IPFW Distinguished Lecturer Series Presents, “Why the Fuss about Darwin and Evolution?”

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• IPFW College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Lecturer Series presents, "Why the Fuss about Darwin and Evolution?" with Eugenie C. Scott
• Wednesday, Sept. 8, 7 p.m., Walb Student Union Ballroom
• Free and open to the public
• More info here

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FORT WAYNE, Ind.—The Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) College of Arts and Sciences’ Distinguished Lecturer Series will host Eugenie C. Scott to begin this academic year’s series. She will present, “Why the Fuss about Darwin and Evolution?” Wednesday, Sept. 8, at 7 p.m. in the Walb Student Union Ballroom. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Scott will talk about the teaching of evolution as a contentious issue in the United States today, for reasons that touch upon religion, science, history, and inevitably politics.

Scott is a former university professor and the executive director of the National Center for Science Education (NCSE), “a not-for-profit, membership organization providing information and resources for schools, parents, and concerned citizens working to keep evolution in public school science education.” She has a Ph.D. in physical anthropology from the University of Missouri. She has been both a researcher and an activist in the creationism/evolution controversy for more than 25 years and has addressed many components of this controversy, including educational, legal, scientific, religious, and social issues.

A limited number of the 2nd edition of Scott’s book, Evolution vs. Creationism, will be available for purchase and signing following the lecture.

The event is hosted by IPFW’s Geosciences Department and is sponsored in part by the Addison Locke Roache Memorial Lecture Fund. Visit the Web site for more information on the College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Lecturer Series, or contact Karen Burtnette, administrator of the College of Arts and Sciences, 260-481-6833.

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