Calendar of Events
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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
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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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