Monday 18 April 2022, 07:00pm
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Our April speaker on Hummingbirds had to cancel due to a family emergency. We are very grateful to Angela for stepping in for this presentation- it will be great!!
Join us Monday, April 18, 2022 at 7:00 PM to hear Angela Hornsby, Ph.D. present her fascinating talk on A library of biodiversity: 125 years of research, education, and outreach in the Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum (UMZM).
2022 marks the 125-year anniversary of the UMZM, and the 25-year anniversary since its dedication in honor of the work and legacy of Dr. Phil Wright. Curator Angela Hornsby will walk the audience through the history and growth of the UMZM, highlighting how specimens still occupy central roles in our scientific understanding of bird life and in the training of future generations of wildlife biologists, ecologists, conservationists, and more. During her slideshow, Angela will show a diversity of the UMZM’s over 6,000 specimens of bird study skins, skeletons, nests, and eggs.
Angela received her Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology at the University of Nevada-Reno in 2016, and was a post-doc at Virginia Tech until joining UM in 2019. Her research follows two main themes: small mammal evolution and biogeography in response to climate change, and the evolution of dietary toxin resistance in birds and reptiles. Angela’s work in the UMZM focuses on undergraduate and graduate student training, growing the collections, improving accessibility of biodiversity data, and assisting researchers in their use of the collections, which number over 23,000 specimens of birds and mammals representing life from the 1850s through today.
You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Apr 18, 2022 07:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkc-6qqjgpGd3jlQ3fFPD_VtC2d_uGiwJu
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Important: Please register before 5 p.m. on the day of the program, and join the meeting before 7:15, as no one will be allowed in after that time.
