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SUMMARY:Darwin Day at A-State Museum
DESCRIPTION:The Darwin Day activities at Arkansas State University kick off with an exhibit at A-State Museum\, located at 320 University Loop\, inside Dean B. Ellis Library. \nJONESBORO – This year\, the Darwin Day activities at Arkansas State University kick off with an exhibit at A-State Museum\, located at 320 University Loop\, inside Dean B. Ellis Library. \n“The exhibit will feature fossils and specimens of different plants and animals that no longer live in Arkansas\, and in some cases\, no longer live anywhere on earth\,” said Dr. Drew Sweet\, associate professor of evolutionary biology. \nSweet said that Arkansas once looked very different from what it does now\, and the exhibit will showcase how both plant and animal life have changed. \n“The exhibit will also focus on some plants and animals that are not extinct yet\, but are not doing very well. We still have time to save them\, but we need people to be aware\,” added Sweet. \nThe exhibit will be open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday\, Feb. 9\, through Saturday\, Feb. 28. \nA panel discussion\, Darwin Day: Extinction and De-Extinction\, will be held from 4 – 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday\, Feb. 11\, in room 157 of A-State Museum. \n“Organisms have been going extinct at an increasingly faster rate over the last several centuries\,” Sweet continued. “One approach to counteracting high extinction rates is ‘de-extinction\,’ which seeks to use cutting-edge biotechnology to resurrect previously extinct species. However\, some approaches to de-extinction are controversial\, and it is important to have discussions about the ethics of these approaches.” \nThis panel discussion will feature experts from the A-State community\, including biologists and philosophers. \nOn Thursday\, Feb. 12\, the keynote speaker for the Darwin Day events will speak on “The Elephant from Heaven and the Chicken from Hell: Does De-extinction Make Sense?” This event will be held from 5 – 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium of A-State Museum. \nDr. Gregory Kaebnick\, director of the research department and editor of the Hastings Center Report at the Hastings Center for Bioethics\, will speak about ethical issues surrounding the resurrection of previously extinct species. \nThose who cannot attend the event in person can still attend online: https://RedWolv.es/DeExtinct.
URL:https://darwinday.org/event/darwin-day-at-a-state-museum/
LOCATION:Arkansas State University\,  101 North Caraway Road\, Jonesboro\, AR\, 72401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Darwin Week 2026
DESCRIPTION:This is a weeklong event where various biology-related events are organized such as\,\n1. Connections – this is a game type event related to biology\n2. Biology quiz – this is a themed biology quiz\n3. WHO-MUN – this is a mun taken WHO as its setting and Biological problems are the agenda\n4. treasure hunt – this is a campus wide treasure hunt which has questions having a biological twist to them\n5. guest talk – we have guest talk from an esteemed professor in india for the students\n6. movie screening – a movie is screened for the students which have a biological angle\n7. bio-hackathon – a hackathon is organized which have biological questions
URL:https://darwinday.org/event/darwin-week-2026/
LOCATION:Indian INstitute of Science Education and Research Mohali\, Sector 81 SAS Nagar Knowledge City\, Mohali\, Punjab\, 140306\, India
ORGANIZER;CN="Biology Discussion Forum IISERM":MAILTO:rituroych@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260218T150000
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SUMMARY:2026 Darwin Day Lecture: Michael Lynch
DESCRIPTION:Michael Lynch\, Pioneer of Evolutionary Cell Biology\, to Deliver 2026 Darwin Day Lecture\nMichael Lynch\, a leading evolutionary biologist whose groundbreaking work integrates population genetics with cell biology\, will deliver the 2026 Darwin Day Lecture on Wednesday\, February 18. Lynch’s talk\, Evolutionary Cell Biology: Rethinking the Origins of Cellular Architecture (placeholder title)\, part of Vanderbilt University’s Evolutionary Studies Initiative International Darwin Day celebrations\, will begin at 3:00 pm in MRB III 1220. The event is free and open to the public. \nLynch is director of the Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution at Arizona State University and a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has served as president of four major scientific societies: the Genetics Society of America\, the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution\, the Society for the Study of Evolution\, and the American Genetic Association. In 2022\, Lynch received the prestigious Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal from the Genetics Society of America for his exceptional lifetime contributions to the field. \nA central question in evolutionary biology is understanding what limits natural selection’s ability to perfect organisms. Lynch has pioneered the “drift-barrier hypothesis\,” which proposes that random genetic drift—the stochastic fluctuation of gene frequencies in finite populations—imposes fundamental constraints on molecular refinement. This work has challenged the widespread assumption that all cellular features are optimally designed by natural selection. \nLynch’s research demonstrates that population size plays a critical role in evolution at every scale\, from mutation rates to genome architecture to cellular complexity. His 2007 book The Origins of Genome Architecture revolutionized how scientists think about genome evolution by showing that many genomic features arise not through adaptive selection\, but through the varying power of drift in different lineages. More recently\, Lynch has extended these insights to cellular evolution\, establishing the emerging field of evolutionary cell biology. \nAmong Lynch’s most influential contributions is his work showing that eukaryotes are not more bioenergetically efficient than prokaryotes\, contrary to longstanding claims that mitochondria provided an energetic boost driving eukaryotic complexity. His quantitative analyses across the tree of life reveal that organism size\, population genetics\, and bioenergetic constraints interact in complex ways to shape cellular evolution. \nLynch earned his B.S. in Biology from St. Bonaventure University (1973) and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota (1977). He held faculty positions at the University of Illinois\, University of Oregon\, and Indiana University before joining Arizona State University. He has authored more than 300 papers and four influential books\, including two volumes on quantitative genetics with Bruce Walsh\, The Origins of Genome Architecture (2007) and Evolutionary Cell Biology: The Origins of Cellular Architecture (2024). \nThe Vanderbilt Evolutionary Studies Initiative was established in August 2019 with the aim of uniting a remarkably diverse array of scholars from a variety of disciplines with broad interests and expertise in evolution-related fields.
URL:https://darwinday.org/event/2026-darwin-day-lecture-michael-lynch/
LOCATION:Vanderbilt University\, 2201 West End Ave\, Nashville\, TN\, 37235\, United States
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SUMMARY:Science Night Live: Annual Darwin Day Celebration – Ancient Trees Bring New Knowledge in Our Rapidly Changing World
DESCRIPTION:Hofstra Cultural Center and the Department of Geology\, Environment\, and Sustainability present Science Night Live \nJoin Us for Our Annual Darwin Day Celebration: Ancient Trees Bring New Knowledge in Our Rapidly Changing World \nDr. Neil Pederson will describe how scientists access the memories of trees using a process called tree-ring analysis or dendrochronology. Tree-ring analysis might be one of the most flexible implements in the scientific toolbox\, especially in understanding the impacts of global environmental change. Trees are helping us better document the presence of old-growth forests as the rapid pace of environment change blurs these distinctions. Studying old-growth forests has revealed how much we need to learn about the lives of trees. Trees have also born witness to early human events\, including the rise of the Mongol Empire\, to add nuance in ways that can befuddle human historians. Ancient trees offer new insights into our world by expanding human knowledge. \nLocation: The Helene Fortunoff Theater\, Monroe Lecture Center\, California Avenue\, South Campus \nAdmission is FREE and open to the public. Advance registration is required. \nFor more information\, please call the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669.
URL:https://darwinday.org/event/science-night-live-annual-darwin-day-celebration-ancient-trees-bring-new-knowledge-in-our-rapidly-changing-world/
LOCATION:Helene Fortunoff Theater\, 127 Hofstra University\, Hempstead\, NY\, United States
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SUMMARY:Darwin Day at Texas A&M University
DESCRIPTION:An Annual Celebration of All Things Biology!\n\nWHEN: Friday February 27th from 5 – 8 pm\nWHERE: The Gardens at Texas A&M University\nDarwin Day is is a FREE event open to TAMU students\, faculty and staff and their families\, and the public. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDarwin Day is an annual event organized by Texas A&M’s Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) program and EEBISO to coincide with the birthday of Charles Darwin\, the father of evolutionary biology\, and preeminent thinker whose insights on the natural world lead to new discoveries to this day.  The EEB program enjoys the good fortune of a diversity of biologists – who study everything from Anthozoans to Zooplankton. These researchers are driven by a fascination for the natural world and their discoveries help propel science forward.\n\nCome and explore our Darwin Day event to see how TAMU researchers and their science are illuminating fundamental aspects of biology and making a difference in the real world.\n\nThe vision of Darwin Day is to “inspire people throughout the globe to reflect and act on the principles of intellectual bravery\, perpetual curiosity\, scientific thinking\, and hunger for truth as embodied in Charles Darwin. It will be a day of celebration\, activism\, and international cooperation for the advancement of science\, education\, and human well-being.”  – DarwinDay.org
URL:https://darwinday.org/event/darwin-day-at-texas-am-university/
LOCATION:The Gardens at TAMU\, 556 John Kimbrough Blvd\, College Station\, TX\, 77843\, United States
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SUMMARY:Darwin Day Celebration at Ethical Society Mid Rivers
DESCRIPTION:SUNDAY\, MARCH 1 | 10:30 AM | SCIENCE\, EDUCATION\, AND HUMAN WELL-BEING\nWe will enjoy a fun day of interactive learning and celebration of science. It will be a great time for humans 1 to 100!\nInternational Darwin Day is celebrated on February 12th to inspire people throughout the globe to reflect and act on the principles of intellectual bravery\, perpetual curiosity and learning\, scientific exploration\, and hunger for truth. Darwin Day is a day of celebration\, activism\, and international cooperation for the advancement of science\, education\, and human well-being. \nThis event is free and all are welcome at the Ethical Society Mid Rivers.\n​\nTo learn more about Charles Darwin\, his involvement in the abolitionist movement\, and understand what he risked by publishing On the Origin of Species\, we recommend the following\, well-researched book\, “Darwin’s Sacred Cause: Race\, Slavery and the Quest for Human Origins” by renowned Darwin scholars\, Adrian Desmond and James Moore. Darwin’s belief in human unity was in direct contrast to many of his contemporaries.
URL:https://darwinday.org/event/darwin-day-celebration-at-ethical-society-mid-rivers/
LOCATION:Ethical Society Mid Rivers\, ​117 Triad Center West\, O'Fallon\, 63366\, United States
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SUMMARY:Ethical Society Mid Rivers Darwin Day Celebration
DESCRIPTION:SUNDAY\, MARCH 1 | 10:30 AM | SCIENCE\, EDUCATION\, AND HUMAN WELL-BEING\nWe will enjoy a fun day of interactive learning and celebration of science. It will be a great time for humans 1 to 100! \nInternational Darwin Day is celebrated on February 12th to inspire people throughout the globe to reflect and act on the principles of intellectual bravery\, perpetual curiosity and learning\, scientific exploration\, and hunger for truth. Darwin Day is a day of celebration\, activism\, and international cooperation for the advancement of science\, education\, and human well-being.\n​\nTo learn more about Charles Darwin\, his involvement in the abolitionist movement\, and understand what he risked by publishing On the Origin of Species\, we recommend the following\, well-researched book\, Darwin’s Sacred Cause: Race\, Slavery and the Quest for Human Origins by renowned Darwin scholars\, Adrian Desmond and James Moore. Darwin’s belief in human unity was in direct contrast to many of his contemporaries.
URL:https://darwinday.org/event/ethical-society-mid-rivers-darwin-day-celebration/
LOCATION:Ethical Society Mid Rivers\, ​117 Triad Center West\, O'Fallon\, 63366\, United States
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SUMMARY:Iowa City Darwin Day: Science Fest
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Iowa City Darwin Day: Science Fest\, a grand celebration of science and its many contributions to humanity! \nWe will welcome our speakers for talks on Friday\, April 10th and Saturday\, April 11th\, 2026. \nAll events are free and open to the public
URL:https://darwinday.org/event/iowa-city-darwin-day-science-fest/
LOCATION:University of Iowa\, 210 East Iowa Ave\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52242\, United States
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SUMMARY:Darwin Day 2026
DESCRIPTION:Il Sistema Museale di Ateneo dell’Università degli Studi di Bari è lieto di invitarvi a partecipare\, giovedì 12 febbraio all’International Darwin Day\, giornata di studi dedicata al naturalista Charles Darwin.\nUn’occasione per comprendere meglio il lavoro e il pensiero scientifico del padre della teoria dell’evoluzione nonché per ricordarne le intuizioni\, gli studi e i dibattiti dell’epoca e come la sua teoria abbia portato allo sviluppo di discipline scientifiche che contribuiscono alla nostra conoscenza della natura.\nProgramma della giornata https://www.uniba.it/it/ateneo/sedi-strutture/sima/eventi/eventi-2026/darwin-day-2026\n12 febbraio\nORE 10:00 attività teorico – pratica\n•	Il miglior attacco è la difesa: l’evoluzione delle corazze negli esseri viventi\nA cura di Giovanni SCILLITANI – Museo di Zoologia L. Liaci\nUniversità degli Studi di Bari A. Moro\nAula 1° ex Istituti Biologici presso Campus Quagliariello – Via Orabona\, 4 – Bari \nORE 11:00 visita guidata\n•	Museo Faunistico Bernardo Terio\nA cura di Letizia PASSANTINO – Museo Faunistico B. Terio\nUniversità degli Studi di Bari A. Moro\nCampus di Medicina Veterinaria – Strada Provinciale 62 – Valenzano (BA)
URL:https://darwinday.org/event/darwin-day-2026-3/
LOCATION:Università degli Studi di Bari – Sistema Museale di Ateneo\, Via Celso Ulpiani\, 27 (presso Villa la Rocca)\, Bari\, BA\, 70125\, Italy
ORGANIZER;CN="Sistema Museale di Ateneo dell%E2%80%99Universit%C3%A0 di Bari":MAILTO:vincenza.montenegro@uniba.it
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