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Friday, January 6

Altruistic Terrorism
Professor Scott Atran, Research Center for Group Dynamics, University of Michigan and National Center for Scientific Research, Paris
Evolution and Culture Colloquium Series
10:30 am, 4448 East Hall

Monday, January 9

Testing Exhibition Opens
Jaq Chartier
Through February 17
Osterman Common Room, Institute for the Humanities, 0540 Rackham

Testing on Sunspots
Brown Bag Lecture
Jaq Chartier
12 noon, Osterman Common Room, Institute for the Humanities, 0540 Rackham

Thursday, January 12

Testing Opening Reception and Gallery Talk
Jaq Chartier
4:30-6:30 pm, Gallery Talk at 5:15 pm, Institute for the Humanities, 0540 Rackham

Friday, January 13

Gamefish Culture, Intergroup Conflict and Environment
Douglas Medin, Psychology, Northwestern University
Evolution and Culture Colloquium Series
10:30 am, 4448, East Hall

Explore Evolution Exhibit Preview Reception and Dinner
5:30-7:30 pm, Exhibit Museum of Natural History
Tickets: $50, $75, and $100, call (734) 936-5834

The quest for the genes that make us human
Svante Pääbo. Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology
Distinguished Speaker Series
8 pm, 1800 Chemistry
Reception following in Chemistry atrium

Saturday, January 14

Explore Evolution Exhibit Opening Celebration
9 am – 5 pm, Exhibit Museum of Natural History

Evolution in the News
Carl Zimmer, author and news writer
Explore Evolution Exhibit Opening Celebration
2 pm, 1528 C.C. Little Building

Friday, January 20

Our Inner Ape: human nature as seen by a primatologist
Frans de Waal, Psychology, Emory University
Evolution and Culture Colloquium Series
10:30 am, Rackham Amphitheater

Symposium
Origins: The Universe, Earth, and Life
1:10-6:30 pm, Modern Languages Building Auditorium 3
View Schedule

Saturday, January 21

Evolution: The Fossil Record and the Origin of Whales
Philip Gingerich, Museum of Paleontology and Geological Sciences, University of Michigan
Saturday Morning Physics series
10:30 am, 170 Dennison Building

Sunday, January 22

Phenomenal Paleozoic: Out of the Water
Workshop for children ages 6-11 with an adult
Life Through the Ages Family Science and Reading Program
3 pm, Exhibit Museum of Natural History
Pre-registration required; call (734) 764-0480.

Monday, January 23

Evolution and the Nature of Science
Workshop for Undergraduates
5:30-7:30 Exhibit Museum of Natural History
Pre-registration required; visit Curriculum section of this web site for details.

Wednesday, January 25

Intelligent Design and the Creationism/Evolution Controversy
Eugenie Scott, National Center for Science Education
Distinguished Speaker Series
7 pm, 1800 Chemistry
Reception following in Chemistry Atrium

Thursday, January 26

Evolution and the Nature of Science
Workshop for Undergraduates
5:30-7:30 Exhibit Museum of Natural History
Pre-registration required; visit Curriculum section of this web site for details.

Friday, January 27

The Folk Psychology of Souls
Jesse Bering, Psychology, University of Arkansas
Evolution and Culture Colloquium Series
10:30 am, 4448 East Hall

Jonathan Weiner, the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of
‘The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time’

Presented by Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Reads
7:30 pm, Morris Lawrence Building, Washtenaw Community College
Visit http://www.aadl.org/aareads for details

Saturday, January 28

Nanomedicine - a New Frontier for Physics
Jens-Christian Meiners, Physics, University of Michigan
Saturday Morning Physics series
10:30 am, 170 Dennison Building

Monday, January 30

Evolution and the Nature of Science
Workshop for Undergraduates
5:30-7:30 Exhibit Museum of Natural History
Pre-registration required; visit Curriculum section of this web site for details.

 

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