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Smithsonian Soils Exhibit: with your help, worlds underfoot will open in 2008.
The Smithsonian Institution, the Soil Science Society of America SSSA, and others are planning a 5,000 square foot soils exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. The projected opening for the exhibit, tentatively titled, "Soils: Worlds Underfoot," is 2008. The exhibit, which...
A Vaccine for the Ages
Fifty years ago, Jonas Salk introduced the world's first polio vaccine. To commemorate the anniversary, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is opening a new exhibit called "Whatever Happened to Polio?" Dr. Katherine Ott is the project director and curator at the museum. Radio News Feature You...
Is the Smithsonian Promoting Religion?
Exhibits at National Museum of the American Indian Criticize Christianity But Not Native ReligionsThe American Civil Liberties Union argued in the Supreme Court last week that two Kentucky counties violated the 1st Amendment ban on Congress's establishing a religion when they posted the Ten Commandments in their courthouses."They have erected...
DC101 and the National Kidney Foundation Celebrate 25th Anniversary of DC Chili Cook-Off
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- WWDC-FM announced that nationally known recording acts Jimmy Eat World and Chevelle will be among the bands performing at the 25th Anniversary DC101 Chili Cook- Off benefiting the National Kidney Foundation. The event is set for Saturday, Oct. 16, at 11 a.m. at Independence...
Indian culture comes home
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Over the past 500 years, the indigenous peoples of the Americas have been invaded, conquered, converted, enslaved, diseased, robbed, removed, confined, massacred and/or assimilated to the brink of extinction. Now, at last, they're about to be officially celebrated here on the National Mall, with a museum they...
Protect Wild Dolphins Specialty License Plate Program Distributes Nearly $430,000 in Grants; Photo Available
FT. PIERCE, Fla., Aug. 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- This week, the Protect Wild Dolphins specialty license plate program is distributing nearly $430,000 in funds generated through plate sales to institutions around the state and beyond. The money will support six new or ongoing dolphin research programs by the Smithsonian Institution,...
National zoo chief resigns amid furor
WASHINGTON -- Acting within hours of the release of a tough critique of animal care at the National Zoo, Lucy H. Spelman, the zoo's director, said Wednesday that she would resign at the end of the year. The criticism was in a report by an independent scientific panel,...
In memoriam: Peter F. Cannell, 1954-2002
Peter Frederick Cannell, director of the Smithsonian Institution Press, died at his home in Bethesda, Maryland, on May 18, 2002, of a brain tumor. He had been an Elective Member of the AOU since 1988.Peter was born in New York City on 17 September 1954. He attended the Buckley School...
Upcoming National Press Club Luncheons
News Advisory: Following is a listing of upcoming National Press Club Luncheons: Feb. 24 POSTPONED -- General J.R. Jack Dailey, Chairman, US Centennial of Flight Commission and Director of the Smithsonian National Air and Space MuseumTOPIC: TBA Feb. 26 -- Kim Clark, Dean of the Faculty, Harvard Business SchoolTOPIC: "Corporate...
Leading Scientists and Historians Gather for Vaccines Symposium Presented by the Smithsonian and Georgetown University
News Advisory: Leading Scientists and Historians Gather for Vaccines Symposium Presented by the Smithsonian and Georgetown University: Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to Present Key Note Address WHAT:The Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation and the International Center for...
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