D-Day is once again apon us.
Here in Ithaca, The Ecological Society of America, which publishes out of our city had this to say
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While promoting D Day for 2008, we will also be working on making 2009 a global celebration that draws unprecedented attention to Darwin's life and legacy, and that also establishes D Day as a major annual holiday
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While promoting D Day for 2008, we will also be working on making 2009 a global celebration that draws unprecedented attention to Darwin's life and legacy, and that also establishes D Day as a major annual holiday
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While promoting D Day for 2008, we will also be working on making 2009 a global celebration that draws unprecedented attention to Darwin's life and legacy, and that also establishes D Day as a major annual holiday
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Meanwhile, the Palentological Research Insititue in cooperation with Cornell is
putting on the followin fairly concentrated program which includes Lynn Margulis:
Monday, Feb. 11 - Performance of "Re
esign," at Cornell's Uris Hall Auditorium, 7 p.m. "Re
esign" is a one-act play performed by the Menagerie Theater Company that dramatizes 30 years of correspondence between Charles Darwin in Kent, England, and Harvard botanist Asa Gray in Boston. This work is adapted from their own words and offers a window into the minds of these two groundbreaking 19th century naturalists, as they debate the consequences for religious beliefs of Darwin's new theory of evolution by natural selection. This play was commissioned by the Darwin Correspondence Project of Cambridge University, England. A portion of it can be seen on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-qViHvIUlU.
Tuesday, Feb. 12 - "Evolutionary Biology in the 21st Century: What Would Darwin Think?" at Cornell's Kaufman Auditorium in Goldwin Smith Hall at 5 p.m., a lecture by Richard Harrison, chair of Cornell's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
Thursday, Feb. 14 - "Are We Changing Evolution?" in Cornell's Biotech Building, Room G-10, at 4 p.m., a panel of experts discuss how human activities are changing the direction and rate of future evolution.
Thursday, Feb. 14 - "Darwin's Truths and Symbiogenesis," at Cornell's Biotech Building, Room G-10, at 7 p.m., a lecture by Lynn Margulis, Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Friday, Feb. 15 - "Genetically Modified Organisms and Evolution," at Cornell's Lewis Auditorium in Goldwin Smith Hall at 5 p.m., a panel of experts discuss what, if any, are the implications of genetically modified organisms for future evolutionary change.
Saturday, Feb. 16 - Darwin Family Day at the Museum of the Earth, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Special activities and programs for children and their families. Admission is $8 for adults, $4 for youth (ages 4 to 17). Children ages 3 and under, as well as museum members, get in free.
Saturday, Feb. 16 - "Why Darwin Still Matters," at the Museum of the Earth, noon, a lecture by Warren Allmon, director of the Paleontological Research Institution. Admission is $8 for adults, $4 for young people (ages 4-17). Children ages 3 and under, as well as museum members, get in free.
Saturday, Feb. 16 - Darwin's Birthday Party at the Museum of the Earth, 6:30-8:30 p.m., includes food, beverages, selections from Darwin's favorite music, merriment galore, and a reading of Darwin's unpublished works and letters by Warren Allmon and Sheila Dean, of the Darwin Correspondence Project. RSVP to degen@museumoftheearth.org or call (607) 273-6623, Ext. 11. Free admission.
Sunday, Feb. 17 - Screening of the 2003 film "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World," at Cornell's Willard Straight Hall Theater at 7:15 p.m. Warren Allmon will introduce this popular Hollywood film and discuss its evolution subthemes. Admission: $6.50 for adults, $5 for seniors, and $4 for students and children.