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EVOS

EvoS Seminar Series

 

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

The Science of Sex Appeal: An Evolutionary Perspective
*02.09.09 Gordon Gallup, psychologist, University at Albany

Darwin’s Legacy in the Behavioral Sciences: Human Mating Research in the 21st Century (Darwin Day Speaker)
*02.12.09 (THURSDAY) David Schmitt, psychologist, Bradley University and Director of the International Sexuality Description Project

 

What Did Darwin Do?
*02.16.09
Warren Allmon, geologist, Cornell University and Director of The Museum of the Earth

The Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origin of War
*03.02.09
David Livingstone Smith, philosopher, University of New England and Director of the New England Institute

Intimacy, Infidelity, and the Individual
*03.09.09
Justin Garcia, anthropologist, Binghamton University

How Women Compete for Mates
*03.23.09
MaryAnne Fisher, psychologist, St. Mary's University

 

Phylogeny and Evolution of Unusual Genetic Systems in Armored Scale Insects
04.13.09
Ben Normark, biologist, University of Massachusetts

Diet, Sex, and Aging for Supermodels (supermodel organisms, that is)
04.20.09
Aaron Haselton, biologist, SUNY New Paltz

 

 

*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