Professor Emeritus Duncan M. Porter is a co-editor of Darwin in the Archives: Papers on Charles Darwin from the Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History and Archives of Natural History. The book was released this October by the Society for the History of Natural History to mark the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Darwin, and the sesquicentenary of On the Origin of the Species.
Dr. Porter will also be featured on the radio show 'With Good Reason' this month. For more information, click here.
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Last Update 16 November 2009
In the News
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November 11, 2009: F.M. Anne McNabb honored with emertius status
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October 12, 2009: New phase of high school-university research partnership funded by NIH
Biological Sciences T-Shirts are available, with a new design for Fall 2009!
Proceeds benefit the Biological Sciences Graduate Student Association.
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Events
Other Events
- November 16, 2009: MCBB Seminar by Ralf Erdmann, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Germany, entitled "Biogenesis of Peroxisomes: From Yeast to Man." 4:00 pm, VBI Conference Center.
- November 19, 2009: EEB Seminar by Margaret Palmer, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, entitled "Stream and river restoration: The problems it solves and the problems it creates." 3:30 pm, Derring 2069.
- November 20, 2009: MCBB Seminar by David Mackey, Ohio State University, entitled "Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions." 12:20 pm, VBI Conference Center.
- November 23, 2009: Thanksgiving Break begins.
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