“Trees for a changing climate,” presented by Guy Sternberg, is one of the many nature-related programs.
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Lab Girl
book discussions at many area libraries throughout March and April – Auburn, Chatham, Girard, Rochester, Sherman, Williamsville, in addition to Lincoln Library, LLCC Library, Brookens Library at UIS and Illinois State Library.
• Nature-inspired hands-on art projects at the Springfield Art Association and other locations
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Meet Dr. Bonnie Styles, and her daughter,
Dr. Megan Styles. March 3, 10 a.m. virtual presentation. This mother and daughter duo will share their own scientific journeys and gender hurdles both past and present.
• A virtual tour of the research laboratory at the SIU School of Medicine. Join Dr. Andrea Fleming-Braundmeier, along with Ms. Rukmini Roy, on March 11, 4-5 p.m. Learn about her research and experiences as an exceptional woman in science.
Things to do in Chicago: George Gerdes tribute at City Winery and more, Feb 18-24
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The first and only time Steve Jackson spoke to Bill Critchfield was in the late 1980s. Critchfield, an authority on the conifers of North America, was at home recovering from a heart attack. Jackson, then a postdoctoral researcher at Brown University, had called looking for advice on how to tell jack pine from Virginia pine.
Jackson was also curious about something the elder botanist had mentioned in a recent paper: mysterious spruce fossils from the American Southeast. The fossils dated to the end of the Pleistocene ice age, about 18,000 years ago, and had been found across the region, including in Louisiana s Tunica Hills. Scientists had usually identified the fossils as white spruce, a species that now lives far to the north, but they d been arguing for decades about what its presence said about the region s ice age climate. Some held that white spruce pointed to a climate similar to modern Canada or Alaska. Others argued that the cli
Many events have been cancelled or postponed due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19.
Please check with events or venues to make sure that scheduled events are still, in fact, happening. A Peek into the ISM s Closet The garments on view in the Illinois State Museum s Fashioning Illinois exhibition represent just a small fraction of the Museum s collection of historical clothing. Join Curator of History Erika Holst on this behind-the-scenes tour of the Museum s textile storage area to get a sense of the true scope of the Museum s collections. Holst will show examples of historic dresses, underpinnings, children s clothing, and accessories that rarely if ever make it into public view. In addition, visitors will learn how the garments came to the Museum, how they are cared for, and how they are researched and analyzed. A part of the Tales from the Vault Series.