The Interdisciplinary Committee on Evolutionary Processes (ICEP) is comprised of faculty members from various departments at Northwestern University who are interested in the study of evolutionary processes. This committee offers a Minor in the Study of Evolutionary Processes (MSEP) for undergraduates also interested in sciences which study evolution and evolutionary processes.

Director
Dr. Teresa Horton

Program Assistants
Susan E. Black

 

2008-2009

EVENTS

September 20 Ian Tattersall, Curator of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, lectures on Human Evolution at the Field Museum
(Events at Sister Institutions)
October 7 Sean Carroll, Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Wisconsin (One Book One Northwestern Lecture Series)
October 20 Janet Browne, Aramont Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University (One Book One Northwestern Lecture Series)
October 30 Dan Dennett, Co-Director, Center for Cognitive Studies, Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, Tufts University (One Book One Northwestern Lecture Series)
November 11 Francisco J. Ayala, University Professor and Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
University of California, Irvine (One Book One Northwestern Lecture Series)
January 8 Kenneth R. Miller, Professor of Biology and Royce Family Professor for Teaching Excellence, Brown University (One Book One Northwestern Lecture Series)
January 22 Susan A. Dudley, Associate Professor of Biology, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada (Plant Biology and Conservation lecture series)
February 5 KEYNOTE LECTURE
David Quammen,
Stegner Chair, Department of History and Philosophy Montana State University
Author, The Reluctant Mr. Darwin
(One Book One Northwestern Lecture Series)
February 12 Bob Moseley, Director of Conservation, the Nature Conservancy of Illinois (Enviromental Policy and Culture Lecture Series)
February 15 Raymond Pierrehumbert, University of Chicago: "On the Brink of the Anthropocene: The Fossil Fuel Era as seen by a geologist in 1 million AD" (Enviromental Policy and Culture Lecture Series)
February 27 Jeremy Friedman, New York University Sustainability Coordinator, "Campus sustainability and universities climate action plans" (Enviromental Policy and Culture Lecture Series)
March 12 Kenneth M. Cameron, University of Wisconsin-Madision, "Systematics of Vanilla and related orchids: a test case for plant DNA barcoding" (PBC Lectures Series)
April 16 Jennifer Turner, The Woodrow Wilson International Center, "China's Environmental and Energy Policy" (Enviromental Policy and Culture Lecture Series)
April 23 Jim Desmond, Director, Metro Sustainability Center, Portland Oregon (Enviromental Policy and Culture Lecture Series)
May 12 Ian Urquhart, University of Alberta, "Oil Drilling and the Politics of Exploring the Tar/Oil Sands" (Enviromental Policy and Culture Lecture Series)
May 19 Nancy Kete, World Resources Institute on Sustainable Transportation, "Transforming Transportation: Revitalizing mass transit in the motorized metropolis" (Northwestern Institute on Sustainable Practices; Transportation Center)

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