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  1. Muriel E. Mussells Seyfert (b. 1909) was an astronomer at Harvard College Observatory where she discovered three new ring nebulae in the Milky Way in 1936.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Muriel E. Mussells Seyfert

    • Date: August 6, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  3. Ruth Colvin Starrett McGuire (1893-1950) was a plant pathologist known for her work on sugar cane diseases.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Ruth Colvin Starrett McGuire

    • Date: August 13, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Johanna "Tilly" Edinger

    • Date: November 18, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Paleontologist Dr. Johanna "Tilly" Edinger was the founder of the field of paleoneurology, the study of brain evolution, and discovered that mammalian brains left imprints on fossil skulls, allowing paleoneurologists to discern their anatomy. #Groundbreaker

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  7. Awarded the Marie Curie Fellowship by the American Association of University Women, Astrophysicist Dr. Saeqa Dil Vrtilek studies the physics of accretion disks and jets, and multi wavelength studies of X-ray binaries and planetary nebulae. She has published over 100 articles. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Saeqa Dil Vrtilek

    • Date: March 18, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Awarded the Marie Curie Marie Curie Fellowship by the American Association of University Women, Astrophysicist Dr. Saeqa Dil Vrtilek studies the physics of accretion disks and jets, and multi wavelength studies of X-ray binaries and planetary nebulae. She has published over 100 articles. #Groundbreaker

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    Women in Science Wednesday: Wikipedia Edition, Part 3!

    • Date: March 23, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey now has a Wikipedia page thanks to our volunteers. Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey now has Wikipedia page thanks to our volunteers.

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    Making Biology Tropical: American Science in the Caribbean, 18981963

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    • NBC news commentator Edwin Newman

      Science Service, Up Close: Technology and Political Conventions

      • Date: July 19, 2016
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: In a Presidential election year, political news coverage can sometimes seem almost too instantaneous and continuous. Thanks to smartphones with cameras and microphones, journalists and citizens can relay images and sound from almost anywhere inside campaign activities. There was a time, however, when live broadcasting from political conventions and rallies was novel.Starting

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    • Between Science and Empire: Oldfield Thomas and Anglo-American Zoology

      • Date: January 19, 2016
      • Description: How the British empire’s reach and influence impacted late 19th century taxonomy and biological study.

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    • SI History Chronology

      Carol O'Donnell Named Director, Smithsonian Science Education Center

      • Date: August 24, 2015

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    • SI History Bibliography

      Midwestern naturalists: academies of science in the Mississippi valley, 1850-1900

      • Date: 1989
      • Creator: Goldstein, Daniel
      • Creator: Goldstein, Daniel

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    • SI History Bibliography

      Dollars for Research: Science and its Patrons in Nineteenth-Century America

      • Date: 1970
      • Creator: Miller, Howard Smith
      • Creator: Miller, Howard Smith

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      The Albatross: Interior science room (A)

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