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Friday, April 10, 2009

 

Darwin Day Scientific Symposium, Part II

 

101 Biology Bldg East (Kollros Aud)

 

3:30pm 

 

 

Anne Yoder, Ph.D.

Professor,
Dept. of Biology
Duke University
 
"Patterns of cryptic speciation in Malagasy mouse lemurs"
 

4:30pm 

 

 

Todd Oakley, Ph.D.

 

  Assistant Professor,

Dept. of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology

University of California, Santa Barbara

 

"Phylogeny and the

Evolutionary Origins of Novelty

and Complexity"

 

Prairie Lights Book Store Reading:

 

6:00 pm 

 

Lauri Lebo

 

Author of The Devil in Dover

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, April 11, 2009

 

General Public Events

Darwin Day Celebration

 

101 Biology Bldg East (Kollros Aud)

 

10:00-10:45

 

 

 

Anne Yoder, Ph.D.

 

"Madagascar:  

A Darwinian Treasure Trove"

 

 

10:45-11:30

 

 

Todd Oakley, Ph.D.

 

"Let There Be Light!

Evolution and the Genesis of Light Sensitivity in Animals"

 

11:30-12:15

 

 

 

Lauri Lebo

 

"Denying Darwin: A Discussion of Faith, Science and Deception in America"