August, 2008:
The university was recently awarded a National Science Foundation grant of $211,387.00 to support the Evolutionary Studies program over the next two academic years. This grant was submitted in collaboration with Binghamton University – the total amount of the award is nearly $500,000. In collaboration with David Sloan Wilson (professor of biology at Binghamton), Glenn Geher (professor of psychology and director of evolutionary studies) and Jennifer Waldo (assistant professor of biology) served as principal investigators for this project, titled “Expanding Evolutionary Studies in American Higher Education.” In addition to supporting New Paltz and Binghamton’s existing programs, monies from this grant will be used to help start new programs in evolutionary studies at more than a dozen other institutions of higher learning across the country – ranging from large research universities (e.g., Cornell University) to community colleges (e.g., Ponoma College in California). At New Paltz, grant monies will be used (among other things) to support student research on projects dealing with evolution, support the development of new courses by faculty members across disciplines that pertain to evolution, and to develop an interactive online journal that will serve to connect this national consortium.
May, 2008:
Albright College has approved their own undergraduate program in Evolutionary Studies - and students graduating with the EvoS minor at Albright will walk in commencement this May - The Evolution Revolution continues! Congratulations to Susan Hughes (who spoke this year in our EvoS seminar series) for making this happen!
February 6, 2008:
For our third annual Darwin Day celebration, Lionel Tiger, Charles Darwin Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers, gave two provocative and highly attended presentations on the impact of biological evolution on human behavior. People have been talking about his visit ever since! Click HERE for a pictorial of the event hosted by the Biology Department.
December 15, 2007:
SUNY New Paltz EvoS is proud to announce our first graduate. Megan Mitchell, biology major and EvoS minor, successfully completed the EvoS curriculum and graduated this December. Congratulations Megan - you make us proud!
