Darwin Day 2012
We are excited to host two UT Ecology & Evolutionary Biology alumni as our keynote speakers.Dr. Harry Greene of Cornell University will give a talk entitled "Natural history, evolution, and appreciating biodiversity" and Dr. Rosemary Gillespie of UC Berkeley will be speaking on the "Evolution on islands: The shaping of ideas from Darwin to DNA."
New: Please see media reports about this year's event.
| Tues., Feb. 7 | 9 am - 3 pm | Darwin Day Tennessee Information Booth | Pedestrian Walkway |
| Tues., Feb. 7 | 11 am - 11:50 am | Video: Genius: Charles Darwin (2000) | Hodges Library, room 212 |
| Tues., Feb. 7 | 12 pm - 1:25 pm | Video: Flock of Dodos: The Evolution-Intelligent Design Circus (2006) | Hodges Library, room 212 |
| Tues., Feb. 7 | 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Video: Walking with Monsters: Life Before Dinosaurs (2005) | Hodges Library, room 212 |
| Tues., Feb. 7 | 6 pm - 8 pm | Teachers' Workshop (PDF) | Knox County STEM Academy, 401 Henley St. |
| Wed., Feb. 8 | 9 am - 3 pm | Darwin Day Tennessee Information Booth | Pedestrian Walkway |
| Wed., Feb. 8 | 11 am - 11:50 am | Video: Darwin's Secret Notebooks (2008) | Hodges Library, room 213 |
| Wed., Feb. 8 | 12 pm - 12:50 pm | Video: Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life (2009) | Hodges Library, room 213 |
| Wed., Feb. 8 | 1 - 3 pm | Video: Home (2000) | Hodges Library, room 213 |
| Wed., Feb. 8 | 2 - 4 pm | Was Warfare a Creative Force in Early Social Evolution? [PDF] (The public portion of the NIMBioS Workshop on Human Ultrasociality) | University Center Shiloh Room |
| Wed., Feb. 8 | 6:15 - 9:45 pm | Merchandise Booth | University Center Auditorium |
| Wed., Feb. 8 | 7 - 9pm | Dr. Rosemary Gillespie Keynote Address, "Inspirations from Islands for Understanding Evolution" | University Center Auditorium |
| Thurs., Feb. 9 | 9 am - 3 pm | Darwin Day Tennessee Information Booth | Pedestrian Walkway |
| Thurs., Feb. 9 | 11 am - 12:40 pm | Video: National Geographic: The Human Family Tree (2009) | Hodges Library, room 212 |
| Thurs., Feb. 9 | 12:45 pm - 3:15 pm | Video: Galapagos: The Islands that Changed the World (2007) | Hodges Library, room 212 |
| Thurs., Feb. 9 | 7 - 9pm | Dr. Harry Greene Keynote Address, "Natural History, aesthetics, and conservation" | University Center Auditorium |
Volunteer!
Interested in helping plan this year's Darwin Day or want to help during the week of the events (February 6-9)? Please get in touch with darwindaytennessee@gmail.com. Participation is open to ALL university students and faculty regardless of department.
About Darwin Day
The only illustration in Darwin's Origin of Species, a tree-diagram showing the relationship between species and their shared ancestral species.
Darwin Day in Knoxville, Tennessee is a volunteer-run event dedicated to informing the public about evolution and its importance as a unifying concept in all of biology. Our goal is to disseminate factual information, in the context of a non-confrontational and rational discussion based on empirical evidence without pre-conceived ideological agendas or uncritical faith in the opinions of scientists, politicians, or clerics. In a state with past and recent legislative efforts to introduce faith-based ideologies into the science classrooms of public schools, these efforts are particularly important.
We sponsored the first Darwin Day event on February 12th of 1997, the 188th birthday of Charles Robert Darwin. Since this first Darwin Day, the annual celebration has grown to include an annual keynote speaker, a teacher's workshop, and other events.
Join Us
You can join our group by registering with the Darwin Day listserv using this link:
http://listserv.utk.edu/archives/darwin-day-tn.html
After signing up you will receive email updates about the organization. You will also be able to participate in online discussions about evolution, science, and education.
You can also join us on Facebook, by joining the Darwin Day at the University of Tennessee group, or becoming friends with Chuck Darwin.