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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