{"id":64054,"date":"2008-10-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-honors-colloquium-lecture-oct-14\/"},"modified":"2008-10-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-07T00:00:00","slug":"uri-honors-colloquium-lecture-oct-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2008\/10\/uri-honors-colloquium-lecture-oct-14\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Colloquium lecture, Oct. 14"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tStanford marine ecologist to examine how humans affect evolution <\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 October 7, 2008 \u2013 Stanford University professor Stephen Palumbi, author of The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change, is the next speaker in the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s annual fall Honors Colloquium.<\/p>\n


\nFree and open to the public, the lecture will be held Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in Edwards Auditorium on 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Kingston Campus.

\n\tThe 2008 Honors Colloquium, \u201cPeople and Planet: Global Environmental Change,\u201d explores human-caused global change, its consequences and potential responses through a series of lectures, films, exhibits and a cabaret. Weekly events run through Dec. 9.<\/p>\n


\n \tIn his lecture, entitled \u201cImpact of Global Environmental Change on Evolution,\u201d Palumbi will discuss how rapid evolution is central to the emerging problems being faced by modern society. <\/p>\n


\n\tIn his book, The Evolution Explosion, Palumbi notes that genetic tinkering by humans is \u201caccelerating the evolutionary game, especially among the species that live with us most intimately,\u201d like the food we eat, the pests that share that food, and the diseases they transmit. The New York Times wrote that Palumbi \u201cdoes an excellent job of showing how man-made evolution is not only real but relevant.\u201d And according to Booklist, Palumbi\u2019s \u201cenlightening discussions of the evolution of HIV, the ecological dangers posed by precipitous bioengineering, and such remarkable evolutionary phenomena as the changes in size and spawning strategies of fish in overfished regions give weight and urgency to his call for evolution literacy.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tPalumbi studies the genetics and evolution of a wide range of marine organisms, from sea urchins and corals to whales and butterflyfish. He also applies molecular genetic techniques to marine conservation, including the identification of whale and dolphin products found in commercial markets.<\/p>\n


\n\tIn addition to his research and writing, Palumbi appeared in the television series \u201cThe Future is Wild,\u201d a computer-animated exploration of the possible courses of evolution in the next few hundred million years.<\/p>\n


\nThe next Honors Colloquium event will feature Ralph Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences, discussing “Global Climate Change: Human Causes and Responses.\u201d It will take place Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n


\nThe major sponsors of the 2008 Honors Colloquium are the G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation, the 溏心vlog免费B站 Office of the President, the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Program, the 溏心vlog免费B站 Graduate School of Oceanography and the College of Arts and Sciences. Additional support came from the Thomas Silvia and Shannon Chandley Honors Colloquium Endowment, the Mark and Donna Ross Honors Colloquium Humanities Endowment, the deans of the remaining 溏心vlog免费B站 colleges, the offices of the 溏心vlog免费B站 vice presidents, the EPA Atlantic Ecology Division and Rhode Island Sea Grant.<\/p>\n


\nFor further details about the colloquium, including an updated schedule and information on parking, go to www.uri.edu\/hc or contact the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Center at 401-874-2381 or debg@uri.edu.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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