Stanford's Annual Darwin Day Symposium and Celebration Returns
Tuesday, February 19, 2013: Symposium: 3:00 - 6:00 pm Darwin's Birthday Party: 6:00 - 7:00 pm Stanford Old Union, 3rd floor Hear talks by Stanford faculty and graduate students on all things Darwin: 3:00 Welcome 3:05 Jessica Riskin, Professor of History Darwin Between the Machines, on Darwin's struggles with Lamarck and natural theology in creating his theory 3:30 Jonathan Payne, Professor of Paleobiology The Role of Extinction in Evolution, on how mass extinctions alter patterns of macroevolution 3:55 Greg Priest, Graduate student in History Darwin among the Zoophytes, on Darwin's researches into creatures at the boundary between plants and animals 4:20 Break 4:35 Introducing Greg Brown's Missa Charles Darwin, with a libretto based on Darwin's writings and a score composed on evolutionary principles 4:40 Katherine Preston, Associate Director of the Program in Human Biology Darwin on Your Plate, on how understanding evolutionary relationships help us appreciate our food 5:05 Lynn Rothschild, NASA and Stanford astrobiologist ______, on _______ 5:30 Bradford Harris, Graduate student in History Survival of the Friendliest, on symbiogenesis and the emergence of evolutionary complexity 5:55 Close After the symposium (same location, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m), join the Humanist Community at Stanford and friends for a birthday party for Charles Darwin, including a Darwin-themed birthday cake and birthday toast and the opportunity to take your picture with Charles Darwin! Also on exhibit during the event will be a selection of images from Windows on Evolution: An Artistic Celebration of Charles Darwin. This is a juried virtual art exhibit launching on February 12, and sponsored by Science Art-Nature, a nonprofit with Stanford ties. For more information, go to scienceart-nature.org.
