ALT Descriptive alt text: Biodiversity Day promotional graphic featuring a scrapbook-style collage of wildlife and biological specimens, including a black beetle, an African elephant with a calf, microscopic fungal structures, and a fossil skull. Decorative illustrations of a monarch butterfly, honeybee, oak leaves, acorns, and mushroom surround the photographs against a muted green background. Bold text reads “Biodiversity Day,” followed by “November 5th, 4:00–6:00 p.m.” The Adventure Science Center and Vanderbilt University Evolutionary Studies logos appear at the bottom.

ALT Descriptive alt text: Promotional collage for Biodiversity Day featuring four photographs: an outdoor educational booth with a gray whale model and colorful biological specimens, a woman discussing specimens with a visitor at an indoor exhibit, a smiling researcher holding butterflies, and a fossil display. Autumn leaves decorate the gold background. The Evolutionary Studies and Adventure Science Center logos appear alongside the event details: November 5th, 4:00–6:00 p.m.

ALT An elephant on the savannah. Superimposed on the bottom left is an animation of a p53 tumor-suppressor

ALT A very close up of a golden retriever's nose with a couple lines showing smells coming in

ALT A herd of African elephants, including adults and calves, gathers at a watering hole beneath a cloudy sky. In the upper left, multicolored cancer awareness ribbons form the shape of a heart.

ALT Group portrait in a university lab featuring a faculty member and students gathered around a human skeleton model, with an animal skeleton displayed behind them. Most of the image is black and white, while the faculty member at center and a student at left remain in color.

ALT Microscope image of a translucent bdelloid rotifer, showing its internal gut structures and ingested algae, with illustrated icons of mushrooms, bacteria, and a seedling composited around it to represent the fungi, bacteria, and plants it has acquired genes from through horizontal gene transfer.

ALT A Panera Bread fundraising flyer for Evolutionary Studies at Vanderbilt University. The top features a sandwich, tomato soup with croutons, and chips. The event is September 24, 2026, from 4:00–8:00 p.m. at 406 21st Ave S, Nashville, TN. Customers can use code FUND4U at panerabread.com, in the Panera app, or at the in-café kiosk, with 25% of net sales donated to the organization. The flyer includes the Panera Fundraising logo and instructions for in-café customers to show the flyer or a digital copy when ordering.

ALT Un volante de recaudación de fondos de Panera Bread para Evolutionary Studies at Vanderbilt University. En la parte superior aparece un sándwich acompañado de sopa de tomate con crutones y papas fritas. El evento se realizará el 24 de septiembre de 2026, de 4:00 p. m. a 8:00 p. m., en 406 21st Ave S, Nashville, TN. Los clientes pueden usar el código FUND4U en panerabread.com, en la aplicación de Panera o en el quiosco del café. El 25 % de las ventas netas será donado a la organización. El volante también incluye el logotipo de Panera Fundraising e instrucciones para que los clientes que hagan pedidos en el café muestren el volante o una copia digital al cajero.

ALT A collage highlights an evolutionary studies project focused on creating culturally relevant educational materials about DNA. At top left, two presenters speak to an audience beside a projected slide showing illustrated DNA-learning materials. The right side traces the development of a “What is DNA?” graphic, from a general diagram explaining DNA in blood cells to a revised version incorporating culturally specific imagery and illustrations. At bottom left, a group poses with an orangutan skeleton specimen. The Evolutionary Studies and Vanderbilt University logo appears in the upper-left corner.

ALT A light pink axolotl wearing light pink flowers on its head. Background is a blurry underwater scene

ALT Four peppered moths rest on tree bark, showing two different color forms. Two light, speckled moths blend into the lighter patches of bark, while two dark-colored moths are camouflaged against the darker surface. Small illustrated factory smokestacks in the lower corners emit gray smoke, representing the Industrial Revolution and the environmental changes that drove this classic example of natural selection.