January 2021
Wild Wednesdays: Virtual Live Animal Encounters
Wild Wednesday
Join us for a virtual live animal encounter with our animal ambassadors at the museum over zoom! Meet the fascinating characters our animal husbandry team cares for.
Registration for each Wild Wednesday ends at 11 a.m. every Wednesday. After registering, we’ll send you the video link a few minutes before the start time!
Moriarty Science Seminar: Preserving Natural History Collections
R.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 toupees), the enriching moments that community engagement provides when treating indigenous materials, and the thrill of protecting T. rex from the dreaded ketchup stain.
Signs of Hope for our Future Climate: A Panel Discussion
The people and places of western Pennsylvania play a key role in solving the climate crisis. A critical component of our response to climate change is moving from individual to collective actions. But what climate actions are the best fit for our region and make the most meaningful impact? How are farming and rural western Pennsylvania communities helping solve the climate crisis? What does collective action look like on the ground? Which actions reduce greenhouse gas emissions while creating long-term jobs in cities and towns across western Pennsylvania? As part of the Climate and Rural Systems Partnership, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s Anthropocene Studies Section is hosting a virtual panel discussion with experts whose careers revolve around finding workable solutions to these questions.
Join us for an energetic and inspiring evening with:
Hillary Bright, the Director of Special Programs at the BlueGreen Alliance in Pennsylvania. The BlueGreen Alliance unites America’s largest labor unions and its most influential environmental organizations to solve today’s environmental challenges in ways that create and maintain quality jobs and build a stronger, fairer economy.
Jonathan Foley, Executive Directory of Project Drawdown and former Executive Director of the California Academy of Sciences. His work is focused on understanding our changing planet, and finding new solutions to sustain the climate, ecosystems, and natural resources we all depend on.
Zaheen Hussain, a Pittsburgh transplant from Bangladesh, formerly served as Director of Sustainability at New Sun Rising and was Millvale’s Sustainability Coordinator working with food systems, water, energy, mobility, air quality, and equity. Zaheen is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University.
Laura Lengnick is an award-winning soil scientist and founder and principal consultant at Cultivating Resilience, LLC. Laura has led federal, state and local research and policy-making projects to identify win-win agricultural climate solutions. She is the author of Resilient Agriculture: Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate.
This panel discussion is offered in partnership with the Mercer County Conservation District, Powdermill Nature Reserve, University of Pittsburgh Center in Learning in Out-of-School Environments, Project Drawdown, and The Climate Advocacy Lab as part of the Climate in Rural Systems Partnership
(NSF #1906774).
Feel free to contact us anonymously to let us know how we can make this event more accessible for you.
If you have registration problems, please email ProgramRegistration@CarnegieMuseums.org to register.
Wild Wednesdays: Virtual Live Animal Encounters
Wild Wednesday
Join us for a virtual live animal encounter with our animal ambassadors at the museum over zoom! Meet the fascinating characters our animal husbandry team cares for.
Registration for each Wild Wednesday ends at 11 a.m. every Wednesday. After registering, we’ll send you the video link a few minutes before the start time!
February 2021
Wild Wednesdays: Virtual Live Animal Encounters
Wild Wednesday
Join us for a virtual live animal encounter with our animal ambassadors at the museum over zoom! Meet the fascinating characters our animal husbandry team cares for.
Registration for each Wild Wednesday ends at 11 a.m. every Wednesday. After registering, we’ll send you the video link a few minutes before the start time!
Wild Wednesdays: Virtual Live Animal Encounters
Wild Wednesday
Join us for a virtual live animal encounter with our animal ambassadors at the museum over zoom! Meet the fascinating characters our animal husbandry team cares for.
Registration for each Wild Wednesday ends at 11 a.m. every Wednesday. After registering, we’ll send you the video link a few minutes before the start time!
Wild Wednesdays: Virtual Live Animal Encounters
Wild Wednesday
Join us for a virtual live animal encounter with our animal ambassadors at the museum over zoom! Meet the fascinating characters our animal husbandry team cares for.
Registration for each Wild Wednesday ends at 11 a.m. every Wednesday. After registering, we’ll send you the video link a few minutes before the start time!
Wild Wednesdays: Virtual Live Animal Encounters
Wild Wednesday
Join us for a virtual live animal encounter with our animal ambassadors at the museum over zoom! Meet the fascinating characters our animal husbandry team cares for.
Registration for each Wild Wednesday ends at 11 a.m. every Wednesday. After registering, we’ll send you the video link a few minutes before the start time!
March 2021
Virtual MOTUS Workshop
Virtual MOTUS Workshop
March 19-21, 2021
11 a.m. – 4 p.m. (Two two-hour sessions each day)
Powdermill Avian Research Center is pleased to announce that it will be hosting its first ever virtual workshop on Motus technology beginning 11am (EST) Friday March 19th and ending 4pm Sunday March 21st, 2021. Workshop sessions will run from 11am to 1pm (EST) with an hour-long break for lunch, and then 2pm to 4pm (EST). The workshop will be held via Zoom and hosted by Powdermill Nature Reserve, the field station of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and the Northeast Motus Collaboration. The workshop is aimed towards those with little or no experience utilizing nanotags and the Motus Wildlife Network. Participants will learn the necessary components of setting up a Motus station and attaching nanotags to live birds. Presentations will focus on project planning, examples of how the network has been used for research, and limitations of the technology. Workshop registration is $300 for professionals, $150 for students and professionals working within Latin America.
Virtual MOTUS Workshop
Virtual MOTUS Workshop
March 19-21, 2021
11 a.m. – 4 p.m. (Two two-hour sessions each day)
Powdermill Avian Research Center is pleased to announce that it will be hosting its first ever virtual workshop on Motus technology beginning 11am (EST) Friday March 19th and ending 4pm Sunday March 21st, 2021. Workshop sessions will run from 11am to 1pm (EST) with an hour-long break for lunch, and then 2pm to 4pm (EST). The workshop will be held via Zoom and hosted by Powdermill Nature Reserve, the field station of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and the Northeast Motus Collaboration. The workshop is aimed towards those with little or no experience utilizing nanotags and the Motus Wildlife Network. Participants will learn the necessary components of setting up a Motus station and attaching nanotags to live birds. Presentations will focus on project planning, examples of how the network has been used for research, and limitations of the technology. Workshop registration is $300 for professionals, $150 for students and professionals working within Latin America.
Virtual MOTUS Workshop
Virtual MOTUS Workshop
March 19-21, 2021
11 a.m. – 4 p.m. (Two two-hour sessions each day)
Powdermill Avian Research Center is pleased to announce that it will be hosting its first ever virtual workshop on Motus technology beginning 11am (EST) Friday March 19th and ending 4pm Sunday March 21st, 2021. Workshop sessions will run from 11am to 1pm (EST) with an hour-long break for lunch, and then 2pm to 4pm (EST). The workshop will be held via Zoom and hosted by Powdermill Nature Reserve, the field station of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and the Northeast Motus Collaboration. The workshop is aimed towards those with little or no experience utilizing nanotags and the Motus Wildlife Network. Participants will learn the necessary components of setting up a Motus station and attaching nanotags to live birds. Presentations will focus on project planning, examples of how the network has been used for research, and limitations of the technology. Workshop registration is $300 for professionals, $150 for students and professionals working within Latin America.
