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Awards & Honors

Catalina with shark tooth

Awards & Honors

Austin, Bullen 2015 student research award winners named

May 4, 2015

The Florida Museum of Natural History recently announced the winners of the 2015 Austin Award and Bullen Award for superior…
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tan and orange moth

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Buchholz High School student wins prestigious grant to research moth wings

July 24, 2014

A high school student working in the Florida Museum of Natural History McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity recently received…
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researcher speaking at podium

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Museum researcher receives 2013-2014 UF Excellence Award

May 2, 2014

A Florida Museum of Natural History researcher recently received a 2013-2014 UF Excellence Award for his research on social networks…
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Jeffery Vadala and Lucas R. Martindale Johnson

Awards & Honors

Austin, Bullen 2014 student research award winners named

April 7, 2014

The Florida Museum of Natural History recently announced the winners of the 2014 Austin Award and Bullen Award. Two University…
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Doug Jones

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Director Doug Jones elected president of science museum association

April 1, 2014

Florida Museum of Natural History Director Douglas S. Jones was elected president of the Association of Science Museum Directors at…
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pressed flower specimen

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Researcher wins Botanical Society of America merit award

September 20, 2012

Walter Judd, University of Florida distinguished professor of biology and Florida Museum of Natural History affiliate curator of botany, recently…
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Florida Museum front

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Douglas Jones elected to national association board

June 12, 2012

Florida Museum of Natural History Director Douglas S. Jones has been elected to the American Association of Museums Board of…
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hawkmoth specimen

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Undergraduate receives ‘Science for Life’ research award

June 11, 2012

Most first-year University of Florida students won’t be working in a molecular biology lab studying hawkmoth DNA during their summer…
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Larry Page holding a specimen in the Florids Museum's ichthyology collection

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Museum researcher to address Congress on digitizing biological collections

June 4, 2012

Florida Museum of Natural History researcher Larry Page will deliver a congressional briefing in Washington Tuesday about the value of…
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William Smith-Vaniz

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Florida Museum ichthyologist receives prestigious Gibbs Award

July 21, 2011

Florida Museum of Natural History research associate William F. Smith-Vaniz recently received the most prestigious award available to researchers of…
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