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    1. A woman looks away from the camera and leans on a tree trunk.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Kristina Anderson-Teixeira

      • Date: July 31, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Dr. Kristina Anderson-Teixeira, Forest Ecologist, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute & Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 2012–present, leads the ForestGEO Ecosystems and Climate Program. In 2019, she won the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. #Groundbreaker

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    3. 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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    5. Cortege Bringing James Smithson Remains to Smithsonian, 1904, Record Unit 95, Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. 82-3337.

      Hot Topics in Archival Research

      • Date: October 9, 2014
      • Creator: Mary Markey
      • Description: Topics researched at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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    7. Close-up photo of Oris I. Sanjur.

      There's a new Acting Director at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute!

      • Date: September 10, 2020
      • Creator: Hannah Byrne
      • Description: A brief look at the history and attitudes towards women and Latin Americans at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute amplifies the significance of Dr. Oris I. Sanjur’s formal appointment as acting director in 2020.

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    9. 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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    11. The Tropical Travels of George C. Wheeler - Part I

      • Date: January 10, 2013
      • Description: George C. Wheeler and his travel in the Caribbean illustrate the interplay between science and tourism in Latin America.

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      Unity for International Migratory Bird Day

      • Date: May 10, 2018
      • Creator: Matt Peterson
      • Description: The theme of this year’s International Migratory Bird Day is unity. The Smithsonian has a longstanding history of commitment to the natural world. No figure in the Institution’s history better exemplifies the theme of unity surrounding migratory species than sixth Smithsonian Secretary and ornithologist Alexander Wetmore. He knew the importance of the role that birds play in

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    15. The Education of George C. Wheeler - Part III

      • Date: February 7, 2013
      • Description: George C. Wheeler and his travel in the Caribbean illustrate the interplay between science and tourism in Latin America.

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    17. Alexander Wetmore in Panama, 1947.

      The Smithsonian Secretaries: That Tall Man from New York, Part I

      • Date: April 26, 2016
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: A look at the characteristics of the thirteen individuals who have led the Smithsonian.

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      A Laboratory in the Jungle

      • Date: September 9, 2010
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    21. People sit at desks in a lab area with jars of specimens on shelves. Men and women are pictured.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Roberta W. Rubinoff

      • Date: August 19, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Roberta Wolff Rubinoff was a biologist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama between 1965 and 1979. In 1980, she was appointed the assistant director of the Office of Fellowships and Grants in Washington, D.C., and from 1986 to 2001, she served in the top role as director of the office.In Panama, Rubinoff served as the marine sciences coordinator and

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    23. Faust holds her hands clasped in front of her. She is not smiling at the camera.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Maria A. Faust

      • Date: May 11, 2022
      • 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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