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Profiles

Remembering botanist Mark Whitten

April 19, 2019

The Florida Museum is saddened to announce the sudden death of botanist Mark Whitten. Whitten was well known for his…
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white and brown shell

Collections

Invertebrate zoology division to add new collections with NSF grant

April 9, 2019

The Florida Museum of Natural History’s Division of Invertebrate Zoology will incorporate new collections with the help of a National…
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Awards & Honors

Austin, Bullen 2019 student research award winners named

March 28, 2019

The Florida Museum of Natural History recently announced the winners of the 2019 Austin Award and Bullen Award for student…
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Hires & Promotions

UF Earth systems institute welcomes Rebecca Burton as communications manager

February 22, 2019

The Thompson Earth Systems Institute at the University of Florida has hired Rebecca Burton as its communications manager. Burton’s first…
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Profiles

Alumni Q&A: Angelo Soto-Centeno

January 30, 2019

“I think one thing from the Florida Museum that I’ll always take with me is how approachable my collaborators were…
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Bruce MacFadden

Awards & Honors

Bruce MacFadden named president of Paleontological Society

January 18, 2019

A Florida Museum of Natural History curator and distinguished professor has been elected to serve as the president of the…
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Pam Soltis

Awards & Honors

Pamela Soltis joins National Academies committee on future of biological collections

December 6, 2018

University of Florida plant biologist Pamela Soltis has been appointed to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine committee…
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Bloch in the vertebrate paleontology collection

Hires & Promotions

Jonathan Bloch appointed chair of department of natural history

October 8, 2018

Jonathan Bloch has been appointed chair of the Florida Museum of Natural History department of natural history. In the new…
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Nicole Cannarozzi in collections

Hires & Promotions

Nicole Cannarozzi appointed environmental archaeology collections manager

October 4, 2018

Archaeologist and collections assistant Nicole Cannarozzi was recently appointed collections manager of the Florida Museum of Natural History’s environmental archaeology…
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Lucas Majure looking into microscope

Hires & Promotions

Succulent expert Lucas Majure hired as UF Herbarium’s assistant curator

October 3, 2018

The Florida Museum of Natural History has hired botanist Lucas Majure as assistant curator of the University of Florida Herbarium….
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