Darwin Festival 2012: Salem State University Department of Biology

Schedule of Lectures (all in Veterans Hall)

	MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2012
11:00 a.m.	“USING SCIENCE TO HELP THE POOR: DIAGNOSTICS FOR THE DEVELOPING WORLD” – Alynne MacLean, Science With a Mission, Sharon MA. Sponsored by the Department of Chemistry and Physics and the Charles Albert Read Trust.
1:30 p.m.	“EXPLORING THE MICROBIAL DIVERSITY OF CHEESE” – Rachel Dutton, Bauer Fellow, Harvard FAS Center for Systems Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. The Keville-DePalma Founders Lecture. Dedicated to one of our greatest supporters, Lynn Margulis

	TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2012 Charles Albert Read Science Lectures
9:30 a.m.	“RAPID EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE IN FISHES FROM CHEMICALLY CONTAMINATED ESTUARIES” – Isaac Wirgin, Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York. Sponsored by the Charles Albert Read Trust.
2:00 p.m.	“POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: ONTOGENY IN FOUR DIMENSIONS” – Richard M. Lerner, Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development, Tufts University, Medford MA. Sponsored by the Charles Albert Read Trust.

	WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
11:00 a.m.	“ALIEN SPACE INVADERS ATTACK MASSACHUSETTS – AN UPDATE ON MARINE INVASIVE SPECIES” – Ted Maney, Department of Biology, Salem State University
2:30 p.m.	“MEDICAL APARTHEID” – Harriet Washington, medical ethicist and author. Sponsored by the Campus Center.

	THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012 Charles Albert Read Science Lectures
11:00 a.m.	“CLIMATE CHANGE OR GLOBAL WARMING – FACT OR FICTION? WHAT DO THE DATA SHOW?” – Barrett N. Rock, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space and Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham NH. Sponsored by the Department of Geography and the Charles Albert Read Trust.
12:30 p.m.	“YOU ARE WHAT YOUR FATHER ATE: EPIGENETIC INFORMATION TRANSFER IN MAMMALS” – Oliver J. Rando, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester MA. Sponsored by the Charles Albert Read Trust.
2:00 p.m.	“WHAT IS SCIENCE? A PHILOSOPHICAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE” – William Cornwell, Department of Philosophy, Salem State University, Salem MA. Sponsored by the Charles Albert Read Trust.

	FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2012 Biology Alumni Day
9:00 a.m.	“THE EVOLUTION OF ANIMAL SOCIETIES: INSIGHTS FROM SIMPLE FISH SOCIETIES” – Peter Buston, Department of Biology and Marine Program, Boston University, Boston MA. Sponsored by the Biological Society.
11:00 a.m.	“WHY RHESUS MONKEYS SUCK: MOTHER'S MILK AND INFANT DEVELOPMENT” – Katherine Hinde, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. Sponsored by the Charles Albert Read Trust.