Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Darwin Days in the heartland
Lincoln, Nebraska: Feb. 10 at 7:00 pm at the Nebraska Union at the University of Nebraska -- Lincoln City Campus, 14th and R Streets
Professor Guillermo Orti, a geneticist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will give a public talk, followed by discussion.
Cosponsored by the Lincoln Forum on Science and Religion, Center for the Advancement of Rational Solutions, and the UNL Campus Freethought Alliance.
For more information contact: Clay Farris Naff, claynaff@rationalworld.org, 402-477-0205
Norman, Oklahoma: Feb. 12 at 7:00 pm at 1309 W. Boyd St.
- "Current Creationism: Politics. Litigation and the Public Schools," presented by Victor H. Hutchison, George Lynn Cross Research Professor Emeritus, OU Department of Zoology
- "The Life and Legacy of Charles Darwin," presented by Rebecca Sherry, Research Scientist, OU Department of Botany and Microbiology
- "It's only a Theory: Some Common Creationist Arguments," presented by Susan Cogan author of "The Pocket Darwin."
Sponsored by the Norman Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
For more information contact: Susan Cogan, susan-brassfield@ou.edu, 405 226-9712
Omaha, Nebraska: February 10, at 7:30 pm at the The Antiquarium Gallery, 1215 Harney St.
Charles Austerberry, PhD, will speak on "What Darwin Didn't Know: How Mutations Can Increase Complexity and Diversity." Chuck is a member of Creighton University's Biology Dept, and a co-founder of the Nebraska Religious Coalition for Science Education.
Sponsored by: R.E.A.S.O.N. Rationalists, Empiricists And Skeptics Of Nebraska
For more information contact: Jim Bechtel, jimbechtel2@cox.net, 402 556 8312
