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David Reed

Hires & Promotions

David Reed appointed University of Florida associate provost

August 31, 2018

David Reed, Florida Museum of Natural History associate director for research and collections, has been appointed a University of Florida…
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scientist Natasha Vitek kneels on hill to dig for fossils

Awards & Honors

Florida Museum doctoral student wins $15,000 scholarship

August 23, 2018

The Philanthropic Educational Organization Sisterhood (P.E.O.) has awarded a $15,000 scholarship to Natasha Vitek, a doctoral student in vertebrate paleontology…
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woman kneels on a mountainside to collect a plant

Awards & Honors

Florida Museum botany doctoral graduate wins Cooley Award

August 16, 2018

The American Society of Plant Taxonomists has selected Rebecca Stubbs as its 2018 George R. Cooley Award recipient. Considered one…
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man holding specimen jar

Awards & Honors

Curator of fishes Larry Page elected fellow of the American Fisheries Society

August 1, 2018

The American Fisheries Society selected Florida Museum of Natural History curator of fishes Larry Page as a member of its…
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Three shell specimens

Profiles

The man behind the world’s largest private shell collection

June 27, 2018

Volunteer Harry Lee has been transferring shells to the Florida Museum one car load at a time for eight years….
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Barbara Toomey

Awards & Honors

Volunteer Barbara Toomey wins Katherine Palmer Award

May 23, 2018

The Paleontological Research Institution has awarded its annual Katherine Palmer Award to Florida Museum of Natural History volunteer Barbara K….
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orange butterflies

Collections

40 years of friendship, 70,000 specimens: Amateur entomologists donate lifetimes’ worth of butterflies and moths

May 21, 2018

As a 4-year-old, butterfly net in hand, Ed Knudson set out to catch insects in his neighborhood. Little did he…
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Cuban crocodile fossil skull

Collections

NSF grant will improve digital access to museum vertebrate fossils

May 4, 2018

The Florida Museum of Natural History recently received a $500,000 collections grant from the National Science Foundation to improve online…
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A scientist poses at a fossil site

Awards & Honors

Florida Museum doctoral student receives NSF graduate fellowship

April 19, 2018

Florida Museum of Natural History doctoral student Rachel Narducci was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Narducci,…
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Award winners group photo

Awards & Honors

Austin, Bullen 2018 student research award winners named

April 6, 2018

The Florida Museum of Natural History recently announced the winners of the 2018 Austin Award and Bullen Award for student…
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