Darwin Week 2024

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Join the College of Charleston in celebrating Darwin Week!

Monday, February 12

4pm: Darwin Week Keynote Speaker, SSME 129

Dr. Jason Vance will speak on the dynamics and evolution of insect flight in his talk, "Flight Performance in Insects: Insights into Costs and Selection for Compensatory Mechanisms"

5pm-7pm: Night at the Museum, Mace Brown Museum

Hang out at the Mace Brown Natural History Museum after hours and join us in celebrating Darwin Week! Explore the museum, complete a scavenger hunt for prizes, or hang out and watch campy evolution themed cartoons with free popcorn!

Tuesday, February 13

5:30pm - 7pm: Research Symposium,"Deciphering Nature's Tangled Bank", SSME 129

Join us in a celebration of scientific research taking place at CofC. Undergraduate students, graduate students, and instructors will give five minute "lightning" talks pertaining to their fields of research. Prizes will be award to the best presentation and pizza will be avaliable in the atrium afterwards!

Speakers:

Juliet Riddle, "Evidence of Plant-Arthropod Relationships from a New Cretaceous Leaf Site in Glenrock, Wyoming"

William Steelman, "Structural Morphology of the Triceratops Nasal Region"

Eric McElroy, "Evolution of Asymmetrical Gaits in Jawed Vertebrates"

Sabrina Wilner, "Estuaarine Habitat Use in Bonnetheads (Sphryna tiburo)"

Gorka Sancho, "How Do Temperature Daily Oscillations Affect Sex Determination in Atlantic Silversides"

Jesseca Kusher, "Beyond Darwin's Imagination: Observing Charleston Algae Dynamics From Space"

Erik Sotka, "Local Adaptation in Marine Foundation Species at Microgeographic Scales"

Deborah Bidwell, "Nature as Regenerative Mentor Model and Measure"

David Clark, "When a Robot Looks at Your Face"

Della Evans, "Metallothioneins in Ovarian Cancer"

Alex Brummer, "Understanding Genetically Engineered Immune Therapy in Cancer with Mathematical Models"

Wednesday, February 14

3:30pm - 5:30pm: Your Fantastic Fossil Family Tree, SSME Atrium

Explore the lineage of human evolution with the Anthropology department and discover how we came to be!

Thursday, February 15

4pm: Sigma Xi Speaker, SSME 129

Dr. Jut Wynne presenting on Belize Cave Biodiversity

6:45pm: Sigma Xi Speaker, The Citadel, Grimsley Hall

Dr. Jut Wynne presenting, "A Global Perspective on Cave Biodiversity"

Saturday, February 17

3pm: Dinosaurs and Volcanoes, Mace Brown Museum of Natural History

Join us for a night of Dinosaurs and Volcanoes at the Mace!

Mace curator Dr. Scott Persons will speak on dinosaur hunting in Wyoming in his talk titled, "The Charleston Dinosaur Expedition: Lost Lands and Seas".

College of Charleston geology professor Dr. John Chadwick will present on the volcanoes of Mars and the chances of extraterrestrial life in his talk, "Volcanoes of the Red Planet: Is There Life on Mars?"

Following the presentation, guests are invited to explore the halls of the museum and chat with speakers. The Mace will be open an extra hour until 5pm.