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Dear subscribers,
I am pleased to introduce you to the updated Panorama Newsletter. Over the last month, I have been transitioning the Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum's e-marketing platform from Mailchimp to Emma HQ, with the support and advisement of the KU Public Affairs team. Please know that you, the subscriber, are not required to take any action to continue to receive emails from the BI/NHM despite the change in platform. Lastly, while the design layout may have changed, the content remains as informative and engaging as before!
Thank you for supporting the KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum.Â
Sincerely,Â
Natalie Vondrak
Communications CoordinatorÂ
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Monarch Watch
Spring Open House
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Sunday, May 11Â Â
8:00 AM-2:00 PM
KU West Campus Garden
Monarch Waystation #1
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Celebrate the arrival of spring with garden tours, games, activities and more at Monarch Watch's Spring Open House. The KU Natural History Museum outreach team will be there with a fun pollinator activity and a colorful display of butterfly and insect specimens.Â
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Pop Up Science:
Fossil Shark Teeth
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Saturday, May 18
2:00-4:00 PM
KU Natural History Museum
Dyche Hall
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Join us in honor of International Museum Day! Get hands-on with real fossil shark teeth and  learn how paleontologists identify ancient shark species. This program is made possible by a partnership between the KU Natural History Museum and the Aurora Fossil Museum in North Carolina.
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Impressive Insects
with K-POP
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Sunday, May 26Â Â
2:00-4:00 PM
KU Natural History Museum
Dyche Hall
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Explore the diversity of crawling, flying, and hopping insects with our partner K-POP, the Kansas Postdoctoral Outreach Project! Investigate mimicry and camouflage, explore life cycles, and examine insects up close using magnifying lenses and microscopes.
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Curating Collections: Ichthyology
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Did you know there are over 10 million specimens and 2 million
archaeological artifacts in the Biodiversity Institute's worldwide collection? And each one has a story just waiting to be shared with you!
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Image of a cleared-and-stained Banded Pygmy Sunfish, KU Ichthyology 20307
These miniature fishes (less than two inches in length) found in the southern United States are close relatives of the much larger Largemouth Bass and Bluegill. Clearing and staining is a method used by scientists to make soft tissues transparent and to stain the bones (red) and cartilage (blue) for a detailed study. Photo courtesy of Ichthyology Curator Leo Smith.Â
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| Victor H. Gonzalez, research associate at the KU Biodiversity Institute, and several others discuss the impact of climate change on bees in his latest publication in Biology Open. The study focuses on six species of bees in Greece displaying limited acclimation capacity for heat tolerance.Â
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Congratulations to Carlton Shield Chief Gover, acting assistant curator of the Archaeology Division, on his new co-authored book Indigenizing Archaeology: Putting Theory into Practice. This critical volume includes early career Indigenous scholars whose work highlights archaeology done with, by, and for members of Native-descendant communities.
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Evolutionary Patterns of Cambrian Hyoliths
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Luke Strotz, a research affiliate with the Invertebrate Paleontology Division, teamed up with several others to present the first study on morphological disparity and evolutionary patterns of Cambrian hyoliths.
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The KU Natural History Museum is a Sunflower Summer venue!
May 25 to August 11, 2024
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Adventure awaits at the KU Natural History Museum and 200 other Kansas venues this summer. Sunflower Summer is a FREE program for Kansas families brought to you by Kansas Tourism. By downloading the app and claiming your voucher upon arrival at the KU Natural History Museum, you're helping the museum be recognized as a prime tourism attraction in Kansas.Â
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Thank you for participating in our Member Event Series!
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This spring, the KU Natural History Museum hosted three unique in-person member events highlighting the BI/NHM's researchers, collections, and history. Thank you to all who participated, and a special thank you to the generous businesses and individuals who sponsored these events.Â
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Staff & Student Spotlights
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Stay up-to-date with current activities and events by following
us on your favorite social media channels.
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KU Mammalogy students Ben Wiens and Danny Ibañez, and collaborator Nicole Richardson are completing monthly surveys of woodland and prairie habitats at the KU Field Station. Photo courtesy of Mammalogy Collection Manager Dianna Krejsa.
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| KU BI/NHM staff and students celebrating Earth Day with a group photo on the historic steps of Dyche Hall. Â
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Outreach & Engagement Coordinator Eleanor Gardner & student assistant Claire Perkins Rock at the Celebrating Women in Science event.Â
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| Ornithology Senior Curator Robert Moyle and other BI/NHM staff and students enjoying the solar eclipse on Jayhawk Boulevard.
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KU Paleobotany student Kelly Pfeiler at the 2024
Mid-Continent Paleobotanical Colloquium where she won the award for best student presentation. Congrats, Kelly!
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Science on Tap with Associate Professor Ben Sikes
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Wednesday, June 26
7:30-8:30 PM
Free State Brewing Company
636 Massachusetts St. Lawrence, KS 66044
Join us for the next Science on Tap event with special guest Ben Sikes, associate professor in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. Sikes is a microbial ecologist whose research focuses on soil fungi. In this presentation he will discuss the connection between fungi and space exploration.Â
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The KU Biodiversity Institute is committed to making our events accessible to everyone. If you require an accommodation or service to fully participate, please contact biodiversityinstitute@ku.edu or 785-864-2344 at least 5 days prior to the event.
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