Darwin's Legacy: Evolution's Impact on Science and Culture

El año que viene es la celebración de los 200 años del nacimiento de Darwin y 150 años de la edición de su libro El origen de las especies por medio de la selección natural. Por esa razón se van a celebrar numerosos actos por todo el mundo para reinvidicar su papel como impulsor de la teoría de la evolución. Os adjuntamos la información de una reunión para estudiantes que se va a celebrar al otro lado del charco.

The University of North Carolina Wilmington is holding a multidisciplinary student conference on evolution in March 2009, as part of a 3-year celebration leading up to and including the Darwin anniversaries in 2009. Our Evolution Learning Community will be hosting "Darwin's Legacy: Evolution's Impact on Science and Culture," a multidisciplinary student conference, on March 19-21, 2009, at UNCW. In addition to the student presentations, there will be addresses by keynote speakers, including Kevin Padian, David Mindell, and David Buss. (Faculty are invited to attend with their students, but all oral and poster presentations, other than the keynote addresses, will be given by students.)

The conference will be a unique opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students in the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities and arts who are conducting research or creative endeavors related to evolution to present their research, investigate graduate study opportunities, network, enhance their resumes, and enrich the body of knowledge surrounding evolution. (Plus March is very pleasant at the beach in Wilmington!). I especially hope that paleontology will be well represented at the conference!

For more information please visit the web page at: http://library.uncw.edu/web/outreach/evolution/conference.html