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    1. Molecular biologist Dr. Oris Sanjur, Associate Director for Science Administration at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, was selected as 1 of the 10 pioneering Women in Science in Panama, and advocates for science and education as essential elements for the development of the country. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Oris Sanjur

      • Date: February 17, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Molecular biologist Dr. Oris Sanjur, Associate Director for Science Administration at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, was selected as 1 of the 10 pioneering Women in Science in Panama, and advocates for science and education as essential elements for the development of the country. #Groundbreaker

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      Capturing Change

      • Date: October 22, 2019
      • Description: Forests change over time, and so do the approaches of organizations that seek to protect them.

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      50 Years of Folklife

      • Date: June 29, 2017
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_10193,size=175,left]Fifty years ago the Smithsonian embarked on a new venture to bring the culture on display in the museum to life with the first Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Then called the Festival of American Folklife, it set out to show that the crafts shown inside museums are also still alive and well across the country.

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      Ready-made Home for a Scimitar Horned Oryx and Przewalski’s Horse

      • Date: June 25, 2015
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: When Dr. Ted Reed became director of the National Zoological Park in 1959, he committed himself to carrying out the zoo’s complete set of mandates that included research, education, and conservation of endangered species. All these came together in a new non-public facility, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, founded in 1975 in Front Royal, Virginia.

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      Here's Looking at You

      • Date: June 25, 2013
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: A peek into our metrics program at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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      Link Love: 3/25/2011

      • Date: March 25, 2011
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption=""EXIT" sign in the Smithsonian Institution Building (i.e. "The Castle Building"), by Adam Gerard, Creative Commons: Attribution BY-NC-SA 2.0."][/caption] We agree, Adam! The Smithsonian “Castle” takes the cake for vintage details. Via @voteprime on Twitter: “I am fascinated by this EXIT sign I saw at the Smithsonian

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      “A Formal Voice at the Institution”

      • Date: June 18, 2020
      • Creator: Hannah Byrne
      • Description: Revisiting the call to create the Smithsonian Lesbian and Gay Issues Committee.

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    15. Postcard - Dr. Gabriele Rabel to Dr. Frank Thone of Science Service, April 22, 1933, Record Unit 7091: Science Service Records, 1902-1965, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

      A Rabel with a Cause: Gabriele Rabel, biologist, philosopher, author, and contributor to Science Service

      • Date: March 31, 2015
      • Description: A brief biographical sketch of Dr. Gabriele Rabel, Austrian born phyisist, biologist, philosopher, author, and stringer for Science Service in the 1930’s.

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      Link Love: 4/28/2017

      • Date: April 28, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Very early "big data" tracking mortality rates in 17th-century London. [via Smithsonian Magazine]The Mellon Foundation has funded an $887,000 project to develop community-driven archives! [via Info Docket]See what questions archivists across the country answered yesterday for #AskAnArchivist. [via SAA]What album would you be....if you could preserve yourself in a vinyl record.

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      With Eyes (and Other Data Receptors) Open Wide

      • Date: May 18, 2010
      • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
      • Description: In a storm of reporting, hundreds of articles published online and in print over the past couple of days, have focused attention on a story that touched on issues both photographic and archival.

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      Staff Matters: Meet Our New Additions

      • Date: August 1, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Meet the newest members of the Archives team in our continuing series on introducing new staff.

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      Folklife Festival 2011: Smithsonian-Peace Corps Environmental Program

      • Date: July 7, 2011
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: The Smithsonian Folklife Festival will be held from June 30 to July 4 and July 7 to 11, 2011 on the National Mall. Read more about the history of the Folklife Festival here. At the Smithsonian Folklife Festival this year, the Peace Corps is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. On March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an Executive Order authorizing the Peace Corps to

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