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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Darwin Festival 2014 Schedule

Darwin Festival^SM 2014 Salem State University Department of Biology Schedule of Events 10 - 14 February 2014
Dedicated to Virginia and Richard Keville, for 35 years of inspiration
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	MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2014
7:50 a.m.	VIDEO: “Charles Darwin: Evolution’s Voice” – Biography.	Slater Lecture Hall
9:30 a.m.	VIDEO: “Meteor Strike” – NOVA.	Slater Lecture Hall
11:00 a.m.	“GENES INFLUENCE BEHAVIOR, BUT IT’S NOT SO SIMPLE” – Steven Hyman, Director, Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute, Cambridge MA. Sponsored by the Salem State Chapter of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.	Veterans Hall
12:30 p.m.	VIDEO: “Decoding Neanderthals” – NOVA.	Slater Lecture Hall
1:40 p.m.	VIDEO: “Can I Eat That?” – NOVAscienceNOW.	Slater Lecture Hall
3:05 p.m.	“’JAWS’ REVISITED: NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE ECOLOGY OF THE WHITE SHARK IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC” – Gregory Skomal, Senior Marine Fisheries Biologist, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. Sponsored by the Biological Society.	Veterans Hall

	TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2014
8:00 a.m.	VIDEO: “What Plants Talk About” – Nature.	Slater Lecture Hall
9:25 a.m.	“MORAL TRIBES: EMOTION, REASON, AND THE GAP BETWEEN US AND THEM” – Joshua Greene, Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge MA	Veterans Hall
10:50 a.m.	VIDEO: “What Females Want” – Nature.	Slater Lecture Hall
12:15 p.m.	“Artemisia annua, AN EFFECTIVE AND SIMPLE HERBAL TREATMENT FOR MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES” – Pamela Weathers, Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester MA. Sponsored by the Charles Albert Read Trust.	Veterans Hall
1:40 p.m.	VIDEO: “Chasing Ice” – New Video Group (75 min).	Slater Lecture Hall
3:05 p.m.	VIDEO: “Deadliest Tornadoes” – NOVA.	Slater Lecture Hall

	WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2014 - Charles Darwin’s Birthday
7:50 a.m.	VIDEO: “Silence of the Bees” – Nature.	Slater Lecture Hall
9:25 a.m.	VIDEO: “The Human Spark” – PBS.	Slater Lecture Hall
10:50 a.m.	“LIFE IN THE ‘PLASTISPHERE’: THE ECOLOGY OF PLASTIC MARINE DEBRIS” – ErikZettler, Sea Education Association, Woods Hole MA. Sponsored by the Charles Albert Read Trust.	Veterans Hall
12:15 p.m.	VIDEO: “Ultimate Mars Challenge" – NOVA.	Slater Lecture Hall
1:40 p.m.	“HUMAN EVOLUTION: NEW SURPRISES FROM SOUTH AFRICA” – Jeremy DeSilva, Department of Anthropology, Boston University, Boston MA. The Keville-DePalma Founders Lecture.	Veterans Hall
3:05 p.m.	VIDEO: “Mind of a Rampage Killer” – NOVA.	Slater Lecture Hall

	THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014 *Charles Albert Read Science Lectures*
7:50 a.m.	VIDEO: “The Animal House” – Nature.	Slater Lecture Hall
9:25 a.m.	VIDEO: “Hurricane Sandy: Inside the Megastorm” – NOVA.	Slater Lecture Hall
10:50 a.m.	“THE REALITY OF CLIMATE CHANGE: ADAPTATION PLANNING FOR COASTLINES” – Paul Kirshen, Department of Civil Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham NH. Sponsored by the Department of Geography and the Charles Albert Read Trust.	Veterans Hall
12:15 p.m.	“EXOPLANETS AND THE SEARCH FOR HABITABLE WORLDS” – Sara Seager, Departments of Planetary Science and Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA. Sponsored by the Department of Chemistry & Physics and the Charles Albert Read Trust.	Veterans Hall
1:40 p.m.	VIDEO: “Bag It – Is Your Life Too Plastic?” – Reel Thing Film (78 min).	Slater Lecture Hall

	FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2014 - *Biology Alumni Day*
7:50 a.m.	VIDEO: “How Smart Can We Get?” – NOVAscienceNOW.	Slater Lecture Hall
9:25 a.m.	“RABIES: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE” – Catherine Brown, State Public Health Veterinarian, Massachusetts Department of Public Health.	Veterans Hall
10:50 a.m.	VIDEO: “What Males Will Do” – Nature.	Slater Lecture Hall
12:15 p.m.	“BREAKTHROUGHS IN GENETICS: FROM SEX CHROMOSOMES TO SILENCING THE DOWN SYNDROME CHROMOSOME” – Lisa Hall, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester MA. Sponsored by the Charles Albert Read Trust.	Veterans Hall
1:40 p.m.	"SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES – WHAT THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION TELLS US ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND EARTH’S FUTURE” – RobynHannigan, School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Boston MA. Sponsored by the Department of Geological Sciences and the Charles Albert Read Trust.	Veterans Hall
3:05 p.m.	VIDEO: “Invasion of the Giant Pythons” – Nature.	Slater Lecture Hall
Founded By: Philip A. DePalma and Virginia F. Keville
Darwin Festival home History of the Darwin Festival Links and References Salem State University Biology Salem State University Home Page
If you require interpretative services, please contact the Office for Students with Disabilities at TTY (978)-542-7146 or osd@salemstate.edu. To help us best meet your needs, please notify us of your requirements at least 2 weeks in advance. All videos are close-captioned. Veterans Hall is located on the 2nd floor of the Ellison Campus Center. Dr. Schuyler G. Slater Lecture Hall (MH 444) is located on the 4th floor of the Frederick A. Meier Arts & Sciences Hall. The Festival is open to the public. All events are free. The location for all events is Salem State University's North Campus, 352 Lafayette St., Salem, Massachusetts, 01970. For directions, go to http://www.salemstate.edu or contact the Biology Department (978-542-6236). Major funding for the DARWIN FESTIVAL^SM has been provided by the Salem State University Administration, the Charles Albert Read Trust Fund, the Student Government Association through the Biological Society, the Keville-DePalma Darwin Festival Endowment Fund, contributions from Hayden McNeil Publishers, McGraw Hill, Pearson Higher Education, SimbioticSoftware, WH Freeman, and other individual contributions. Darwin Festival^SM Committee: Susan M. Case (Coordinator),Juditha C. A. Burchsted, Ryan Fisher, Lynn Fletcher, Paul Kelly, Sheila Schreiner, T. Nelson Scottgale, Alan M. Young andNoelia Fernandez (President, Biological Society).

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Climate Change in New England Lecture Series

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Information Session October 2, 2013 in 426MH 4:30-6:00 (Liberian Fieldwork 2014)

Howdy All,

See announcement below for our fourth trip to Liberia, during Winter Break. We are holding an informational meeting in MH 426 on 2 October at 1630 for interested students. If you would kindly announce this opportunity in your classes, particularly BIO 121/122, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks much! Joe

"Oceans and Climate Change" - Lecture 9/24/2013 at 7:30 PM! at the National Park Service Visitors Center, 2 New Liberty Street in Salem.

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SoundNet - September 24, 2013

"Oceans and Climate Change," the second lecture in the
"Climate Change in New England series"
will be held this evening at 7:30 pm

at the National Park Service Visitors Center, 2 New Liberty Street in Salem.

In tonight's presentation, Barbara Warren, Executive Director of Salem Sound Coastwatch, will give an overview of an often overlooked aspect of climate change--the toll it is taking on the ocean and marine life.

Oceans are the lifeblood of the planet. As the ocean soaks up CO2 and absorbs heat, the chemistry and biology of the oceans are changing. Ocean acidification, warming waters, polar ice cap melting, changing ocean currents, rising sea levels and impacts on marine biodiversity are all effects of climate change.

This 5 part lecture series, which is sponsored jointly by Salem Sound Coastwatch and the National Park Service, continues every Tuesday evening through October 15. All presentations are free and open to the public. Parking is available across the street at the Museum Place Garage for $.75/'hr.

The rest of the series includes:

Tuesday, October 1 - "How is Climate Change Affecting Our Natural Resources--The National Park Service Response" - Jonathan Parker, Salem Maritime Historic Site
Tuesday, October 8 - "A Piece of the Carbon Mitigation Puzzle: America's Offshore Wind Energy Opportunity" - Fara Courtney, US Offshore Wind Collaborative
Tuesday, October 15 - "Dealing With the Reality of Climate Change--Adapting Infrastructure" - Dr. Paul Kirshen, Engineering Professor, University of New Hampshire and member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Friday, August 23, 2013

BioSociety and Criminal Justic Academy Co-Event-1st Annual Sean Collier Hike

Billy Boulter, a MIT detective, is sponsoring a hike in honor of Sean Collier (see below). The BioSociety and Criminal Justic Academy will be sponsoring a group from SSU.

We are trying to get an idea of numbers. We would like everyone participating to make a donation to the Sean A. Collier '09 Criminal Justice Scholarship Award. If it is a large enough group, we plan renting a bus for transportation. The bus would leave Salem State at 6:15am on September 7th. Please let me know if you are interested and how many would be joining you.

Sheila Marie Schreiner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
Salem State University
Meier Hall 538B
978-542-2291
sheila.schreiner@salemstate.edu

MIT 1st Annual Collier Climb to the Top!

Who: Anyone and Everyone!!!!!

What: A group climb to the top of Mt. Washington

Where: Ammonoosuc Ravine Route in North Conway New Hampshire

When: Saturday September 7, 2013 at 8:30 AM from the base parking lot

Why: Last year I had a discussion with Sean about hiking. He got me interested in climbing Mt. Washington because he said he enjoyed the time to clear his mind and enjoy the sights. I took him up on the idea and climbed it with my wife. I have decided to do it annually and would like to do it in Sean’s memory. I have extended the invitation to the MIT Outing Club and they are happy to be a part of this climb. They have invited everyone who goes to a cookout at their cabin after the hike. I would love to get a good showing. I am not raising money, just a day to get together and embrace one of Sean’s favorite hobbies. If you are interested please contact me for more information.

Sincerely,

Billy Boulter, MIT Police, Harbor@mit.edu