Darwin Lecture Series to Feature Hutchison, Kornfield This Week

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571

ORONO — The University of Maine’s Celebration of Darwin class and lecture series continues on Monday Oct. 5 and Wednesday, Oct. 7.

UMaine Prof. Keith Hutchison will give a Monday talk, “The Genome: Changing Slow, Changing Fast,” and Prof. Irv Kornfield will speak on Wednesday about “Speciation and Gladogenesis.”

Each class meeting in the semester-long series is also open to members of the UMaine community and the public.  Fourteen UMaine professors will lead course lectures, all of which are scheduled from 8:35-9:50 a.m. in 130 Little Hall.

Those who are interested can also join the UMaine Darwin Program fan page on Facebook.