Evolutionary Studies Seminar Series
Spring 2010
Monday February 8, 2010-
DARWIN DAY
Niles Eldredge
American Museum of Natural History
Paleontology
Darwin: Discovering the Tree of Life
LC 100
4:30-7:10
~FREE GIVEAWAYS~
Monday February 22, 2010-
Margaret Ronsheim, Ph.D.
Vassar College
Department of Biology and Evolutionary Studies
Mutualists, Pathogens, and the Evolution of Sex in Wild Garlic
LC 100
5:30-6:30
Monday March 8, 2010-
Lee Alan Dugatkin, Ph.D.
University of Louisville
Department of Biology
Mr. Jefferson and the Giant Moose: when Natural History and History Collide
LC 102
5:30-6:30
Friday March 26, 2010-
Marlene Zuk, Ph.D.
University of California
Department of Biology
Sex and the Scala Natrae
LC 100**
6:00-7:00
Saturday March 27, 2009
Richard Wrangham, Ph.D.
Harvard University
Department of Anthropology
Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human
CSB Auditorium**
6:00-7:00
Monday April 5, 2010
Alexei Savchenko, Ph.D.
University of Toronto
Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
Banting and Best Dept. of Medical Research
Molecular aspects of co-evolution of bacteria and their eukaryotic hosts- Gentle diplomacy or Trojan War tactics
LC 102
5:30-6:30
Monday April 12, 2010
Frances A. Champagne, Ph.D.
Columbia University
Department of Psychology
Nurturing Nature: Epigenetics and the Transmission of Behavior Across Generations
LC 102
5:30-6:30
Monday April 14, 2010
Carl Brett, Ph.D.
University of Cincinnati
Department of Geology
Stability and Crisis in Devonian Seas: Evolutionary Paleoecology and Coordinated Stasis
LC 102
5:30-6:30
Sponsored by the Evolutionary Studies Program, The Evolutionary Studies Club, and the National Science Foundation
** This talk is an EvoS Seminar AND an invited presentation of the 4th annual meeting of the NorthEastern Evolutionary Psychology Society (NEEPS) – sponsored by Honors Program, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Major Connections, Psychology Department, School of Science and Engineering.
2009
Darwin's 200th birthday was February 12, 2009! Happy Birthday Charles!
Click Links Below for Streaming Videos
How Women Compete for Mates
*03.23.09 MaryAnne Fisher, psychologist, St. Mary's University
*Attendance at this talk counts as two credits toward the psychology department human subjects pool
(psychology subject pool email: psychsubjectpool@newpaltz.edu)
Please contact Glenn Geher , EvoS program director, for more information.
PAST SEMINAR SERIES
2008 Evolutionary Studies Seminar Series
February 6 (W)
** A. From 3:00-4:30 pm, the work of Lionel Tiger, the Charles Darwin Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University, will be the focus of
The Evolution of Behavioral Sex Differences in Humans: A Public Discussion. Honors Center (in College Hall). Click HERE for the video (you need realplayer; see realplayer.com for a free download).
** B. at 6:00 pm Darwin Day Lecture titled "What Would Darwin Say?" to be given by Dr. Tiger. LC 102. Click HERE for the video (you need realplayer; see realplayer.com for a free download).
» See the Biology Department Homepage for a nostalgic set of photos of this event!
(see: http://www.newpaltz.edu/biology/news.cfm?id=3887)
*March 3 (M) - Rebecca Burch, SUNY Oswego, Psychology Department
How Seminal Fluid Has Evolved to Affect Female Psychology and Physiology
March 10 (M) - John Long, Vassar College, Biology Department
Biomimetic Evolutionary Analysis: Using Robots to Test Adaptation Hypotheses
* March 31 (M) - Anne Clark, Binghamton University, Biology Department
The Social Lives and Sometimes Hard Times of American Crows (Corvus Brachyrhynchos)
April 7 (M) - Eugene Heath, SUNY New Paltz, Philosophy Department
Social Evolution Before Darwin
*April 14 (M) - Susan Hughes, Albright College, Psychology Department
Sex Differences in Romantic Kissing
* April 28 (M) - Scott Barry Kaufman, Yale University, Psychology Department
A Tale of Two Minds: Implications for Intelligence, Reasoning, and Creativity
