for entry.
Professor Shubin (University of Chicago) is a well-known paleontologist who studies the morphological and developmental origins of the tetrapod limb. He recently discovered Tiktaalik, a species linking aquatic "lobe-finned" fishes with early terrestrial tetrapods. Held in conjunction with the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's annual meeting in downtown Cleveland.
October 16, 2008 — Edward J. Larson (Brahms Lecture)
School of Law: 4:30 p.m.
Professor Larson (Pepperdine University) is a noted historian and legal scholar and Pulitzer Prize winner who has written on the controversies relating to the teaching of evolution in the United States.
October 20, 2008 — John Holland
Professor Holland (University of Michigan) is a pioneer in computer science and the originator of genetic algorithms. Hosted by Department of Operations, Weatherhead School of Management, and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of Engineering.
November 6, 2008 — Robert Hazen (Sigma Xi Lecture)
Professor Robert Hazen (Carnegie Institution and George Mason University) is a respected and widely published geochemist who studies chemical evolution and the origin of life and has a mineral “hazenite” named after him. Hosted by the Case Western Reserve University chapter of Sigma Xi the Scientific Research Society.
November 12, 2008 — Jerry Coyne
Professor Coyne (University of Chicago) is a leading evolutionary geneticist and authority on speciation. Hosted by Pathology and Genetics.
December 4, 2008 - Hans Hofmann
Dr. Hofmann from the University of Texas will speak about Molecular Systems Analyses of Plastic Brains Engaged in Social Behavior. Sponsored by the Biology Department. Contact Professor Oldfield for additional information.
De Grace Hall 312: 4:30pm
February 14, 2009 — Floyd Sandford (Darwin Day)
Professor Sandford is an emeritus member of the Biology Department at Coe College. He performs a one-man "Darwin show" and lectures on Darwin. Hosted by John Orlock of the Theater Department.
Cleveland Museum of Natural History: 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. performance followed by 30 minute discussion
March 3, 2009 — E. O. Wilson (Distinguished Lecture)
Professor Wilson (Harvard University) is an emeritus faculty member and an eminent evolutionary biologist and popular writer who has won two Pulitzer Prizes.
March/April, 2009 — Angela Belcher
Professor Belcher (MIT) is a highly regarded young investigator who exploits the principles exemplified in biological structures to design new materials.
Date to be determined; hosted by Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
April 8, 2009 — Sarah Tishkoff
"The genetic basis of human adaptation in Africa"
4:30 pm, Clapp Hall 108
Professor Tishkoff (University of Pennsylvania) is a highly respected geneticist and anthropologist who has made significant contributions to the understanding of human evolution through studies of genetic variation with particular emphasis on the genetic history of East African populations. Hosted by Department of Anthropology.
Past Events
Skeletons in Our Closet
A lecture will be held on November 8, 2007, 4:30-5:30 pm in Degrace Hall, room 312 by Dr. Clark Larsen. The topic is: "Skeletons in our closet: Revealing our past through bioarcheology." Click here for more details.
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