Lorena Endara, a Florida Museum of Natural History research assistant, discusses why she became a biologist and what inspired her to research orchids in her home country of Ecuador. Interview and videos produced by Erin Rauch for Explore Research at the University of Florida. https://www.you
During the time in the field I have been able to train students and also guides.
A Florida Museum of Natural History researcher has received $150,000 from the National Science Foundation to study endangered moth species in Hawaii that haven’t been seen for nearly 100 years and were believed to be extinct. Assistant curator of Lepidoptera Akito Kawahara and his team will trave
team will give lectures and field trips to high school and college students and train
Are you an undergraduate at the University of Florida looking to inspire the UF community to care for Florida’s springs? Thanks to funding from the UF Gulf Scholars Program, the University of Florida (UF) Thompson Earth Systems Institute (TESI) is hosting an Environmental Leaders Fellowship where s
will assist with coordinating and implementing a springs stewardship program to train
With the goal of promoting life-long learning, University of Florida researchers will use a four-year, $1.97 million National Science Foundation grant to create a nationwide network of amateur and professional paleontologists. Fossil clubs across the country function independently and do not
As part of this initiative, museum professionals will train amateurs to digitize
If you have a computer, you can help move museum research forward in three minutes or less. Community scientists can use Notes from Nature, a digital platform funded by the National Science Foundation, to contribute to research around the world by transcribing handwritten information about museum
“Label Babel 2” is an expedition that helps train algorithms to autodetect these
Four UF students work to promote two of TESI’s digital outreach pillars: its Earth to Florida newsletter and its Know Your Florida campaign.
who is TESI’s communications manager, said the Institute functions to not only train
University of Florida plant biologist Pam Soltis will receive the Southeastern Universities Research Association’s 2018 Distinguished Scientist Award, given annually to a scientist whose extraordinary work fulfills the association’s mission to “advance collaborative research and strengthen the scien
lab of more than a dozen graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and routinely trains
Megan Ennes, assistant curator of museum education at the Florida Museum of Natural History, has been named the new director of the University of Florida Thompson Earth Systems Institute. In her role, which begins July 1, Ennes will strengthen and forge new collaborations with researchers at UF and
National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation, an organization that trains
For those of you who spent time near the center from January to early March of this year, you might have noticed something buzzing around in the distance. Jen Green (South Florida Archaeology Collections Manager, FLMNH) and Daniel Spikowski (Calusa Land Trust) were a couple of the participant
archaeology brings a wealth of new information for us to explore, opportunities to train
After a three-year hiatus, the annual reception honoring museum volunteers for their service resumed. This event celebrates volunteers, acknowledges volunteer effort with service pins in five year increments, reveals the James Pope Cheney Volunteers of the Year, and provides an opportunity for camar
collections, participated in field work in less than ideal conditions, and helped train
