Dr. Harry W. Greene, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Cornell University, will give two presentations on biodiversity and conservation ecology Saturday, April 30, at 107 Hardin Hall.
Greene will present and discuss “Teaching Biodiversity & the Tree of Life” from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at Hardin Hall 107. The speech is open to students, faculty and The Amphibian Group, an interagency and inter-university organization.
He also will present “Pleistocene rewilding: Lions in the den of Daniels?” at 7 p.m. that Saturday. The event is free and open to the public.
The Maps & More Store will host a book signing in coordination with the presentation. Two of Greene’s books, “Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery” and “Tracks and Shadows: Field Biology as Art,” are for sale at the store.
Greene is the Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He also is senior scholar for the Center for Humans and Nature. He built his career as a herpetologist and researcher of evolutionary biology and vertebrate conservation.
Greene’s honors include Berkeley’s Distinguished Teaching Award; the Edward O. Wilson Naturalist Award; and being named one of Cornell’s “Top Ten Professors” by Business Insider in 2014. His book “Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature,” won a PEN Literary Award, garnered a two-page spread in Time magazine, and made the New York Times’ annual list of 100 Most Notable Books.
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