Darwin Festival^SM 2008

Salem State College

Department of Biology

Schedule of Events

11 - 15 February 2008

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	MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2008 Charles Albert Read Science Lectures
8:00 a.m.	VIDEO: “Cuttlefish: Kings of Camouflage” – NOVA.	Slater Lecture Hall
9:00 a.m.	VIDEO: “State of the Planet” – Journey to Planet Earth.	Slater Lecture Hall
10:00 a.m.	VIDEO: “Mystery of the Black Death” – NOVA.	Slater Lecture Hall
11:00 a.m.	“TRAVELS DOWN UNDER – UNIQUE MAMMALS AND BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND” Alan M. Young, Department of Biology, Salem State College. Sponsored by the Charles Albert Read Trust.	Veterans Hall
12:30 p.m.	VIDEO: “Forces of Change” – Galapagos.	Slater Lecture Hall
1:30 p.m	“CATASTROPHIC EXTINCTION OF THE DINOSAURS, CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY, 65.5 MILLION YEARS AGO” David E. Fastovsky, Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island. Sponsored by the Department of Geological Sciences and the Charles Albert Read Trust.	Veterans Hall
2:30 p.m	VIDEO: “Spark of Life” – The Mysterious Human Heart.	Slater Lecture Hall
	TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2008 Charles Albert Read Science Lectures
8:00 a.m.	VIDEO: “The Conquerors” – The Shape of Life.
9:30 a.m.	VIDEO: “The Perfect Corpse” – NOVA.	Slater Lecture Hall
11:00 a.m.	“GLOBAL WARMING – SO WHAT?” Gene R. H. Fry, Consultant and Contributing Editor, Business and Environment. Sponsored by the Charles Albert Read Trust.	Slater Lecture Hall
12:30 a.m.	“CELL-TO-CELL COMMUNICATION: TALKING TO YOUR NEIGHBOR WITHOUT TALKING TO YOURSELF” Robert J. Fleming, Department of Biology, Trinity College, Hartford, CT. Sponsored by the Charles Albert Read Trust.	Slater Lecture Hall
2:00 p.m.	VIDEO: “Flock of Dodos” (85 minutes).	Slater Lecture Hall
	WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2008
8:00 a.m.	VIDEO: “Endlessly Beating” – The Mysterious Human Heart.	Slater Lecture Hall
10:00 a.m.	“WHY DARWINIAN EVOLUTION IS SCIENCE, NOT RELIGION” Pat Shipman, Department of Anthropology, Penn State University. Sponsored by the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.	Slater Lecture Hall
12:30 p.m.	VIDEO: “State of the Planet’s Wildlife” – Journey to Planet Earth.	Slater Lecture Hall
1:30 p.m	VIDEO: “Bones, Brawn and Brains” – The Shape of Life.	Slater Lecture Hall
2:30 p.m.	VIDEO: “Ocean Realm” – Amazing Planet.	Slater Lecture Hall
	THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2008 Charles Albert Read Science Lectures
8:00 a.m.	VIDEO: “Born of Fire” – Galapagos.	Slater Lecture Hall
9:30 a.m.	“COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CHIMPANZEE AND HUMAN Y CHROMOSOMES: TRACES OF AN EVOLUTIONARY TUG-OF-WAR” Jennifer Hughes, Whitehead Institute, Cambridge, MA. Sponsored by the Charles Albert Read Trust.	Veterans Hall
11:00 a.m.	“THE ROLE OF FIRE IN DETERMINING VEGETATION RESPONSES AND FEEDBACKS TO RECENT CLIMATE CHANGE AT NORTHERN HIGH LATITUDES” Scott Goetz, Woods Hole Research Center, Woods Hole MA. Sponsored by the Department of Geography and the Charles Albert Read Trust.	Veterans Hall
12:30 p.m.	VIDEO: “First Flower” – NOVA.	Slater Lecture Hall
2:00 p.m.	VIDEO: “Dino Autopsy” – Dinosaurs Unearthed.	Slater Lecture Hall
	FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008 Biology Alumni Day
8:00 a.m.	VIDEO: “Destructive Forces” – Amazing Planet.	Slater Lecture Hall
9:00 a.m.	VIDEO: "Islands That Changed the World” – Galapagos.	Slater Lecture Hall
10:00 a.m.	VIDEO: “Silent Killer” – The Mysterious Human Heart.	Slater Lecture Hall
11:00 a.m.	“OSTEOPOROSIS OF MICE AND MEN: ROLE OF FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR-2 IN BONE REGENERATION” Marja M. Hurley, Professor of Medicine, University of Connecticut. Sponsored by the Biological Society.	Veterans Hall
12:30 p.m.	VIDEO: “Dino Death Trap” – Dinosaurs Unearthed.	Slater Lecture Hall
1:30 p.m	“THE EVOLUTION OF FLORAL DIVERSITY: A MOLECULAR PERSPECTIVE” Amy Litt, The New York Botanical Garden.	Veterans Hall
2:30 p.m.	“HUMANS, HANDS, AND “HOBBITS”: THOUGHTS, MR. DARWIN?” Matthew W. Tocheri, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. The Keville-DePalma Founders Lecture.	Veterans Hall

Founded By: Philip A. DePalma and Virginia F. Keville

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