Hybrid: Online and At the Museum

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Photo Credit: Tyger Williams, TNS How Geckos Rule the Night: From Ancient Amber to Modern Stowaways Monday, October 21, 2024, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Earth Theater and online via Zoom Featuring Aaron Bauer, Villanova University This lecture is free. Museum admission is not required. With more than 2300 extant species, geckos are one of the […]

Imperial Order: How the Herbarium Shaped Botany from the Enlightenment to the Early United States Monday, October 7, 2024, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Earth Theater and online via Zoom Featuring Molly Hardy, National Endowment for the Humanities This lecture is free, museum admission is not required. A product of the Enlightenment, the herbarium cabinet lays […]

Searching for Thylacines (Tasmanian Wolves or Tigers) in Natural History Collections Monday, September 23, 2024, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Earth Theater and online via Zoom Featuring John Wible, Curator of Mammals at Carnegie Museum of Natural History This lecture is free. Museum admission is not required. Europeans settled Tasmania in 1803. One-hundred and twenty-seven years […]

R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: "Let’s Talk About Climate Change! Outcomes of Climate in Rural Systems Partnership (CRSP)" Speaker: Nicole Heller and Laurie Giarratani, Carnegie Museum of Natural History. The Climate and Rural Systems Partnership (CRSP) operates at the intersection of three ideas: 1) museum resources are valuable for understanding environmental change, 2) museums are […]

R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: "Academia and Indigenous Communities: Opening the Doors to Collaborative Research and Community-Driven Projects" Speaker: Jessie Ryker-Crawford, Institute of American Indian Arts. An honest assessment of research practices and methodologies often leads to new and innovative strategies that address inclusion and accessibility between researchers and host communities. Collaborative research projects, in […]

R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: "Our Changing Ohio River: Climate, Water Quality, and Harmful Algal Blooms" Speaker: Emily Elliott, University of Pittsburgh. The Ohio River basin is not only vast, but its waterways are a vital economic, ecological, and recreational resource for the 15 states within basin boundaries. Yet, a half-century after the Clean Water […]

R.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 […]

R.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 […]

R.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 […]

R.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 […]

R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: "Using the Past to Predict the Future: What Museum Specimens Can Tell Us About Ecological Responses to Anthropogenic Change" Speaker: Jennifer Sheridan, Carnegie Museum of Natural History. This event will take place Monday, February 27 at Noon both online and at Earth Theater. Abstract: Animal body size dictates a host […]

R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: "Ceratopsian Dinosaurs in the 21st Century: Lifestyles of the Horned and Hornless" Speaker: Eric Morschhauser, Indiana University of Pennsylvania. This event will take place Monday, January 9 at Noon both online and at Earth Theater. Abstract: Ceratopsians, the horned dinosaurs, were first discovered in the late 19th Century and have […]