Why Darwin still matters

Warren Allmon, Ph.D., will deliver a lecture with Powerpoint entitled “Why Darwin Still Matters” on Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Harriman Lecture Hall 111, on the SUNY Orange Middletown campus. Allmon is the director of the Museum of the Earth in Ithaca, where a celebration of Darwin — Ithaca’s Darwin Days — will go on the week of Darwin’s birthday which is Feb. 12. During the lecture presentation with Q&A, Allmon will discuss Darwin’s revolutionary theory of natural selection, and its influence since 1859. The presentation is free and open to the public and no registration is required. Questions may be directed to)341-4891, cultural@sunyorange.edu and www.sunyorange.edu.