Florida Museum receives NAGPRA grant to aid repatriation efforts
The Florida Museum of Natural History has received a consultation/documentation grant for $99,897 from the National Park Service this month….
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Florida Museum hires first curator of artificial intelligence for natural history and biodiversity
The Florida Museum of Natural History recently welcomed Arthur Porto as its first curator of artificial intelligence for natural history…
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Florida Museum researcher advances to finals in multimillion-dollar biodiversity competition
Over the course of four weeks this summer, a motley crew of biologists, engineers, entrepreneurs and programmers gathered at predetermined…
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Andrea Torvinen joins the Florida Museum as Ceramic Technology Lab collection manager
Earlier this year, the Florida Museum of Natural History welcomed Andrea Torvinen as the collections manager of the Ceramic Technology…
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Scientists create 3D models of freshwater mussels to help save them from extinction
Scientists and imaging specialists have teamed up to help save one of the world’s most endangered groups of animals: freshwater…
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Akito Kawahara named director of McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
The Florida Museum of Natural History has named Akito Kawahara as the new director of the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera…
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Stephanie Killingsworth receives award for outstanding geoscience graduate students
Stephanie Killingsworth has been named a recipient of the Winifred Goldring Award by the Association for Women Geoscientists. This national…
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Megan Ennes named director of the University of Florida Thompson Earth Systems Institute
Megan Ennes, assistant curator of museum education at the Florida Museum of Natural History, has been named the new director…
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McCarty Woods Restoration team receives UF Champions for Change award
The University of Florida’s Office of Sustainability and the Healthy Gators Coalition recognized seven individuals and groups for the annual…
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David Blackburn named UF Research Foundation Professor
The University of Florida Research Foundation has named Florida Museum curator of herpetology David Blackburn as one of its 2023…
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