UMass Amherst - Lynn Margulis Symposium
"A Life in Science: in Memory and Celebration"
Friday, March 23, 2012 - 9:00am - Sunday, March 25, 2012 - 9:00am
UMass Amherst, various locations
UMass Amherst, in collaboration with the family and friends of Lynn Margulis (1938-2011), is hosting a symposium celebrating her life and work.
Preliminary Schedule of Events
Friday March 23, 2012
Welcome and Lynn Margulis Film Festival
Saturday March 24, 2012
Welcome followed by seminars on Gaia, astrobiology, symbiosis, and a tribute dinner with Peter Westbroek, William Irwin Thompson, and a new essay by James Lovelock
Sunday March 25, 2012
Community and colleague comments and an afternoon field trip in memory and celebration to Lynn's favorite swimming hole (and last research site), Puffers Pond
(please check the Website for updates: www.geo.umass.edu/margulis_symposium.html)
