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      See Here: 9/3/2010

      • Date: September 3, 2010
      • Creator: The Bigger Picture
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="302" caption="Fausto Bocanegra, assistant to director Martin H. Moynihan, on Barro Colorado Island, the research station for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, is standing in front of the dining hall, c. 1960s, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, IHD Photos, Negative

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    3. Smithsonian Crowdsourcing Since 1849!

      • Date: April 14, 2011
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    5. Botanist and Director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Herbarium, Dr. Mireya Correa, received the Jose Cuatrecasas Medal for Excellence in Tropical Botany offered by the Department of Botany and the United States National Herbarium, and Emeritus Scientist of the Year offered by Asociacion para el avance de la Ciencia. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Mireya Correa

      • Date: March 11, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Botanist and Director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Herbarium, Dr. Mireya Correa, received the Jose Cuatrecasas Medal for Excellence in Tropical Botany offered by the Department of Botany and the United States National Herbarium, and Emeritus Scientist of the Year offered by Asociacion para el avance de la Ciencia. #Groundbreaker

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    7. A woman wearing glasses and a lab coat takes a photo of a museum object in a laboratory.

      Elisabeth West FitzHugh, a Driving Force in Cultural Heritage Conservation and Scientific Research

      • Date: July 6, 2021
      • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
      • Description: Learn about FitzHugh’s over 50-year career in conservation science at the Smithsonian.

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      Archiving the Smithsonian’s presence on the Internet

      • Date: September 2, 2010
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    11. Emmons sits in front of a brightly-colored display.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Louise H. Emmons

      • Date: November 25, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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    13. An image from the Smithsonian Institution Global Earth Observatories website showing Barro Colorado Island an the location of the 50-ha plot and a visualization of data collected by the Forest Dynamics Project.

      How to Fit a Forest in Five Boxes

      • Date: February 11, 2014
      • Description: Field maps illuminate the origins of the Smithsonian’s long-term forest-monitoring project.

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    15. 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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      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Beryl Simpson

      • Date: May 30, 2018
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Phylogeneticist Dr. Beryl Simpson, formerly curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, received the 2010 José Cuatrecasas Medal for Excellence in Tropical Botany for her contributions to the field and 3 decades of mentoring future botanists. #Groundbreaker

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      Smithsonian Scientists at Work

      • Date: April 20, 2017
      • Description: [view:sia_slideshow==75408]Scientific research has been integral to the Smithsonian, from its founding to today. The Smithsonian's founder, Englishman James Smithson, saw in the U.S. (according to his biographer, Heather Ewing) "a place of the future" that could support "science and progress for humanity." He believed that scientists were "citizens of the world" and that the

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    21. Community Ecologist Dr. Sunshine A. Van Bael, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, studies how plants co-opt other organisms to aid in their own defense and, to what extent sustainable land-use practices support biodiversity conservation. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Sunshine A. Van Bael

      • Date: June 10, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Community Ecologist Dr. Sunshine A. Van Bael, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, studies how plants co-opt other organisms to aid in their own defense and, to what extent sustainable land-use practices support biodiversity conservation. #Groundbreaker

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    23. Staff Scientist Emirata, Dr. Mary Jane West-Eberhard, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, studies why some organisms live in societies & is noted for arguing that phenotypic & developmental plasticity play a key role in sharing animal evolution. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Mary Jane West-Eberhard

      • Date: July 1, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Staff Scientist Emirata, Dr. Mary Jane West-Eberhard, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, studies why some organisms live in societies & is noted for arguing that phenotypic & developmental plasticity play a key role in sharing animal evolution. #Groundbreaker

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