Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Research"
Celebrating the Smithsonian Centennial
- Date: July 20, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: In August 1996, the Smithsonian marked its 150th anniversary with a huge birthday celebration on the National Mall. For its sesquicentennial, a term which this author constantly forgets no matter how many times she looks it up, the Institution threw itself a two-day birthday party, sprinkled with special exhibit tents, concerts, nineteen birthday cakes, a special website, and
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Judy Gradwohl
- Date: May 22, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Judy Gradwohl was a researcher, curator, environmental policy specialist, digital content developer, and leader at the Smithsonian, 1985–2016. She conducted research at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and National Zoo, and eventually became the MacMillan Associate Director for Education and Public Engagement at the National Museum of American History in 2004.
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June 9 is Ask Archivists Day
- Date: June 6, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: June the 9th is AskArchivists Day: a day organized by the International Council on Archives to encourage you to ask professional archivists all over the world all of those burning questions about about their profession and about the collections in archives you've always wanted answered.[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="384" caption="The Smithsonian Institution
Welcome to Smithsonian Football!
- Date: February 7, 2017
- Creator: Patrick Milhoan
- Description: A brief history of the Smithsonian staff flag football team.
Office of Public Affairs Photographic Collection
- Date: September 19, 2013
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Highlighting the photographic holdings at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
Viewing the Smithsonian in a Different Way
- Date: January 31, 2017
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: The Smithsonian Architectural History and Historic Preservation office serves as curator of the Smithsonian buildings.
Here at the Smithsonian: Modern Japanese Art
- Date: May 25, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Watch a recently-digitized video clip featuring Japanese Ceramics Today, an exhibition at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in 1983.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Nancy Garwood
- Date: August 2, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
Caught on Film: Archives Fair 2012 Film Festival
- Date: October 18, 2012
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: The Smithsonian’s 2012 Archives Fair will feature a film festival this year where films fitting the theme “Hidden Treasures” will make their debut.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Shadia Habbal
- Date: June 21, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Astrophysicist Dr. Shadia Habbal, researches solar wind and eclipses, and established the solar-terrestrial physics research group at the Smithsonian's Astrophysical Observatory. #Groundbreaker
Capturing Panama with Carl C. Hansen
- Date: June 15, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Today is Nature Photography Day, so we’re highlighting the career and work of Smithsonian photographer Carl C. Hansen.
Link Love: 5/6/2016
- Date: May 6, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Marines are investigating a possible case of mistaken identity in the iconic WWII Iwo Jima photo. [via NPR]The little known history behind Cinco de Mayo. [via Smithsonian Magazine]A short film on the Smithsonian's incredible whale skeleton collection. [via Hakai Magazine]The Prelinger Archives has published 6600 public domain films to the Internet Archive! [via Open Culture]A