2009 Darwin Festival
Schedule
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MONDAY, 9 FEBRUARY 2009 |
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8:00 a.m. |
VIDEO: “Four-Winged Dinosaur – Nova |
Slater Lecture Hall |
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9:00 a.m. |
“Voyage On The HMS Beagle – Not Quite
Your Caribbean Cruise” – Ryan
Fisher, Department of Biology, Salem State College |
Veterans Hall |
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10:00 a.m. |
VIDEO: “Charles Darwin:
Evolution’s Voice” – Biography |
Slater Lecture Hall |
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11:00 a.m. |
“New Perspectives on Animal Evolution” – Akiko Okusu, Department of Biology, Simmons College |
Veterans Hall |
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12:30 p.m. |
VIDEO: “What Females Want” – Nature |
Slater Lecture Hall |
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1:30 p.m |
“One Long Argument: The
Evolution of Darwin’s ‘Origin’” – James Costa, Department of Biology, Western
Carolina University Sponsored by the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. |
Veterans Hall |
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2:30 p.m |
VIDEO: “Flock of Dodos” (85 min.) |
Slater Lecture Hall |
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TUESDAY, 10 FEBRUARY 2009 Charles Albert Read
Science Lectures |
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8:00 a.m. |
VIDEO: “Islands That Changed the World – Galapagos” |
Slater Lecture Hall |
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9:30 a.m. |
VIDEO: “Ape Genius” – NOVA |
Slater Lecture Hall |
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11:00 a.m. |
“Darwin and the
Galapagos: What He Learned There (and What He Didn't)” (Encore from
1998) – William Durham, Department of Anthropology, Stanford University Sponsored by the Department of Geography and the Charles Albert
Read Trust |
Veterans Hall |
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12:30 p.m. |
VIDEO: “Intimate Relations – Life in the Undergrowth” |
Slater Lecture Hall |
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2:00 p.m. |
“Extinction of the Dinosaurs – A 2009
Assessment” – David Fastovsky, Department of
Geosciences, University of Rhode Island Sponsored
by the Department of Geography and the Charles Albert Read Trust |
Veterans Hall |
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WEDNESDAY, 11 FEBRUARY 2009 Charles Albert Read Science Lectures |
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8:00 a.m. |
VIDEO: “Naturalist E. O. Wilson – Lord of the Ants” – NOVA |
Slater Lecture Hall |
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9:00 a.m. |
VIDEO: “Predators” – Strange Days on Planet Earth |
Slater Lecture Hall |
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10:00 a.m. |
VIDEO: “Invasion of Land” – Life in the Undergrowth |
Slater Lecture Hall |
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11:00 p.m. |
“The Most Dangerous
Animal: Human Nature and the Origins of War” –
David Livingstone Smith, New England Institute, University of New England Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy |
Veterans Hall |
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12:30 p.m. |
“The Science of Sex Appeal: An Evolutionary
Perspective” – Gordon Gallup Jr., Department of Psychology, State University
of New York, Albany Sponsored
by the Department of Psychology and the Charles Albert Read Trust |
Veterans Hall |
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1:30 p.m. |
VIDEO:
“Rivers of Destiny” – Journey to Planet Earth |
Slater Lecture Hall |
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2:30 p.m. |
“Before and Beyond
Belligerence: Understanding Science And Religion From The Inside” – Ian
Hutchinson, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology Sponsored
by the Department of Chemistry & Physics and the Charles Albert Read
Trust |
Veterans Hall |
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3:30 p.m. |
VIDEO: “Extinction” – Evolution |
Slater Lecture Hall |
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THURSDAY, 12 FEBRUARY
2009 The 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth! Charles Albert Read
Science Lectures |
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8:00 a.m. |
VIDEO: “Supersocieties” – Life in the
Undergrowth |
Slater Lecture Hall |
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9:30 a.m. |
VIDEO: “What Males Will Do” – Nature |
Slater Lecture Hall |
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11:00 a.m. |
“The Sandwalk”
– Guild Players Touring Company The Keville-DePalma Founders Lecture |
Veterans Hall |
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12:30 p.m. |
VIDEO: “Hot Zones” – Journey to Planet Earth |
Slater Lecture Hall |
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2:00 p.m. |
“The Impact of Climate
Change on the Birds and Flowers of Thoreau's Concord” –
Richard Primack, Department of Biology, Boston
University |
Veterans Hall |
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FRIDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2009 Biology Alumni Day |
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8:00 a.m. |
VIDEO: “Seasonal Seas,
Coral Seas” – Blue Planet |
Slater Lecture Hall |
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9:00 a.m. |
“Darwin and the Geology
of Coral Reefs” – Richard Bailey, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences,
Northeastern University, Boston MA |
Veterans Hall |
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10:00 a.m. |
VIDEO: “Judgment Day – Intelligent Design on Trial” |
Slater Lecture Hall |
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11:00 a.m. |
“The
Origin and Maintenance of the Extraordinary Diversity in the Deep Oceans” – Ron Etter, Department of
Biology, University of Massachusetts, Boston MA |
Veterans Hall |
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12:30 p.m. |
VIDEO: “The Silk Spinners” – Life in the Undergrowth |
Slater Lecture Hall |
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1:30 p.m |
“Local Adaptation, Sexual
Selection and Speciation in Anolis Lizards: Looking Good Can Lead to Sexual Isolation” –
Christopher Schneider, Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston MA |
Veterans Hall |
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2:30 p.m. |
VIDEO: “Search for the Ultimate Survivor: Mystery of Us” –
National Geographic (90 min.) |
Slater Lecture Hall |
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