Succulent expert Lucas Majure hired as UF Herbarium’s assistant curator
The Florida Museum of Natural History has hired botanist Lucas Majure as assistant curator of the University of Florida Herbarium….
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David Reed appointed University of Florida associate provost
David Reed, Florida Museum of Natural History associate director for research and collections, has been appointed a University of Florida…
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Florida Museum doctoral student wins $15,000 scholarship
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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Florida Museum botany doctoral graduate wins Cooley Award
The American Society of Plant Taxonomists has selected Rebecca Stubbs as its 2018 George R. Cooley Award recipient. Considered one…
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Curator of fishes Larry Page elected fellow of the American Fisheries Society
The American Fisheries Society selected Florida Museum of Natural History curator of fishes Larry Page as a member of its…
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The man behind the world’s largest private shell collection
Volunteer Harry Lee has been transferring shells to the Florida Museum one car load at a time for eight years….
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Volunteer Barbara Toomey wins Katherine Palmer Award
The Paleontological Research Institution has awarded its annual Katherine Palmer Award to Florida Museum of Natural History volunteer Barbara K….
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40 years of friendship, 70,000 specimens: Amateur entomologists donate lifetimes’ worth of butterflies and moths
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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NSF grant will improve digital access to museum vertebrate fossils
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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Florida Museum doctoral student receives NSF graduate fellowship
Florida Museum of Natural History doctoral student Rachel Narducci was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Narducci,…
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