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Lectures by expert on evolution Thursday 5:19 p.m., April 17, 2006--Two lectures on evolution, each presenting different research findings by evolution expert Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education (NCSE), are set for Thursday, April 20. The first of the lectures, “Teaching Evolution Better: Problem Concepts in Evolution,” is set for noon in the Rodney Room of the Perkins Student Center. The second, “Why Scientists Accept Evolution and Not Intelligent Design,” is set for 3:45 p.m. in 100 Wolf Hall. Scott, a former university professor, has been a researcher and activist in the creationism/evolution controversy for more than 20 years. In both lectures she will address many components of the controversy, including educational, legal, scientific, religious and social issues. She has won national recognition for her NCSE activities, including awards from the National Science Board, the American Society for Cell Biology, the American Institute of Biological Sciences, the Geological Society of America and the American Humanist Association. Both lectures--which are sponsored by UD's chapter of Sigma Xi and cosponsored by UD's Howard Hughes Medical Institute program, the Department of Biological Sciences and the College of Arts and Sciences--are free and open to the public. For more information, visit [http://www.udel.edu/sigma-xi/events.html] or call (302) 831-1851. |
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