Darwin Festival
Salem State UniversityDepartment of BiologySchedule of Events
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2013
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8:00 a.m.
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VIDEO: “Darwin’s Secret Notebooks” - National Geographic.
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Slater Lecture Hall
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9:00 a.m.
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“HOW RACE BECOMES BIOLOGY: GENES, ENVIRONMENT, AND
HEALTH” - Clarence Gravlee, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville.
Co-sponsored by the Campus Center.
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Veterans Hall
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10:00 a.m.
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VIDEO: “To the Ends of the Earth” - Frozen Planet.
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Slater Lecture Hall
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11:00 a.m.
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“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.
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Veterans Hall
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12:30 p.m.
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VIDEO: “What Makes Us Human?” - NOVA scienceNOW.
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Slater Lecture Hall
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1:30 p.m
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“A SUSTAINABLE WORKFORCE = A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY” -
Adrian Dahlin, Rising Green, Holyoke MA.
Sponsored by the Department of Chemistry & Physics and the
Charles Albert Read Trust.
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Veterans Hall
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2:30 p.m.
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VIDEO: “Silence of the Bees” (110 min) - Nature.
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Slater Lecture Hall
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2013 - Charles Darwin’s Birthday
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8:00 a.m.
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VIDEO: “Revealing the Origins of Life” – NOVA scienceNOW - Where Did We Come From?
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Slater Lecture Hall
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9:30 a.m.
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“SEX DIFFERENCES IN CHIMPANZEE BEHAVIOR” - Zarin Machanda, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge MA.
The Keville-DePalma Founders Lecture
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Veterans Hall
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11:00 a.m.
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VIDEO: “Cracking Your Genetic Code” - NOVA.
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Slater Lecture Hall
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12:30 p.m.
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“THE GEOMETRIC CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE
EVOLUTION OF ALGAL CELL WALLS: THE ROAD TO LAND
PLANTS AND COMPLEX MULTICELLULAR LIFE” - Larry Lewis,
Department of Biology, Salem State University, Salem MA.
Sponsored by the Biological Society.
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Veterans Hall
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2:00 p.m
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VIDEO: “Mind Over Money” - NOVA.
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Slater Lecture Hall
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3:15 p.m
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VIDEO: “Incredible Journey of the Butterflies” - NOVA.
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Slater Lecture Hall
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2013
Charles Albert Read Science Lectures
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8:00 a.m.
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VIDEO: “Ultimate Mars Challenge” - NOVA.
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Slater Lecture Hall
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9:00 a.m.
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“THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF NITROGEN” - Robinson W. Fulweiler,
Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston MA.
Sponsored by the Charles Albert Read Trust.
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Veterans Hall
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10:00 a.m.
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VIDEO: “What Females Want” - Nature.
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Slater Lecture Hall
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11:00 a.m.
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“EFFECT OF WINTER CLIMATE CHANGE ON NORTHERN
HARDWOOD FORESTS” - Pamela Templer, Department of Biology,
Boston University, Boston MA.
Sponsored by the Charles Albert Read Trust.
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Veterans Hall
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12:30 p.m.
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VIDEO: “The Last Frontier” - Frozen Planet.
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Slater Lecture Hall
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1:30 p.m
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“TINY FOSSILS TELL TIME ACROSS THE PACIFIC” - Nicholas Venti,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Sponsored by the Department of Geological Sciences and the
Charles Albert Read Trust
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Veterans Hall
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2:30 p.m
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VIDEO: “Blue Gold: World Water Wars” (90 min) - PBS
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Slater Lecture Hall
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2013
Charles Albert Read Science Lectures
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8:00 a.m.
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VIDEO: “Ice Age Death Trap” - NOVA.
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Slater Lecture Hall
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9:30 a.m.
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“THE BENEFIT OF BUDDIES: AN INSECT PERSPECTIVE ON COOPERATION AND SOCIAL LIVING” - Lynn Fletcher, Department of Biology, Salem State University, Salem MA.
Sponsored by the Charles Albert Read Trust.
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Veterans Hall
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11:00 a.m.
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“DOWN TO THE LAST DROP: CLIMATE CHANGE AND WATER
RESOURCES IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST” - Christopher Williams, Department of Geography, Clark University, Worcester MA.
Sponsored by the Department of Geography and the Charles Albert Read Trust.
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Veterans Hall
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12:30 p.m.
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VIDEO: “Can I Eat That?” - NOVA scienceNOW.
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Slater Lecture Hall
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2:00 p.m
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VIDEO: “And What Males Will Do” - Nature.
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Slater Lecture Hall
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3:15 p.m.
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VIDEO: “A Sense of Wonder” - Bullfrog Films.
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Slater Lecture Hall
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2013 - Biology Alumni Day
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8:00 a.m.
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VIDEO: “Animal Odd Couples” - Nature.
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Slater Lecture Hall
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9:00 a.m.
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VIDEO: “Lice and Human Evolution” - NOVA scienceNOW - Where
Did We Come From?
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Slater Lecture Hall
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10:00 a.m.
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VIDEO: “On Thin Ice” - Frozen Planet.
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Slater Lecture Hall
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11:00 a.m.
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“ACOUSTICS: BEYOND WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE” - Seth Horowitz,
President, The Engine Institute, Warwick, RI.
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Veterans Hall
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12:30 p.m.
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“HOW SLOW CAN LIFE GO? LESSONS FROM THE SUBSEAFLOOR” - Steven D'Hondt, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Kingston.
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Veterans Hall
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1:30 p.m
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VIDEO: “Hurricane Katrina: The Storm That Drowned a City” - NOVA.
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Slater Lecture Hall
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2:30 p.m
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“INTERNAL PARASITES OF NORTH ATLANTIC SHARKS” - Mae
Taylor SSU ‘07, Visiting Lecturer, Biology Department, Salem State
University.
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Veterans Hall
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Founded By: Philip A. DePalma and Virginia F. Keville
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If you require interpretative services, please contact the Office for Students with Disabilities at TTY (978)-542-7146 orosd@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
Major funding for the DARWIN FESTIVALSM 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,Simbiotic Software, WH Freeman, and other individual contributions.
Darwin FestivalSM Committee: Susan M. Case (Coordinator), Juditha C. A. Burchsted, Ryan Fisher, Lynn Fletcher, Gary Heisermann, Paul Kelly, Sheila Schreiner, T. Nelson Scottgale, Alan M. Young. and Amanda Viecelli (President, Biological Society).
Founded by Philip A. DePalma and Virginia F. Keville
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