RESOURCES

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Beyond the Penn Reading Project
At Penn and in Philadelphia...

• Academic Courses Related to Your Inner Fish
• The Evolution of "Origin" - A special display at Van Pelt library through November 16th.
• Your Inner Fish Themed Events at Van Pelt Library & Weigle Information Commons
• The Evolving Student WICshop Series at Weigle Information Commons
• Your Inner Fish Comic Contest - Sponsored by Van Pelt Library & Weigle Informaion Commons
• Surviving: The Body of Evidence - Major new exhibit at the University Museum
• Evolution themed movies on PVN - In October, PVN shows 2001, Planet of the Apes, Inherit the Wind and more!
• The Year of Evolution - Philadelphia celebrates

Additional Reading
In the news and on the web...

• Lincoln vs Darwin - Both men will be 200 years old on February 12, 2009. Who made the bigger impact?
• Evolution of a Scientist - A profile of Charles Darwin from Newsweek (12/12/05)
• Adaptive Complexity - A biology blog, featuring an entry celebrating Your Inner Fish.
• A Teacher on the Front Line as Faith and Science Clash - From The New York Times (08/23/08)
• Understading Evolution - A "one stop shop" for information on evolution, from University of California Berkeley.
• Gaming Evolves - Neil Shubin is interviewed about the evolution-based video game, Spore. From The New York Times (09/01/08)
• Creation - A short article about the upcoming biographical film on Charles Darwin, Creation. From Dark Horizons (09/16/08)
• Creationism: Your Questions Answered! - Of Moose and Men by Roger Ebert. From the Chicago Sun-Times (09/21/08)

Get Involved
If you enjoyed the topics raised by Your Inner Fish, you may find the following student organizations at Penn of interest. Be sure to consult the Office of Student Life website for a complete listing of all student groups.

• 3808: A Journal of Freshman Writing
• Anthropology Undergraduate Advisory Board
• Biological Basis of Behavior Society
• CURF - The Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships
• English Undergraduate Advisory Board
• Kelly Writers House
• Penn Bioethics Society
• Penn Environmental Group
• PennScience: Journal of Undergraduate Research
• Penn Forum
• Philomathean Society
• Religious Organizations at Penn (Directory)
• Res: Journal of Undergraduate Research
• Special Species Symposium

Science & Research in Philadelphia
Philadelphia has some of the finest scientific institutes and research centers in the world. Take an opportunity during your time at Penn to visit or get involved with these famous centers.

• Academy of Natural Sciences - Home of one of the few Tiktallics on display.
• The Franklin Institute
• The Philadelphia Zoo - The nation's first zoo.
• The Mutter Museum - Medical oddities and genetic mysteries.
• The American Philosophical Society Museum
• The Wagner Free Institute of Science
• The Metanexus Institute - Promoting the constructive engagement of science, religion and the humanities.