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Article: UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA TO CELEBRATE 200TH BIRTHDAY OF DARWIN WITH MULTIPLE EVENTS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- February 18, 2009
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ATHENS, Ga., Jan. 23 -- The University of Georgia issued the following news release:
"Darwin Day at UGA: An International Recognition of Science and Humanity" will be among dozens of celebrations worldwide on Feb. 9, honoring the 200th birthday of one of the world's great scientists, Charles Darwin.
The University of Georgia events actually cover several days and will include lectures, films and numerous other activities, according to Mark Farmer, head of the department of cellular biology in UGA's Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.
"In Darwin Day, we are able to recognize the diversity among us while celebrating our common humanity and the universal understanding we share," says Farmer.