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Our 2009 events celebrated the bicentennial of Darwin's birthday and the 150th anniversary of On the Origin of Species!

Our 2009 Essay Contest winner was Cameron Landers, a sophmore in the College of Arts & Sciences. To read his essay, click here!

Thanks to our speakers, James Costa (Western Carolina University) and Todd Freeberg (UTK Psychology). We also thank Gordon Burghardt (UTK Psychology), our Darwin impersonator, and the many volunteers who contributed time and energy in coordination of all events.

Please also note that James Costa's book, The Annotated Origin, is available for pre-order!

We also extend a very special thanks to the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UTK, our sponsor for the 2009 events!

For information about our 2009 Events, you can download a flyer!

Other news:

The journal Integrative and Comparative Biology recently published a collection of articles on 'Evolution vs. Creationism in the classroom: evolving student attitudes'. link

Rachel Goodman recently published an article about the TN Darwin Day Organization in Evolution: Education and Outreach! pdf

Dr. Andrew Kramer recently gave a presentation about the TN Darwin Day Teachers' Workshop in the symposium "Teaching Evolution and Promoting Quality Science Education" at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists in Columbus, OH.

Rachel Goodman and Amy Turmelle recently gave a presentation about the TN Darwin Day Organization at the National Association of Biology Teachers conference in Memphis, TN.

We are very grateful to our many sponsors over the years:

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK)
Offices of the Provost and Chancellor, UTK
Department of Physics and Astronomy, UTK
Department of Microbiology, UTK
Division of Biology, UTK
Department of Anthropology, UTK
College of Arts & Sciences
Department of Psychology, UTK
Department of Biochemistry & Cellular & Molecular Biology, UTK
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, UTK
College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, UTK
Graduate School of Genome Science and Technology , UTK and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)