Darwin Week 2017 Events
Sunday 12th: 2pm Plymouth Bluff Environmental Center
Sunday at the Bluff with Dr. Renee Clary: “Pioneering Women in the HIS-tory of Geology: More than Sellers of Seashells by the Seashore”
Monday 13th: 4pm Harned Hall Room 314
Tea Time Discussion featuring Dr. Rima Lucardi “Unconscious Bias: How Race and Gender can affect your success in science”
Tuesday 14th: 12pm Harned Hall Room 314
Brown bag lunch featuring Dr. Rima Lucardi “Hitchhiking Around the World: Invasive Plants in the South and How They Got Here”
Wednesday 15th: 5:30-7:30pm Hilbun and Cobb Halls, Lee Blvd, MSState Campus
Science Night at the Museum and Silent Auction Benefit to purchase science books for the public school libraries. Fun for all ages! Event is FREE and open to the public. Music by Bill Cooke will start at 6:30pm. Auction will close for bidding at 7:15pm. Activities will include astronomy, physics, geology, paleontology, entomology, archaeology, biological anthropology…
Click here for more pictures from Science Night at the Museum.
Thursday 16th: Afternoon in the Cobb Institute: World Archaeology Displays
Thursday 16th: 6pm Harned 102 auditorium
“Gorillas in the Mist” movie screening with discussion of how women scientists are portrayed in Hollywood featuring Dr. Patricia Parker
Friday 17th: 10am Harned Hall 314
Tea Time discussion featuring Dr. Patricia Parker “Women in Science”
Friday 17th: 12pm Hilbun Hall 304
Brown Bag talk with Dr. Christy Visaggi “Studying Ancient Seas and Tales of Predation in the Fossil Record”
Saturday 18th: 9am Sanderson Center Racquet Ball Courts
Darwin’s “Only the Fit Will Survive” Dodge Ball Tournament
Teams of 6 people, $30 registration fee, contact Cori (cjs815@msstate.edu) to register before the end of the day February 15th. This is a fun spectator sport too!
