2005 - 2006 Series
A Revolution in Evolution: Rewriting Evolutionary History
Monday, September 26th, 7:30pm, Reilly Room
Peter Brown is an Associate Professor of
Archeology and Paleoanthropology, at the University of New England,
Australia. Dr. Brown led a team that discovered Homo
floresiensis, a small, human-like species that lived 18,000
years ago on a remote Indonesian island. His talk will focus on how
our understanding of human evolution changes as new discoveries are
made.
Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode
Animal Behavior
Wednesday, October 19th, 7:30pm, Reilly Room
Temple Grandin is an Associate Professor of
Animal Science, at Colorado State University. Dr. Grandin has used
her experiences as an autistic person to understand the behavior of
domestic animals, claiming that autistic people can often think the
way animals think. She will talk about her latest book.
The Cosmic Perspective
Wednesday, February 8th, 7:30pm, Clowes Hall (free tickets
required)
Neil DeGrasse Tyson is the Director of the
Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History. An
astrophysicist who writes a monthly column for Natural
History magazine, Dr. Tyson is well-known for his ability to
explain the universe in terms that most Earthlings can
understand.
The Blank Slate
Monday, April 10th, 7:30pm, Reilly Room
Steven Pinker is a Professor of Psychology at
Harvard University. Dr. Pinker writes about human nature and the
development of the human mind, trying to understand the roles of
genetics and environment in making us who we are. He will talk
about his latest book, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer
Prize.