The University of Arizona

Highlights - Darwin 200th Birthday Celebration

Thursday, February 12, 2009


Charles Darwin in UA fan gear

Learn more about the work in Evolution of many of our participants:

  • Mike Sanderson & Karen Cranston - Tree of Life 3-D computer display
  • Katrina Mangin - the Galapagos Islands
  • Andy Cohen - Fossils
  • Dan Papaj, Kristen Potter & Wulfila Gronenberg - Earthworm senses
  • David Madison & Paul Marek - Beetle diversity
  • Shelley McMahon & Betsy Arnold - Plant evolution
  • Jeremiah Hackett - Live microbes
  • Anna Dornhaus - Social insect behavior
  • Elizabeth Bernays - Poetry
  • Megan Coe - Poetry
  • Simmons Buntin - Poetry
  • Wendy Burk & Eric Magrane - Poetry
  • Tony Luebbermann - Poetry
  • Andrea Mathias & Peter Chesson - Speciation and species coexistence
  • Peter Reinthal - Adaptive radiations in birds
  • Michael Nachman & Gabriela Wlasiuk - Adaptation in mice
  • Paul Marek & David Maddison - Insect diversity
  • Megan Coe & English and Creative Writing Club - Poetry game: Exquisite Corps
  • Nhi Duong, Alex Walton, Annie Leonard, & Ginny Fitzpatrick - Bumble bees
  • Judie Bronstein - New books on and by Darwin
  • Alex Lancaster & Roger Myers - Original edition Darwin books
  • Jeremiah Hackett, Chris Schvarcz & Jennifer Hughes - Live microbes, early evolution of life
  • Bridget Barker & Adriana Racolta - Fungal endophytes
  • Jen Schaefer - Drosophila genetics
  • Tuan Cao - ‘Spore’ evolution video game
  • David Morales - Human family trees
  • Andy Cohen & Sarah Ivory - Scientific drlling for human origins
  • Deborah Shelton, Will Driscoll & Sarah Grubaugh - Fossils & geologic timeline
  • Margaret Wilch, Aida Castillo-Flores, Lynn Crew, Carolyn
    Hollis
    & Katrina Mangin - Galapagos islands & marine life
  • Matt Herron & Rick Michod - Evolution of cooperation
  • Simmons Buntin - terrain.org on symbiosis
  • Bill Birky & Peter Chesson - R. Eakin Darwin lecture display