This talk will be rescheduled.

The lecture, titled "Slam Dunk for Science and the Constitution: Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District 2005," is one in a series of events throughout Greater Cincinnati celebrating the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species.

Dr. Forrest is a professor of philosophy in the Department of History and Political Science at Southeastern Louisiana University. She is co-author, with Paul R. Gross, of Creationism's Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design (Oxford University Press, 2004; 2007, 2nd ed.), which details the political and religious aims of the intelligent design creationist movement.

She served as an expert witness for the plaintiffs in the first legal case involving intelligent design, Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District, which originated in Dover, Penn., and was resolved with a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs in December 2005.

Dr. Forrest is a member of the board of directors of the National Center for Science Education and the board of trustees of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. She has appeared on Larry King Live, ABC's Nightline and the BBC's Horizon documentary about the intelligent design creationism issue, "A War on Science." She was also featured on the PBS NOVA documentary about the Kitzmiller trial, "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial," which aired on November 13, 2007, and received a Peabody Award as one of the best electronic media productions of 2007.

Her radio interviews include NPR's Science Friday with Ira Flatow and Culture Shocks with Rev. Barry Lynn of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. She is the 2006 co-recipient, with Brown University cell biologist Kenneth Miller, of the American Society for Cell Biology's Public Service Award. In April 2007, Forrest was selected as a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI), formerly Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP).

Institutions participating in DARWIN2009 include NKU, College of Mount St. Joseph, Thomas More College, University of Cincinnati, Xavier University, Society for Evolution Education.

Reservations for the Feb. 16 dinner and lecture are $15 for the general public ($10 NKU students and P-12 teachers) and can be made online at http://artscience.nku.edu/darwin2009.php. A wine reception and registration will begin at 6 p.m.; dinner at 6:45 p.m. followed by Dr. Forrest's lecture.

Symposium organized by NCSE at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science with Eugenie C. Scott as the Moderator. The Symposium takes to heart Theodosious Dobzhansky’s maxim that “nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.” The symposium features preeminent scientists’ reflections on how the concept of common ancestry explains why things are the way they are in their respective fields.

• Joshua Rosenau "Why We Need to Apply Dobzhansky's Maxim Today"
• David Deamer "Evolution Makes Sense of Biochemistry"
• Kenneth R. Miller "Evolution Makes Sense of Cell & Molecular Biology"
• Sean B. Carroll "Evolution Makes Sense of Developmental Biology"
• Neil Shubin "Evolution makes Sense of Anatomy"
• Olivia Judson "Evolution Makes Sense of Behavior"

Also: Visit the NCSE Booth in the Exhibit Room

A brief presentation on the current attempts to introduce creationism into public schools, followed by an audience discussion.