January 29, 2009 Issue
Darwin Bicentennial Features James Costa February 10
On Tuesday, February 10, at 8:00 p.m., Dr. James T. Costa will speak at the Broyhill Inn and Conference Center in the Helen A. Powers Grand Hall. Costa’s lecture is titled Charles Darwin and the Origin of The Origin.
The talk is part of the Darwin Bicentennial Series, a yearlong celebration of Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution held to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species. Sponsored by the University Forum Committee at Appalachian State University, the series features free public lectures, films and other events.
Costa is the director of the Highlands Biological Station at Western Carolina University. The Highlands Biological Station was founded in 1927 for scientific research and education focused on the unique southern Appalachian natural environment. Scientists at the station have made significant contributions to the fields of salamander biology, plant ecology, mycology and aquatic ecology.
Costa is a noted Darwin scholar and evolutionary ecologist and the author of the forthcoming book Darwin Line by Line: The Living Origin, an annotated version of On the Origin of Species. He will discuss how Darwin came to write The Origin.
Costa received his doctoral degree in insect population genetics from the University of Georgia in 1992.
The February 10 lecture is free and open to the public. For more info, call 828-262-7660 or click to www.UniversityForum.appstate.edu.
Want To Go?
Date: Tuesday, February 10
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Broyhill Inn Powers Grand Hall, ASU
Cost: Free
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