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Moriarty Science Seminar: Sailing Through Eternity: Caring for the Dahshur Funerary Boat
Hybrid: Online and At the MuseumR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: "Sailing Through Eternity: Caring for the Dahshur Funerary Boat" Speakers: Gretchen Anderson and Dr. Lisa Haney, Carnegie Museum of Natural History This event will take place Monday, March 13 at Noon online via Zoom. Abstract: Four ancient Egyptian boats were excavated at Dahshur, Egypt in the 1890s. The Carnegie Museum […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: Effects of Urbanization on Plant Phenology
OnlineR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: "Effects of Urbanization on Plant Phenology" Speaker: Daijiang Li, Louisiana State University. This event will take place Monday, March 27 at Noon online via Zoom. Abstract:With 57% of the human population now living in urban areas, urbanization is one of the most important drivers of global environmental change. Urbanization and […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: Nonhuman artists? Multidisciplinary and Multispecies Accounts of the Origin of Art
Hybrid: Online and At the MuseumR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: "Nonhuman Artists? Multidisciplinary and Multispecies Accounts of the Origin of Art" Speakers: Dr. Deirdre Smith, Carnegie Museum of Natural History This event will take place Monday, April 10 at Noon online via Zoom. Abstract: Do animals other than humans make what some humans call “art”? What might other animals’ behaviors […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: Sleuthing on Cryptic Mammals at Powdermill Nature Reserve: Bobcats & Coyotes & Bears, Oh My!
Hybrid: Online and At the MuseumR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: "Sleuthing on Cryptic Mammals at Powdermill Nature Reserve: Bobcats & Coyotes & Bears, Oh My!" Speakers: Dr. Jan Janecka, Duquesne University This event will take place Monday, April 24 at Noon online via Zoom. Abstract: Pennsylvania experienced removal of forest habitat and alterations associated with open pit mining. Starting in […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: 10 Things I Hate About ‘Nature,’ or a Political Ecology of Conservation
Hybrid: Online and At the MuseumR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: "10 Things I Hate About 'Nature,' or a Political Ecology of Conservation" Speakers: Dr. Noah Theriault, Carnegie Mellon University This event will take place Monday, May 8 at Noon in person in Earth Theater and online via Zoom. Abstract: "Nature” and “natural” are part of our everyday vocabulary, but we […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: River Life in Ancient Egypt: The Nile and its Varied Environments
OnlineR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: "River Life in Ancient Egypt: The Nile and its Varied Environments" Speaker: Christine Johnston, Western Washington University. Ancient Egyptian society developed around and was dependent on the Nile River. It was the physical and cultural heart of the pharaonic state, playing important roles in transportation and trade, agriculture and subsistence, […]