Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Research"
Preserve It While You Use It: Collections Care in Action
- Date: April 28, 2015
- Creator: William Bennett
- Description: It’s Preservation Week - see what conservation staff at the Smithsonian Institution Archives are doing to contribute to preservation-mindedness.
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Not Restarting, Starting Over: New Workflows for a New “Normal”
- Date: August 24, 2021
- Creator: William Bennett
- Description: Being away from the office for over a year has given us a lot of opportunity to think about what workflows will look like once we are able to return to our collections, especially for conservation and digitization.
Improve #WomenInSTEM Representation with Wikidata!
- Date: July 18, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: We're ready to take our women in science to the next level! I hope botanist Mary Agnes Chase would be proud.This journey started with our history of science and the media research fellow, Marcel LaFollette, who created basic records for female scientists she uncovered in the Archives' Science Service collection, including many who worked at the Smithsonian. We then created a
Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Cynthia Gilmour
- Date: February 25, 2015
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Senior scientist, Dr. Cynthia Gilmour, is the Director of the Microbial Ecology Lab at the Smithsonian's Environmental Research Center where studies microbes that produce methylmercury in order to reduce the risk of mercury pollution. #Groundbreaker
Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Nancy Knowlton
- Date: June 17, 2015
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Dr. Nancy Knowlton, Marine Scientist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History researches the ecology and evolution of coral reefs using molecular genetics, field studies, and mathematical modeling. #Groundbreaker
Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Habiba Chirchir
- Date: May 20, 2015
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Biological anthropologist Dr. Habiba Chirchir, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, researches the evolution of human and non-human primate bone density patterns to ascertain whether there are unique patterns of trabecular bone density among closely related species. #Groundbreaker
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Olivia Cadaval
- Date: November 9, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Dr. Olivia Cadaval, Curator and Chair of Cultural Research and Education at the Smithsonian's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, was part of the movement to coin the term 'Latino:' "We are Spanish speaking. We are minorities. We have to do something to pool our forces."
Conserving Archival Collections Suffering from Fungal Attack
- Date: July 26, 2016
- Description: This summer Visiting Professional Laura Wahl had the chance to learn more about how to respond to the problem of mold residues found on archival materials. The Smithsonian Affiliations’ Visiting Professionals Program allowed her to spend time at the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ conservation lab researching this topic.