Come help us celebrate Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of the publishing of his seminal work, The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life.

Darwin Day is an international celebration of science and humanity held on or around February 12, the day that Charles Darwin was born on in 1809. Specifically, it celebrates the discoveries and life of Charles Darwin -- the man who first described biological evolution via natural selection with scientific rigor. More generally, Darwin Day expresses gratitude for the enormous benefits that scientific knowledge, acquired through human curiosity and ingenuity, has contributed to the advancement of humanity.

Kent State University, through the efforts of the Biology Graduate Student council, is hosting a series of events designed to increase the public understanding of evolutionary processes, and to celebrate the life of this great English naturalist.