Darwin Week
Each year the College of Charleston and its sponsors celebrate the life of Charles Darwin and his contribution to science by hosting a thought provoking, week-long series of guest speakers whose research directly relates to Darwin's popular theories.
Schedule
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Darwin Week 2021 is a wrap! Thank you to all who attended our lectures this year. If you missed a lecture, or wish to share with a friend who couldn't attend, please visit the Zoom links below to access a recording of each lecture!
Monday, Feb. 8
12:00pm
Molecular Adaptation to Environmental Stress: Intrinsic versus Extrinsic Solutions
George Somero, Stanford University
Zoom Recording - Somero Passcode:1C7EE%2L
Tuesday, Feb. 9
4:00pm
Chewing it Over: Why What and How We Eat Has Shaped Primate and Human Evolution
Claire Terhune, University of Arkansas
Zoom Recording - Terhune Passcode: uX*KN31J
Wednesday, Feb. 10
4:00pm
Mathematics of Evolution: Mutations, Selection, and Random Environments
Natalia Komarova, University of California, Irvine
Zoom Recording - Komarova Passcode: U@MC4g$J
Thursday, Feb. 11
4:00pm
Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer
The Satellite Record of the Pale Blue Dot: The Late 1970s to Now
Compton Tucker, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Zoom Recording - Tucker Passcode: B9%0R6eV
Lecture Slides - Tucker (50 mb)
Friday, Feb. 12
4:00pm
Presented in Partnership with CofC's Center for Sustainable Development
Coloring the Conservation Conversation
J. Drew Lanham, Clemson University
Zoom Recording - Lanham Passcode: %SPRp63Y
Mace Brown Natural History Museum
Virtual museum tours on YouTube
Welcome to the Mace Brown Museum of Natural History
New videos to be released on Darwin Day, Friday Feb. 12! Preview: Americas United!
