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Great Minds: A Celebration of the Birthday of Charles Darwin & Abraham Lincoln

A weeks worth of events in honor of two great thinkers!
February 11 - February 17, 2009

Great Minds: A Celebration of Charles Darwin’s and Abraham Lincoln’s 200th Birthdays is set for Wednesday, Feb. 11 through Tuesday, Feb. 17 at the University of New Mexico. The celebration begins on Wednesday, Feb. 11 from 1-5:15 p.m. with a symposium on Darwin’s Legacy, scheduled in George Pearl Hall room 101A. A poster presentation and reception will follow.

Various Labs in the Biology Department as well as Earth & Planetary Science will hold an OPEN HOUSE on Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Picture of Charles Darwin

“CHARLES DARWIN AGAINST HIMSELF: Caution versus Honesty in the Life of a Reluctant Revolutionary.”
Keynote Address by scientific journalist Mr. David Quammen Thursday
February 12th, 2009.

Picture of Abraham Lincoln

REBEL GIANTS: The Revolutionary Lives of Abraham Lincoln & Charles Darwin
Keynote Address by historian & author Dr. David Contosta
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Movie Posters

FILMS: Inherit the Wind and Young Mr. Lincoln
Introduction by film historian and author Frank Thompson
Saturday, February 14th, 2009 and Sunday, February 15th, 2009

All events are open to the public