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History Co-ops Dive Deep into Academy Archives

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Exploring the archives of the Academy of Natural Sciences , Legacy Center and the Schramm Inc. A HISTORY OF SCIENCE AT THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. The Jessup Fund: What it Means to be an Employee at the Academy of Natural Sciences, 1896-Today Marie Gioulis, History Class of 2022.

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Gideon Mendel: Drowning World Opens May 1

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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. and India (2014), Brazil and Bangladesh (2015) and France (2016 and 2018). He photographed flooding in the U.S.

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Results Show Lights Out Philly Works

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Bird Safe Philly was formed in 2020 by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Delaware Valley Ornithological Club, and National Audubon Society — Audubon Mid-Atlantic, Wyncote Audubon and Valley Forge Audubon. Credit Anwar Abdul-Qawi/ANS What is Bird Safe Philly?

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Award-Winning Women In Natural Sciences Marks 40 Years 

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Them and the other nearly 1,000 young Philly women who have passed through the award-winning Women In Natural Sciences program at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and on to college and successful careers in science, technology, engineering, math and other disciplines. And the public is invited!

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Capturing the Crane Fly

Academy of Natural Sciences

Wanting to learn more about this interesting insect, the Academy reached out to Maddie Worth, a Drexel student in the Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science (BEES) who is working closely with our own Curator of Entomology and BEES Professor, Jon Gelhaus, on a major study of the spectacular biodiversity of the crane fly. .

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Preparing for a Warmer Wetter Philadelphia

Academy of Natural Sciences

In 2018, Esperanza and the City’s Office of Sustainability partnered and kicked off the Beat the Heat Hunting Park project. The Hunting Park neighborhood faces some of the most extreme heat throughout the City of Philadelphia despite various tree planting efforts over the years.

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Building a More Resilient, Just City

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Today the Flood Management Program combines the efforts of more than 15 City agencies as well as state and federal partners, and it is led by the City’s Floodplain Manager who was hired in 2018.