"Darwin at 200 - Evolution & 21st Century Science"

Agenda, November 12, 2008

8:00 - 9:30 AM

Registration
Location: Lobby, Stamp Student Union
(Online preregistration for Bioscience Day will begin in September.)
8:00 - 9:30 AM Continental Breakfast
Location: Colony Ballroom, Stamp Student Union
9:30 AM - 12:00 N

Speakers for Morning Session

Rudolph A. Raff, Distinguished Professor & Director, Indiana Molecular Biology Institute, Indiana University

Pamela S. Soltis, Curator, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida

David Sloan Wilson, Professor, Departments of Biology and Anthropology, Binghamton University

10:30 AM- 2:30 PM

Internship & Career Fair
(Special registration required)
Location: Bioscience Research Building room 1103

12:00 N - 2:00 PM

Poster Session & Lunch - Meet the researchers
Location: Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student Union

12:00 N - 2:30 PM

Secondary School Teachers Symposium
(Special registration required)
Location: John Carroll Room, Stamp Student Union

12:30 - 2:00 PM
 Innovation Corner - "Professor Venture Fair"
Location: Grand Ballroom Lounge, Stamp Student Union
Professors and inventors will pitch their inventions to local Venture Capitalists who will then name the
"Best Inventor Pitch for Bioscience Day 2008."
2:30 - 3:30 PM

"Darwin" in the Afternoon
Robert Dennison, Biology teacher at Jersey Village High School in Houston, will portray Darwin.
Refreshments will follow.
Location: Colony Ballroom, Stamp Student Union

5:00 - 6:30 PM

Key Note:
Edward O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Research Professor, Emeritus, Harvard University
Location: Bioscience Research Building room 1101

More details will be posted in the future. Registration will begin in September.

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