The EvoS seminar series brings distinguished speakers to campus to examine all aspects of humanity and the natural world from an evolutionary perspective. The seminars are open to the entire university community and the general public, in addition to participants of the EvoS program and co-hosting departments. Attending the seminars provides an education in evolutionary studies in its own right. The fact that the EvoS seminar series can include such a diversity of topics illustrates the ability of evolutionary theory to transcend disciplinary boundaries.
Each seminar is followed by a dinner and continuing discussion with the speaker, which is restricted to EvoS participants and their guests. The dinner/discussion is as lively and stimulating as the seminar itself. A 2-credit course titled “Current Topics in Evolutionary Studies”(Biol 480s/680s) is built around the seminar series and offered every semester. Students in the course read articles and write a commentary in addition to attending the seminar and dinner/discussion. This course is restricted to EvoS participants and is frequently rated as one of their best intellectual experiences at BU.
The spring '08 seminars will be held in Room 110 of the Engineering Building, which is most easily reached through the entrance of the building that faces the Old Union.
“The Prevention of Psychological and Behavioral Problems Through an Intentional Science of Cultural Change”
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"The genetic basis of parallel evolution in threespine stickleback"
Dr. Cresko will also give a more specialized talk on "Genome duplication in teleosts and the origins of genetic modularity" Science III, rm 214 from 12-1.
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“The Evolution of Morality, and Some (Surprising) Implications for Children’s Social Functioning”
Dr. Hawley will give a second talk on "Sexual Fantasies of Domination: Feminine Pathology or Power?" on Thursday in Science III rm 214 from 12-1.
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"The history, mating system, and MHC biology of tiger salamanders from
Indiana"
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"Fearful Brains in an Anxious World"
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"Functional insights into human evolution from comparative genomics"
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“Too good to be true: conserved developmental programs coordinating phenotypic plasticity”
“Competition for paternity: The impact of evolution on human genital morphology and behavior”
“Urban Ecology: The Changing face of Ecology”
“Hormones, mating, and pairing: A tale of two birds”
“Evolution, Behavioral Economics, and Addiction”