Evolution on Trial: Science, Religion and the Future of American Education

Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 5:00p.m. to 7:00p.m.
A.J. Drexel Picture Gallery, 3rd floor of the Main Building (32nd & Chestnut)

In spite of the nearly universal scientific acceptance of Charles Darwin’s “The Origin of Species,” the theory of evolution is often greeted by skepticism and even rejection. Many of these anti-evolutionary thinkers propose alternative explanations that claim to provide a more intuitive explanation for the history of life on earth.

Join us for a panel discussion led by experts on pseudoscience, paleontology, and educational law, as we highlight the nature and history of this controversy while illuminating the distinctions between the scientific theory of evolution and the pseudoscience of intelligent design.

This event is free and open to all. A light reception will follow.

For more information, please contact Amy Weaver at amw55@drexel.edu.

Panelists:

Dr. Ted Daeschler
Curator and Chair of Vertebrate Zoology, Academy of Natural Sciences
Co-discoverer of Tiktaalik Rosae (transition fossil between fish and tetrapods)

Dr. Peter Dodson
Professor of Anatomy, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
President of the Philadelphia Center of Science and Religion

Dr. James Herbert
Professor of Psychology and Expert on Pseudoscience
Interim Head of the Department of Biology, Drexel University

Honorable Judge John E. Jones, III
Federal Judge, US District Court for the Middle District of PA
Presided over Dover, PA trial on the teaching of intelligent design (Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District et al.)