DARWIN DAY
It's a party and you're invited! Charles Darwin is turning 200 years old.
February 12, 2009
1. Mid-Morning Event: "The Music of Evolution," performances by NU Music Students. (McCormic Auditorium, Norris Center: 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm)
2. Have some birthday cake in honor of Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln's 200th Birthday. (Norris: 11:30 am - 12:00 pm)
3. Afternoon: "The Art of Evolution." Art works submitted by NU students, staff, and faculty. Refreshments will be served. Although the objects will only be on display for this one afternoon, photographs will be available on the One Book website after the event. (Norris Center, specific location TBA: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm)
4. Afternoon: Public release of "BugHunt," an online multiplayer computer game that simluates natural selection. Players compete to be the top predator. BugHunt was developed at NU by Uri Wilensky and Michael Novak (of the Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling) for the One Boook One Northwestern project. It will remain as a permanent legacy of the One Book One Northwestern Darwin project for the teaching of Evolution--and just for fun! (Release occurs @ 3:00 pm at the "The Art of Evolution" exhibit and online on this website)
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