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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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Fred holding award plaque in lab

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Curator Fred Thompson honored with lifetime achievement award

June 1, 2011

Following more than 40 years of fieldwork, Florida Museum of Natural History malacology curator Fred Thompson was recently recognized for…
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Biology graduate student receives best paper award

May 10, 2010

Florida Museum of Natural History graduate student Julie Allen recently received the 2009 Best Paper Award from the University of…
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herbarium plant specimen

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Graduate student receives biology teaching award

May 10, 2010

Florida Museum of Natural History graduate student Paul Corogin recently received the University of Florida biology department’s Graduate Student 2009…
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on dig site in '80s

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Florida Museum curator emeritus named fellow in American Academy

April 21, 2010

Jerald T. Milanich, contributing editor at Archaeology magazine and curator emeritus in archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History,…
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pressed bellflower specimen

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Scientist wins NSF CAREER Award for genetic plant research

January 7, 2010

Nico Cellinese, assistant curator of the Florida Museum of Natural History herbarium and informatics, has received a prestigious $865,000 CAREER…
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