Johanson juggling award, press coverage & public engagements
March 8, 2008
Donald C. Johanson is no stranger to acclaim. He is, after all, the man who found "Lucy," the 3.18-million-year-old hominid skeleton and evolutionary icon.
Currently a professor in ASU's School of Human Evolution and Social Change and the director of the Institute of Human Origins (IHO), Johanson is about to receive more recognition this spring in the form of a prestigious award, public engagements and major exposure in the press.
On May 4th, Johanson will travel to Philadelphia's University of Pennsylvania Museum to receive the Wilton Krogman Award for Distinguished Achievement in Biological Anthropology. He will present a public lecture in association with his acceptance of the award, which honors his "extraordinary commitment to furthering knowledge in the field of human origins."
Before heading to Philadelphia, Johanson will spend the weekend of April 28-29 in Los Angeles as a speaker at the What Makes Us Human Conference. He will sit on the human origins panel.
First up, though, the Russian edition of Newsweek magazine is sending a reporter to interview Johanson later this month. Johanson will also grant the Arizona Republic an interview in preparation for an April feature in the newspaper.
These publications follow a February 29 Science article that quotes Johanson and builds on information presented at a conference he and IHO science director and fellow SHESC professor Bill Kimbel attended in Ethiopa last January.
Click here for the Vision Media article on the What Makes Us Human Conference.