The Darwin Project
A year-long reflection on Charles Darwin, the Father of Evolution
All that we observe as biologists is part of a large tapestry with evolutionary theory as its unifying thread.
– Dr. Richard Legg, St. Ambrose University professor of biology and
Darwin Project coordinator
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St. Ambrose University marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his On the Origin of Species with a year-long program featuring lectures, artistic performances and exhibits reflecting upon how Darwin's ideas re-centered our human species' relationship with nature, and continue to be a focal point for intellectual and social debate.
"There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or one... from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and wonderful have been, and are being evolved."
—Charles Darwin, the conclusion of On the Origin of Species