Past Adult Programs

Lectures & Talks

January 20, 2010: Richard Barnes
“Animal Logic”
December 2, 2009: Walton Ford
“An Evening with Walton Ford”
November 17, 2009: Lonie Dupre
“An Evening with Polar Explorer Lonnie Dupre”
November 12, 2009: Daniel Otte
“Adventures and Misadventures of an Entomologist”
October 15, 2009: Robert Peck
“An Excursion to the Rocky Mountains: The Life and Times of John Kirk Townsend”
October 10, 2009: Geerat Vermeij
“Nature's Housing Market: How Predators, Molluscs, and Hermit Crabs Have Colluded Through Time”
September 24, 2009: Richard Wiese
“An Evening with Explorer Richard Wiese”

February 8, 2010: Lori Jahnke, Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
“Imperialism and the Family Business: Population Structure and Political Change on the Central Coast of Peru”
January 11, 2010: Ernie Schuyler, the Academy of Natural Sciences
“The Origin and Evolution of Beer”
December 14, 2009: Peter Dodson, University of Pennsylvania
“Dinosaur Studies in China”
November 9, 2009: Colin Purrington, Swarthmore College
“Embracing Darwin”
November 2, 2009: Flashpoint Theater Company
“Dramatic Evolution: Bringing Science to the Stage”
October 12, 2009: Sabrina McCormick: American Academy for the Advancement of the Sciences
“No Family History: Investigating What's Behind the Breast Cancer Epidemic”
September 14, 2009: Robert Hicks, Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
“Bringing Physics to Physicians”
July 13, 2009: Ted Daeschler, the Academy of Natural Sciences
“Cold Hard Science: Fossil Discoveries in the Canadian Arctic and the Origin of Limbed Animals”
June 8, 2009: Janet Monge, University of Pennsylvania
"The Unknown Skeleton – Forensic Anthropology and the Unsolvable Case"
May 11, 2009: Scott Gilbert, Swarthmore College
“How the Tortoises Got their Shells and the Finches Got their Beaks: The Role of Evo-Devo in Solving Darwin’s Dilemmas”
April 13, 2009: Brenda Casper, University of Pennsylvania
“Take Some Fruit and Pass the Seeds”

October 22, 2009: “Darwin and Botany in a Changing World: 150 Years after The Origin of Species”

The following a sampling of past programs. For a more complete listing go to Town Square.

February 2, 2010: “Microturbines: Cutting Edge Alternative Power For Your Building”
November 9, 2009: “Climate Change Federal Policy Review”
October 14, 2009: “The Impact of Climate Change & The Role of Socially Responsible Investing”
July 21, 2009: “Health Care, Food Safety and Antibiotics: Why Some Methods of Raising Food Animals Are Putting Human Health At Risk” (video available)
May 14, 2009: “The Future of Cities: The World, The Nation, Philadelphia”
(in partnership with the Penn Institute for Urban Research)
February 5, 2009: Paul Ehrlich: “The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment in the Obama Administration” (video available)

The following a sampling of past forums. For a more complete listing go to Urban Sustainability Forums.

July 16, 2009: “Parklands Use and Protection – Striking The Right Balance” (video available)
June 18, 2009: “Philadelphia Greenworks” (video available)

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