2009 Darwin Festival Schedule (Talks only, all to be given in Veterans Hall)

	MONDAY, 9 FEBRUARY 2009
9:00 a.m.	“Voyage On The HMS Beagle – Not Quite Your Caribbean Cruise” – Ryan Fisher, Department of Biology, Salem State College
11:00 a.m.	“New Perspectives on Animal Evolution” – Akiko Okusu, Department of Biology, Simmons College
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.
	TUESDAY, 10 FEBRUARY 2009 Charles Albert Read Science Lectures
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
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
	WEDNESDAY, 11 FEBRUARY 2009 Charles Albert Read Science Lectures
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
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
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
	THURSDAY, 12 FEBRUARY 2009 The 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth! Charles Albert Read Science Lectures
11:00 a.m.	“The Sandwalk” – Guild Players Touring Company The Keville-DePalma Founders Lecture
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
	FRIDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2009 Biology Alumni Day
9:00 a.m.	“Darwin and the Geology of Coral Reefs” – Richard Bailey, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston MA
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
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