CCFS Events

Upcoming Events

Evolution Sunday. February 11, 2007.

The Second Annual Evolution Sunday will occur on February 11, 2007. Your help is needed to make this day a success. This date is an opportunity for Christian congregations across the country (indeed, around the world) to join together to discuss the compatibility of religion and science. Evolution Sunday is being sponsored by The Clergy Letter Project, a collection of more than 10,400 members of the Christian clergy who have signed a letter asserting that Christianity and modern evolutionary science need not be at odds with one another.

Evolution and the Fossil Record. March 3-4, 2007.

On March 3-4, the Western Interior Paleontological Society will hold its bi-annual Founders Symposium at the Green Center at the Colorado School of Mines. The topic this year is "Inscribed in Stone: Evolution and the Fossil Record." This symposium is not specifically aimed at the "controversy" (although the topic is likely to come up) but consists of a series of lectures and workshops on biological evolution, the tools and methods used by geologists and paleontologists to study earth/life evolution, and what we learn from the fossil record. Some of our more prominent speakers will be Donald Prothero and Judy Scotchmoor. It is open to the public; however there is a registration fee. Continuing education credits are being obtained for K-12 teachers. For more information and/or to register, check the WIPS website.

Moving beyond Darwin: The New Evolution. 22nd Regional Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science. April 13-15, 2007. Keynote speakers include

John Dupré, Department of Sociology and Philosophy, University of Exeter, “The Friendly Germ Meets the Selfish Gene”

Jan Sapp, Department of Biology, York University, “The Microbial Evolution Revolution”

Norm Pace, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, “Sequence Based Perspective on the Organization and History of Life”

Please send submissions or questions to RCHPS@colorado.edu.

June 26, 2004: Colorado State University

CCFS held a symposium, The Pseudoscience of Intelligent Design Creationism, on Saturday, June 26, from 1-4 p.m. at Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, in room 230 of the Lory Student Center. The schedule was:

1:00. Introduction to CCFS

1:15. Robert T. Pennock, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Lyman Briggs School of Science, Dept. of Philosophy, and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology & Behavior Program, Michigan State University. Intelligent Design Creationism in Biology: It's Deja Vu All Over Again

2:00. Victor Stenger, Ph.D. President CCFS, Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii; Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado. Intelligent Design Creationism in Physics and Cosmology

2:45. Break

3:00. Barbara Forrest, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Philosophy, Department of History and Political Science, Southeastern Louisiana University. Inside Creationism's Trojan Horse: A Closer Look at the Intelligent Design Movement

3:45. Open Forum

This event was free and open to the public and occurred during Evolution04, a meeting held on campus June 26-30.

March 29, 2003

Colorado Citizens For Science (CCFS) hosted a free, informative event for members and the public at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. The event included an introduction by CCFS President Victor J. Stenger, Ph.D, and a lecture by biologist Norman Pace, Ph.D, entitled "What Do We Know About the Origin and Evolution of Life?" Following the talk, there was an open discussion forum. A special guided tour of part of the museum concluded the event. Led by Richard Stucky, PhD, Vice President of Museum Programs, the tour was open to a limited group of attendees on a first come, first served basis. The program flyer is available online.