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The Seeds of Belonging

Academy of Natural Sciences

My name is Dominique Thomas, I am the Coordinator of Social Justice Programs at The Academy of Natural Sciences. I had the opportunity to participate in the Women In Natural Sciences program from 2008–2012.

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Gideon Mendel: Drowning World Opens May 1

Academy of Natural Sciences

A unique photographic exploration of the impact of flooding on communities around the world due to climate events opens Saturday, May 1 at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia and Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany and The Philippines (2013),?England?and

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PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Host Oct. 24 Webinar - Science Meets Community Engagement: The Delaware River Watershed Initiative

PA Environment Daily

Roland Wall , leader of the Patrick Center for Environmental Research at the Academy of Natural Science’s work on the DRWI and one of the original planners of the project, will outline how the DRWI has progressed and grown. In the past 24 years, Wall has worked in a variety of positions for the Academy of Natural Sciences.

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Updated USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map Spotlights Changing City

Academy of Natural Sciences

Natural history collections, like those at the Academy of Natural Sciences, help us understand these changes. Released in 2012, the previous version split Philadelphia in two. A map comparison of zones changes between 2012 and 2023. This year’s update is the first in over a decade.

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Celebrating 10 Years of BEES With Department Head David Velinsky, PhD

Academy of Natural Sciences

As the oldest natural history museum in the Western Hemisphere, the Academy of Natural Sciences’ affiliation with Drexel University is a relatively new part of its history — the partnership was formed in 2011, nearly 200 years after its 1812 founding. How was the BEES Department established?

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A Decade of Drexel and the Academy

Academy of Natural Sciences

After Drexel and the Academy of Natural Sciences signed an historic affiliation on Oct. One of the most visible and exemplary examples of the Drexel-Academy partnership is the Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science (BEES), which was spun off of Drexel’s Biology Department in 2012 with newly redesigned curricula.

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Tom Lovejoy Tribute

ESA

Patrick was also a valued Hutchinson colleague at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. Besides his selection as a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America, Tom’s numerous honors included the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement in 2001 and the Blue Planet Prize in 2012. Two of his mentors, G.E. Hutchinson and R.

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