http://www.lafayette.edu RSS Feed For Lafayette Campus News Art historian Barbra Larson will speak on Darwins Sexual Selection and the Jealous Male in Fin de Siecle Art 4:10 p.m. Nov. 12 in the Williams Center for the Arts room 108. The lecture is one of many events this year marking Charles Darwins 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his work, On the Origin of Species. It is presented in conjunction with the exhibition From Scales to Feathers: The Evanescent Presence of Sculpted Wings by environmental artist Brandon Ballengee, which runs through Dec. 10 in the Williams Center Art Gallery. http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14311 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14311 As part of Lafayettes yearlong celebration of Charles Darwins 200th birthday,environmental artist Brandon Ballenges From Scales to Feathers: The Evanescent Presence of Sculpted Wings will run through Dec. 10 in the Williams Center Art Gallery. An artist talk will be 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6 with a reception following from 4-6 p.m. A guided tour of the exhibition will take place 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22. http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14310 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14310 The Lafayette Activities Forum was honored at the annual mid-Atlantic regional conference of the National Association for Campus Activities held last month in Lancaster, Pa. LAF won three awards including Outstanding Multicultural Program 2009 for The Spot, Outstanding Educational Program 2009 for Fair Trade Week, and the conferences Campus Activities Marketplace Award. The awards are presented to college/university programs that demonstrate creativity, innovation, and appeal to a diverse body of students. They specifically target programs where students are primarily, if not fully, involved in the decision-making, planning, and presentation of the programs. http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14301 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14301 Lafayette placed first in the local level of the College Fed Challenge at the Baltimore branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Nov. 2-4. The team moves on to the Fifth District regional competition held Nov. 16 at the banks main office in Richmond, Va. Lafayette outperformed teams from American University, Elizabethtown College, Gettysburg College, Lehigh University, Loyola University-Maryland, McDaniel College, Mt. St. Mary's University, Salisbury University, Shepherd University, Shippensburg University, Towson University, University of Delaware, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, and the U.S. Naval Academy. http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14304 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14304 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14298 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14298 Robert Segal, professor and chair of religious studies at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, will speak on Hollywood Stars as Gods: Bringing Myth Back to the World 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, in Kirby Hall of Civil Rights room 104. Free and open to the public, the event is sponsored by the religious studies department under the auspices of the Lyman Coleman Fund. Segal also will meet with students in the course Religion, Myth, and Fantasy, taught by Eric Ziolkowski, Charles A. Dana Professor of Religious Studies. http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14291 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14291 Canadian actor and rap artist Baba Brinkman will perform his one-man show The Rap Guide to Evolution 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 9 and 10 in Oechsle Hall room 224. Throughout his two days on campus, Brinkman will meet with students in art, English, music, and theater classes. He also will hold a session with local high school students at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 9 in the Williams Visual Arts Building and a Rap Workshop with members of Writing Organization Reaching Dynamic Students at 4 p.m. Nov. 10 in the Marlo Room of Farinon College Center. All of Brinkmans events are free and open to the public. http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14290 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14290 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14281 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14281 Paul Loeffelman, director of environmental public policy at American Electric Power, and Jim Tolan, president of U.S. operations for SgurrEnergy Corp., will discuss their role in the e8 Galapagos Islands Wind Project and the future of alternative energy and environmental sustainability 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, in the Williams Center for the Arts. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is this years Judith A. Resnik Memorial Lecture. It is part of a yearlong series of events at Lafayette in honor of Charles Darwins 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his masterwork, On the Origin of Species. http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14272 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14272 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14270 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14270 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14266 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14266 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14261 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14261 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14262 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14262 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14253 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14253