SOUTHWESTERN AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION of the THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE
84th ANNUAL MEETING
“SCIENCE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES”
UNIVERSITY OF TULSA
Allen Chapman Activity Center
MARCH 28-31, 2009
Each year, the SWARM Division of AAAS holds annual meetings for interested persons, its affiliated societies in the SWARM geographic region as well as its 14,000 members. These meetings are composed of contributed paper sessions and symposia, field trips, public lectures, social events, and student presentations. Traditionally, the meeting is held in March or April. These meetings present a rare opportunity for scientists and students from a wide variety of disciplines to interact and hear presentations on topics they may not traditionally have access to.
Author and essayist Carl Zimmer, blogs on “The Loom,” will give the Powell Memorial Lecture on the evening of 29 March.
For more information about The conference. go to http://www.aaas-swarm.org/index.html
Registration Types:
Professional ($100)
Professor ($65)
Retired Professor/Professional ($50)
University of Tulsa Student ($0)
Undergraduate/graduate student ($25)
High School Poster Presenter and sponsor ($0)
K-12 Teacher ($10)
K-12 Student ($0)
Single day pass (non-presenters only) ($20)
On-line registration is found here
The following symposium organized by Dr. Stanley Rice, Southeastern State University, will be offered on Tuesday, 31 March:
How Darwin Has Revolutionized Scientific Thought
1:20 Introduction to the symposium: Stanley Rice
1:30 “Don’t Blame Darwin—The Strange History of Eugenics.” Stanley Rice
1:50 “Darwin and Molecular Biology.” Rich Broughton
2:10 “Darwin and Biodiversity: Pigeons, Honeybees, and Earthworms.” Peggy Hill
2:30 “Charles Darwin: Botanist?” Phil Gibson
2:50 Questions from the audience and break
3:00 “Charles Darwin: Geologist.” Jim Derby
3:20 “Darwin and Coevolution.” Valerie O’Brien
3:40 “Current Challenges to Evolution in Oklahoma.” Vic Hutchison
4:00 Panel discussion and questions from the audience