RW Moriarty Science Seminars
Moriarty Science Seminar: Natural History & the British Slave Trade
OnlineR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Natural History & the British Slave Trade Speaker: Kathleen S. Murphy We rarely think about the wretched, miserable, and inhuman spaces of slave ships as having anything to do with natural history. Yet hundreds of scientific specimens were gathered by slave traders, slave ship surgeons, and others employed in the […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: Preserving Natural History Collections
OnlineR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Preserving Natural History Collections: One Conservator’s Story Speaker: Fran Ritchie What’s it like being one of the few art conservators who focuses on preserving natural science and history materials? This talk will cover the odd situations that arise when treating historic taxidermy (cue the dripping turtle oil and bald eagle […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: Repatriation Initiated by Whom?
OnlineR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Repatriation Initiated by Whom? Speaker: Joe Stahlman In this talk, Joe will discuss a recent experience where a non-Native community initiated and supported a repatriation into their municipality. Native America usually does not observe this type of engagement from our neighbors. Although a positive step forward in reconciling the past, […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: Molecular Paleobiology of Early Life on Earth
OnlineR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Molecular Paleobiology of Early Life on Earth Speaker: Betül Kaçar Only one record of life exists, but what does that tell us about life’s existence elsewhere? Will we recognize “life” when we see it? Are there characteristic chemical properties that would be common to all forms of life, or can […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: Who Belongs When No One or Everyone Does? Stewarding Novel Ecosystems in the Anthropocene
OnlineR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Who Belongs When No One or Everyone Does? Stewarding Novel Ecosystems in the Anthropocene Speaker: Nicole Heller Conserving biodiversity is a scientifically and socially challenging enterprise. This is perhaps especially the case in the early twenty-first century when global environmental changes associated with the Anthropocene are impacting local ecosystems everywhere. […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: Northward Migration of Umbrella Magnolia via Horticultural Escape
OnlineR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Northward Migration of Umbrella Magnolia via Horticultural Escape Speaker: Jesse Bellemare Due to climate change, many species will need to shift their distributions northward in coming decades; however, slow rates of natural dispersal might be insufficient to keep pace with the high rate of change, resulting in species declines or […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: Promoting Indigenous Participation in Environmental Governance
OnlineR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Promoting Indigenous Participation in Environmental Governance Speaker: Ryan E. Emanuel Indigenous peoples often face barriers to participation in decision-making about their contemporary and ancestral territories. In the United States, the extent to which Indigenous voices are heard, let alone incorporated into decision-making, depends heavily on whether or not Native nations […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: Beasts of the Southern Wild: the African Aurochs in Art, Ritual, and DNA.
OnlineR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Beasts of the Southern Wild: the African Aurochs in Art, Ritual, and DNA. Speaker: Shayla Monroe Aurochsen, the swift and powerful wild predecessors of domesticated cattle, have captivated human beings since our earliest encounters. In the 2012 film Beasts of the Southern Wild, a young girl named Wink fixates on […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: Tandem Effects of Changes in Both Climate and Land Use on Body Size
OnlineR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Tandem Effects of Changes in Both Climate and Land Use on Body Size Speaker: Amanda Martin Alterations in body size, a fundamental ecological trait, can have profound impacts on an organism’s life history and ecology with long-lasting effects that span multiple biological scales. Increased warming from climate change has led […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: Every Family Has Its Junk Drawer: Adventures in Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) Systematics
OnlineR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Every Family Has Its Junk Drawer: Adventures in Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) Systematics Speaker: Kevin Keegan Noctuidae moths are one of the most successful animal lineages on the planet, being abundant in nearly all terrestrial habitats and with over 12,000 species globally—some of which are among the world’s most damaging agricultural pests. […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: Biogeographic and socioeconomic drivers of global insect invasions
OnlineR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Biogeographic and socioeconomic drivers of global insect invasions Speaker: Andrew Liebhold, US Forest Service, Morgantown, WV Biological invasions are largely an unintended consequence of globalization. With increasing mobility, humans have accidentally transported organisms around the world, breaking the geographical boundaries that separated species ranges that persisted for millions of years […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: Building a Practice of Community Archaeology at Indian Run/Pandenarium
OnlineR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Building a Practice of Community Archaeology at Indian Run/Pandenarium (Site 36ME253) Speaker: Angela Jaillet-Wentling, PA DCNR At the Indian Run or Pandenarium settlement site (36ME253), archaeology helps shine a light on the story of a free African American community in the Antebellum North. Twentieth century histories focused heavily on the […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: Is climate change shading out our forest wildflowers?
OnlineR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Is climate change shading out our forest wildflowers? Speaker: Ben Lee, Ph.D., Botany at CMNH Description coming soon. Register Now
