At last the plans for the Darwin Day celebrations at the University of Alberta (my current location) has been unveiled. The Department of Biology is organizing a seminar series on February 12 to honor Darwin and his contribution to biology and science.
Other activities include a Darwin food competition:
“Darwin studied or collected organisms in just about every phylum from mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, insectivorous plants, fungi to orchids, beetles and cactus. How many families can you get into one dish?” (I’d love to see this one as an entry)
a Darwin look-alike contest:
“Contestants will be judged based on their similarity in appearance, clothing, and mannerisms. Given that this contest appears inherently limited to males (but don’t let that stop you) we will have the judging done by women in the audience. Start combing your beards and contacting your tailors.”
a Darwin game show, Dance like a Victorian contest, What would you like to ask Darwin contest, etc.
The full schedule can be found here.
This is from the “Mario’s Entangled Bank” blog ( http://pineda-krch.com ) of Mario Pineda-Krch, a theoretical biologist at the University of Alberta.
